ORC FALL 2017 FINAL REVEAL – GUEST BEDROOM

ORC FALL 2017 FINAL REVEAL – GUEST BEDROOM

Well, I am SO happy to share with you some pictures from the ORC FINAL REVEAL of my upstairs GUEST ROOM!  

 

 

I have to tell you that I really struggled with this room. I thought I had it all together and a couple days before the reveal I was NOT HAPPY with the results.   I did a few things  that turned the room around.  The bedding felt lifeless, the room too traditional, and I was uninspired by the art.  It was not cozy enough.

I added WHITE:   white baskets, white duvet cover, shams and pillow covers from IKEA, fresh white paint on the trim,  white lilies in a white vase. In an old house, in low light Portland, I have learned that nothing makes a room look fresh and modern better than WHITE.

 

I called my neighbor, Virginie Hoover, who had some lovely SHIBORI textiles she made this Summer that gave me the more bohemian/beach vibe I was looking for.

 

I went to GOODWILL for more frames and art, and printed some posters at WALGREEN’s from my Iphone pictures that were done in one hour.  Fortunately, the local framers,I’VE BEEN FRAMED, were totally resourceful and accommodating and built some framing kits for me to assemble the art really fast.

My kids were the best, and helped me paint the dresser. I was up until 4 am the night before the final reveal day painting trim and doors.  I was so exhausted and the extremely gray rainy day made it really hard to get any decent pictures.  SO finally today the SUN came out here and there and I ran upstairs to try to capture the room.  The night time shots I tried to take last night with artificial lights were horrible.

Something serendipitous always happens during a One Room Challenge when I go to Goodwill. This time I found a beautiful blue glass vase for $6.99 that had the original $59.99 price tag on it.

 

I also picked up a large framed poster really just for the frame but when I hung it up, oddly enough,  the watermelon print grew on me and really kind of pulled things together.

 

SOURCES

Here are the SOURCES for the above room – I’ll do my best here:

PAINT COLORS:

WALLS – BENJAMIN MOORE MUSLIN

DRESSER – AMERICAN EMPIRE ANTIQUE, PAINTED BENJAMIN MOORE VAN HEUSEN BLUE with a few RESTORED CRYSTAL KNOBS from HIPPO HARDWARE

BOOKSHELF – IKEA

BELGIAN LINEN CURTAINS – WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME, with a few striped pleats added to the leading edges by STUDIO TULLIA

DOORS – BENJAMIN MOORE DOVE GRAY

TRIM – MILLER WHITE

SLEIGH BED – BERNHARDT, found for FREE, donated by a neighbor, on NEXTDOOR

GRAY SHAG RUG – IKEA

FRAMES – IKEA, except for the silver lead frames that are custom.

PHOTOGRAPHS – beach pictures taken with my Iphone and printed at WALGREEN’s except for VENICE Photos bought at Artists’ Co-op in  Monterey, CA.

SCONCES – LAMPS PLUS

ACCESSORIES –

White vases, frames, white baskets-  IKEA

Watermelon Print by MAZON found, blue glass vase and white ceramic sandpiper found at GOODWILL

BASKET HURRICANE – TARGET (found at Goodwill)

WOVEN BASKET BALLS – POTTERY BARN

Blue Striped Clay Bowl – GOODWILL

FAUX LLAMA FUR THROW & LINEN – custom made by STUDIO TULLIA

ALL BED LINENS – custom made by STUDIO TULLIA except for white linens – all from IKEA.  The fabrics were found at either FABRIC DEPOT, THE MILL END STORE or PENDLETON WOOLEN MILL ENDS

The BUNNY HUTCH PILLOW on the chair is a HUNT SLONEM print from GROUND WORKS/KRAVET.

CRYSTAL LAMP – CRYSTAL REFLECTIONS, CA

LINEN SHADES for ANTIQUE CHANDELIER – AMAZON

FLOWERS, PLANT – TRADER JOE’s

 There are some amazing GUEST PARTICIPANTS for you to check out by clicking on this image below:

And of course the wonderful FEATURED DESIGNERS via CALLING IT HOME’s website:

Let me know what you think. Do you like the blue dresser? That was my biggest decision: what color to paint it.  I let my daughter pick it in the end.  Kind of wish it was a more indigo blue.

Thanks to Linda at CALLING IT HOME for creating and producing this legendary event that gives so many designers the kick in the XXX, accountability piece and collective motivation that seems to help bring these projects to fruition.

As always, thanks for reading along!

ORC Spring 2016 – Here we are at Week 4!!!

ORC Spring 2016 – Here we are at Week 4!!!

Things are getting real here, folks, with only a couple weeks left. Our goal is to have electrical, painting, curtain installation and most of the furnishings in place by next week. That will leave the last week for bed linens, art, styling and the photo shoot.

Check out the GUEST PARTICIPANTS HERE

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And check out the FEATURED DESIGNERS HERE

 

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There are some wonderful projects going on so take a peek.

SPLATTERED CURTAINS

If you recall, we have been discussing Charlotte’s curtains and I had some serious concerns about the outcome…

Well we decided to dive in one recent afternoon.  Starting with the three neon paints dyes (with glitter) I made her do a few practice runs, trying different brushes and splatter techniques.

We put a tarp down in the back yard and laid the two cotton curtain panels on it.

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We got out the neon dye colors:

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And, here she is giving it a whirl.

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Lots of mixing going on…

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After a few practice runs on scrap fabric, and before we even started on the curtains we had to run back to COLLAGE, our local crafts store to get more paint!  IMG_3187.jpg

By the time we got back with SEVERAL more fabric dye colors, it was starting to get dark!

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The paints and splattered textiles were even beginning to glow.  We had to hustle as I was not setting all this up again. I didn’t want her to over do it anyway.

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She was able to get it all done before it was too dark and we were really happy with the results:

IMG_3241.jpg I am also making a euro sham for her bed out of a couple of the scrap pieces.  All in all it took about two hours.

UPHOLSTERED STOOL

We needed to find some sort of small chair or stool for her room and I came across this one while shopping at FABRIC DEPOT.  I picked it up to look underneath and drum roll please… it was from IKEA!

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So back to IKEA I went and got this for $35.

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I had some leftover white fur from my pillow line on ETSY so I am using that to cover the stool.

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Here’s the fur we used although it is more white – Arctic Fox white. We are going to decide later if we want to paint the legs or leave them black.

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Here it is…what do you think?  This puppy could use a little trim/combing, but not too shabby:

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TEXTILES & PENDLETON:

 

I was shopping at Pendleton Woolen Mills and came across this interesting turquoise plaid that I thought might be a colorful blanket.  So I am keeping that in mind at $60/yard.

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Here is one of the PINK CROSS pillows available at STUDIO TULLIA on ETSY that we are planning to use on her bed.

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And I am just starting to think about art, although she already has quite a bit of her own to work with.  I just think these are lovely.

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And lastly, think it would be fun to paint her door this rose quartz when we get to the hallway outside her room.IMG_3239.jpg

 

Wishing everyone a great few last days of the week.

 

And, thanks for reading!

 

Best,

Suzanne

 

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