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April 27, 2022 By Sherry

Side Door Entrance Decorating-ORC Week Four

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Welcome to Week 4 of the One Room Challenge where I am creating an outdoor space at our lake house. We are halfway to the reveal date, and we are getting closer to my favorite part, decorating and styling the space. This week I decorated the side door entrance.

week 4

What is the One Room Challenge?

The One Room Challenge or the ORC is a challenge where participants get to show how they transform a space in a few weeks. Apartment Therapy is the media partner for the ORC. It is a bi-yearly challenge that will last 8 weeks. This will be my 3rd time participating in this challenge. You can see Week One with all of the before pictures and my inspiration for the space. I have chosen to do a space at our lake which makes it a little harder since it is 40 minutes from our home.

Week 1 |  Week 2 | Week 3

The One Room Challenge Week One

Before the porch addition

Lake house outdoor space week two

What we accomplished this week

side door entrance decorating

Before porch addition

lake house outdoor space

Before

Lake House Outdoor Space One Room Challenge week four

We had the exterior door replaced a couple of months ago. The first thing I did was caulk and paint the door. I had to order paint to match the Hardie board so I could touch up around the door.

side door entrance decorating

 

I worked on styling the side porch door and I made a DIY Boxwood Wreath using items that I already had. You can view the Wreath tutorial. This project saved me money and only took a few minutes to make.

side door entrance ORC

Since this is our lake house, and since we do not live at the lake house, I cannot use real plants. I will not be there to take care of the plants. I found these faux ferns at the At Home store. These ferns look more real than any artificial ferns that I have seen.

faux ferns

All I had to do was place the ferns directly in the planter. I thought I was going to have to use tape and cardboard to make the ferns stand up but I did not have to. As soon as I placed the ferns in the planter, I was pleased with the way it looked. I used 4 ferns in the planter on the left.

artificial ferns in planters

The ferns were easy to shape and fluff. The best tip is to spread the fern leaves apart.

ORC week 4

I only used two ferns on the planter on the right side of the side door.

side door entrance decorating

rug

Layering rugs add so much color and texture to the entrance.

Outdoor Kitchen

outdoor kitchen for the one room challenge

My husband and I worked on completely framing the outdoor kitchen. Also, my husband ran all of the electrical for the kitchen. I forgot to take a new picture of the work we did on it this week.  We are feeling good about where we are with the kitchen.

Landscape

outdoor space landscape

The yard around the house was completely torn up from building the outdoor porch. We planted grass two weeks ago and it is starting to grow. Do you know the saying that if you give a mouse a cookie? We realized that the original owners did not use landscaping fabric under the pebble rock bed. So we decided to go ahead and remove the pebbles, lay down landscaping fabric, and add more pebble rock. I did get the shrubs in the ground and plants planted in the planters.

All of the furniture and decor has been purchased and is stored in the lake house. I am ready to get it out on the porch as soon as the pollen stops falling.

THE TO-DO LIST

  • Finished staining all of the new wood. 
  • Plant Grass and move pea gravel
  • Clean, caulk, and paint windows and trim
  • New fans
  • Make a wreath
  • Caulk and paint door and trim
  • Build outdoor kitchen
  •  3 large outdoor rugs
  • New outdoor seating set
  • Outdoor dining table, seating, and dishes
  • Gas firepit
  • DIY a concrete coffee table
  • DIY outdoor pillows
  • Possibly add a bar table and bar stools if we have the space
  • Add plants and planters
  • Redo the landscaping in front
  • String lights
  • Hang TV

Check back next week to see more progress!

one room challenge

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I'm Sherry! I believe that you can have nice things without going in debt. I will show you my DIY projects, DIY home renovations, tips and recipes.

Hi! I am Sherry and I live in Alabama. Thanks for visiting my blog. I love beautiful things but I am passionate about decorating my home without going in debt. It is amazing how creative you can be when you are on a budget. My home is decorated with diy projects, thrift store finds, and some items purchased new. I hope that you find something you to create for your home.

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