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Mid Century Pink Bathroom Reveal
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 If you have found me through the One Room Challenge, welcome friend! My name is Bridget Holladay and I live in the Chicago suburbs with my husband, Colin, and our rescue dog, Rigby. We bought our 1958 ranch house in…
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How to DIY Mosaic Floor Tile
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 Week 7 of the One Room Challenge was supposed to be a really satisfying after shot of our completed tile work. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that our pink tile finally delivered after 2 months of waiting, only for it…
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Custom Mid Century Vanity
It’s week 6 of the Spring 2022 One Room Challenge and we are a solid week behind schedule. This week was supposed to be focused on tile, but instead I’m going to share our plans for a custom mid century vanity. Our tile is unfortunately still in a warehouse somewhere with an unknown ship date and we can’t install the…
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“Hidden” Bathroom Renovation Costs
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 When I bought our house, everyone told me that the hardest money to spend is on things you don’t see. Think the water heater, furnace, electric, plumbing, etc. Not only are these expenses out of sight, but they are usually the most costly! Today I’m going to walk through…
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How to Install a Pocket Door
Hello from week 4 of the Spring 2022 One Room Challenge! Time is flying, but we made huge progress this week. From the day we moved into our house, I knew I wanted to install a pocket door in each of our bathrooms. We moved and installed a pocket door in our en suite bathroom for the Spring 2020 ORC…
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Pivoting for Week 3 of the ORC
We have had a frustrating week of renovations over here. Despite ordering materials ahead of time, we are pivoting for week 3 of the ORC. The in-stock tile that I ordered over a month ago is suddenly no longer in stock. I let myself have a meltdown for about 3 minutes before researching where to buy pink 4 x 4…
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Tips for Demo Day
It’s week 2 of the One Room Challenge and that almost always means demo week! This is not our first bathroom demo and I am happy to report that we got it done in 1 day. Or more like 6 hours. Not too bad! It feels great to have it done and we are excited for the next steps. Today…
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ORC Week 7 A DIY Roman Shade
We are one week away from the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge big reveal! And thank goodness. Are you tired of reading about it?! Because Colin and I are pretty over this renovation. But hopefully taking that first shower will make it all worth it! Today’s post was supposed to highlight both a DIY no-sew Roman shade and a vanity…
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ORC Week 6 What We Learned About Tiling
If you’ve been following along, week 5 of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge was cancelled to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor’s deaths. I took the time off to check my privilege and start the process of learning from and supporting the Black community. This will…
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ORC Week 2 Demo Day
It’s the second week of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge and this week is all about demo! Maybe it’s just not my thing, but demo day looks way more fun on tv than it is in real life. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED swinging a hammer into the plastic tiled shower, but overall demo day is just a…
