That’s a wrap on Week 8 of the One Room Challenge!
If you’re new here, welcome and thank you for following along on our budget friendly bedroom refresh for our middle daughter, Gracie. You can click on the links below for progress that we’ve made over the past 7 weeks.
WEEK ONE. WEEK TWO. WEEK THREE. WEEK FOUR. WEEK FIVE. WEEK SIX. WEEK SEVEN. WEEK EIGHT
My mauve-loving, curly-haired, creative, and silly gal asked for a room with a “cool wall treatment”, a color palette of mauve and light blue, a full-size bed, and space for her art table and creations. Although mauve is one of my least favorite colors I took her wishes and created a mood board which she fully endorsed. Eight weeks later and the mood board has come to life (and I’m a lover of mauve now)!
The “cool wall treatment” is a stencil I applied using a beauty blender which gives a watercolor affect. It’s pure magic. 18+ hours of dabbing made me question this choice but the result is by far my favorite part of her room. It often gets mistaken for wallpaper which is the best compliment. The stenciled wall is complemented by gorgeous linen curtains that her Grammy helped sew and saved the day. The windows were restored by her Pomps, Grandfather, and while you can’t appreciate all the hard work from the photo, it makes all the difference in refreshing the bedroom.
The color palette of mauve and light blue was introduced through bedding and artwork. The mauve quilt and euro shams I scored on sale at Anthropology. I opted for a white duvet so if her mauve loving period should ever end, replacing the quilt will only be needed. I gifted this Lindsay Letters Sister, Sister print to my girls last year and it’s the perfect dusty blue and is also a quote from one of our favorite movies. The floral block throw pillow is the perfect combination of purple and blue to bring it all together.
Her antique Jenny Lind bed was found on Facebook Marketplace for FREE! I wanted to introduce a little more purple to her room and choose to paint the bed frame plum. Purple is totally out of my comfort zone but the color pulls from the area rug and grounds the space.
The wall opposite Gracie’s bed has an additional closet and radiator. Both needed a bit of a refresh to make this new space pop and was the perfect location for the art table and gallery wall. The closet previously was a bi-fold door. As most of our projects go – we had some project creep and decided to go treasure hunting in our attic for a replacement door. Victory! We found a door that was about 2″ too wide, and cut it down using table saw and planer. I’m so pleased with the result, it was worth the extra last minute effort.
Speaking of last minute. Ryan helped out with the radiator cover just hours before he had to leave for a business trip. The radiator cover was inspired by some of the detail from the Hemnes dresser.
Finishing touches like art work are so personal, and in our old house with plaster walls, permanent! After painstakingly applying the stencil, the last thing I wanted to do was start making holes! A quick tip to help with layout, is to use photoshop to virtually layout art before hanging. Gracie’s wall is a bit of old with the new. Anchoring the space is a coo-coo clock we purchased in Germany. We’ve surrounded the clock with some art work that reflects the space and personality of Gracie. The last addition was the transparent wall calendar. This calendar has brass fittings that tie in nicely with knobs on dresser, light and curtain rod. I look forward to seeing how this wall expands over the radiator cover with Gracie originals!
Based on her reaction last night, she loves her refreshed bedroom. Creating these spaces for my kiddos is a labor of love and she now has a room that fully reflects her. I can’t wait to see the space grow with her!
Budget & Sources:
I set a budget for $1,000 and came in at just over $1,500 which includes decor and building materials for the radiator cover and IKEA Hemnes hack.
Be sure to head over to the One Room Challenge Blog to check out all of the spaces that the designers and guest participants will be making over. My favorite part besides tackling a space is following along and encouraging participants along the way.
