Teenage 70’s Remodel ONE ROOM CHALLENGE – WEEK TWO

Teenage 70’s Remodel ONE ROOM CHALLENGE – WEEK TWO

Well, hello Everyone.  Here we are at WEEK TWO.

BEFORE: Funky Old Kitchen

The room my daughter is moving into is now a very dated kitchen on our second floor. Not our main kitchen. The room has clearly been neglected for a long time.   We just never knew where to start or what to do with this room so it has sat barely used for over 15 years in our 1906 house. At some point the house was turned into a duplex and with this kitchen and we are slowly rebuilding it back to a single family house..

The appliances have been hauled out and removed.  The corner above is where the fridge was.

And the wall below is where the stove was. Yes, big, gaping holes!

And demolition of the funky cabinetry has begun.  What is behind all of this is very pieced together walls and no clean lines or edges. Old wallpaper that had been painted over had to be scraped and then mudded.

Straight lines are being created and lots of patching and mudding is taking place.

So we are in a demo stage for sure.

   

 

Decisions had to be made about whether we wanted to keep the built ins at all but the woodwork is pretty darn shoddy so we are going to scrap it all in fabric or more space!

These upper cabinets and the shelving is all coming out.

 

Be sure to check out all the other participants and we will see you next week!

Thanks for reading along!

XOXO,

Suzanne

 

TEEN BEDROOM – WEEK 4 – ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

TEEN BEDROOM – WEEK 4 – ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

WEEK 4

The ONE ROOM CHALLENGE event was extended to 8 weeks rather than the usual six weeks due to the COVID 19 reality. In actuality,  with my kids at home, assisting with online learning, so many extra meals, and loads more cleaning, there just never seems to be as much time in each day. I’m sure quite a few of you can relate.

LIGHTING

We did make some headway on lighting. We had two IKEA sconces leftover from the twins’ rooms so we decided to recover the shades with black and white plaid fabric. Given that the room is so tiny, sconces are the way to go!

 

SALVAGED SCONCES AND DIY LAMPSHADES!

Charlotte came up with a great idea I thought which was to coat the edges of the existing lampshade with chalk. She then rolled the lampshade onto the fabric which left a pattern of lines for us to cut along.

We allowed for a seam allowance all around and then trimmed the fabric.

We folded over and pressed one edge with an iron. Then we proceeded to apply hot glue to the inside edges of the lamp shades as we folded the fabric over the rims.  We then pressed the fabric firmly onto the shade using wooden skewer sticks. Once dry, we trimmed off excess fabric. .

 

Given that the shades were angled, it was a challenge to keep the fabric taut. You really need to take your time and use binder clips to keep the fabric in place as you manuever around the shade, allowing the glue to dry. The fabric does shift quite a bit on a slanted shade.  Four hands were better than two, so we worked together on this.

It might be best to use Elmer’s glue or even spray mount to adhere the fabric to the shade.  The fabric was a heavy cotton so we opted for hot glue, which dries quickly.

We are actually quite happy with the results. Now she will have lighting over her loft bed and below for her desk.

There’s some satisfaction in reusing what we have. And given that her room is so small, sconces allow for more surface space.

BACK LIT MIRROR

I found a large oval mirror that someone had put out on the street near my house. It is quite large at 24″x 26″ and is already set up for a back lit feature. I have mentioned the law of attraction with regard to my home improvement projects. It’s uncanny how objects I need just start to show up in random places.

We are going to put the lighting up behind the mirror so it glows from behind.

This is the basic layout for the gallery wall:

FAIRY LIGHTING

My husband ordered fairy lighting from EBAY in three different colors. You may also find it on AMAZON.

So, here are the links below to the ORC FEATURED DESIGNERS as well as the GUEST PARTICIPANTS.

#STAYSAFE, #STAYHOME , #STAYCALM&DESIGNON

 

 

XOXO,
SUZANNE

TEEN BEDROOM – WEEK 3 – ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

TEEN BEDROOM – WEEK 3 – ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

WEEK 3 has been about ordering HARDWARE for the loft bed, ART SELECTION for the GALLERY WALL and LIGHTING.

So many fun prints and posters on ETSY and AMAZON. Loads to choose from so we did a quick mock-up to get a sense of where we are headed.

And I found an enormous oval mirror a lot like this one from RESTORATION HARDWARE. 3’X4′ approx. There really was only one place that this would even work in the room, so sometimes you just have to make things work. Large scale in a small room can often work wonders.

GALLERY WALL MOCK-UP

We are still planning to paint the bed gray.

LIGHTING
We are playing around with how to use FAIRY LIGHTS, that can change color and be dimmable overhead.
So this coming week, we are prepping the room for paint, sanding and continuing work on the bed, and playing around with how much art we need, where we will hang it, and what fits within our budget.

So, here is the link below to the ORC FEATURED DESIGNERS as well as the GUEST PARTICIPANTS.

Thank you for reading along. Until next week….

#STAYSAFE, #STAYHOME , #STAYCALM&DESIGNON

 

 

XOXO,
SUZANNE

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