This is week two of the One Room Challenge where I am making over our Lake House Master Bedroom. The One Room Challenge or the ORC is a challenge where participants get to show how they transform a space in a few weeks. Better Home and Gardens is the media partner for the ORC. It is a bi-yearly challenge that usually lasts 6 weeks. This year’s challenge this year will be like no other One Room Challenge because of the quarantine for the Covid-19 virus. We have a stay in order still in place where I live. For this reason, it is going to be challenging to get supplies and decor.
The room when we purchased the house
Room after we renovated.
Just to remind you what I am working with, I posted the before pictures.
Since we are going through such uncertain times, I will be spending as little as possible on the room. Mostly DIY projects and using what I have.
The most challenging issue for me is that I am not living at the lake house. The lake house is 45 minutes from my house. I am going to the lake house for the weekend to work. So I am working on as many projects as I can here at home. I also have been choosing and ordering a few things that I need.
The DIY ProjectsI
Even though our stay at home order has been lifted and the stores are open, I am going to try to stay away from the crowd as long as possible. The At Home Diy Challenge is this week and I am participating. Our theme is to build something for your home cheaper than you can buy it. Building a waterfall table was in the plan for the One Room Challenge. Since the other challenge is to build as cheap as possible, I am using all scrap wood. I am not going to the store for this project. The table is heavy so I had to recruit my husband to help me run the boards through the table saw.
I am working on a DIY technique to finish the table that I will show you when the table is finished. So far the table is turning out exactly as I want it to.
I made something beautiful with these thrifted pieces to show you later.
I had grasscloth wallpaper in my cart at Target. While thrifting one day, I found two rolls of Graham and Brown grasscloth wallpaper which is much better quality than what I was going to purchase. $3.99 a roll, I will take two, thank you thrift store! The retail price is $60 a roll.
I am headed to the lake tomorrow with my car packed with tools and paint. I will have a couple of DIY projects to share with you next week.
Lisa says
Sherry seriously how fun is it to have this lake house to work on! You must be enjoying renovating it room by room, what a dream. What a score to find that wallpaper while thrifting!! Look forward to seeing more next week!