one room challenge - week 4

We have arrived at week 4 of the One Room Challenge (you can <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/p/one-room-challenge.html" target="_blank">catch up on weeks 1 - 3 here</a>) and this week has been all about fumes. Paint, floor wax and stripping chemicals. Ahh the smell of progress.<br /><br />Thanks to a well timed play date and some quality grandparent time, the hubs and I took advantage of an empty house and got painting.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UVy7XOmQE6m3UdBwfCM5s81GoEm8VgqCEA4JCgZj46YpnldOOizHA78R3K4bbxbUJ9O3SJewYpnf0WklZvTkMcF2KmKulGEX5EKTmImM7uCKsxRmVmXkKHXsFOgF7c0t6YzmNHbRCDRU/s1600/readytopaint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UVy7XOmQE6m3UdBwfCM5s81GoEm8VgqCEA4JCgZj46YpnldOOizHA78R3K4bbxbUJ9O3SJewYpnf0WklZvTkMcF2KmKulGEX5EKTmImM7uCKsxRmVmXkKHXsFOgF7c0t6YzmNHbRCDRU/s640/readytopaint.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Btw, I shared my progress on <a href="http://instagram.com/littleblackdoor" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and am now officially addicted. I know I'm late to the party but that sucker is just fun.<br /><br />Now for those of you who are new, I'm a color girl. I need it the same way I need anything that Andy Cohen will put on TV. So I went with quite a radical choice for the walls. White.<br /><br />I can hear the sarcasm in your voice, 'White?! That is soo daring.' Well, for me it is. This is only the second time...ever that I've painted a room white. (<a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/p/kitchen.html" target="_blank">the kitchen</a> being the other instance)<br /><br />But you may have noticed from <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-room-challenge-week-1.html" target="_blank">my board</a>, that there is also another paint color listed. I can't go without color somewhere on the walls, so I went for the fifth wall - the ceiling. I took a cue from all of my <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/ceiling/" target="_blank">Pinterest ceiling inspiration</a> and gave the girls what they wanted. Pink.<br /><br />Not bubblegum pink, or baby pink. We are going for Big Girl Pink.<br /><br />My 5-year-old Amelia picked out <a href="http://www.housefabric.com/Portobello-Vase-Blossom-P91009.aspx" target="_blank">this fabric</a> (she's good, I know) and I used that pink/purple color as our Big Girl inspiration.<br /><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iVf6q5l3ACUsgBd7AqwSezcLUsmUSgUfC4wjyUoTdx9WYYhjc8MeorSJrRbzRGq3lA9bTjM2EEmQh6roRiDohtogvGWIcZZQ-3NiqULyYzZZ7PEeShL0uHVYEeGmcigzCc9AeTpWi8Vi/s1600/portobellovase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iVf6q5l3ACUsgBd7AqwSezcLUsmUSgUfC4wjyUoTdx9WYYhjc8MeorSJrRbzRGq3lA9bTjM2EEmQh6roRiDohtogvGWIcZZQ-3NiqULyYzZZ7PEeShL0uHVYEeGmcigzCc9AeTpWi8Vi/s400/portobellovase.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I matched up a swatch (<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/springtimebloom" target="_blank">BM Springtime Bloom</a>) and slapped that sucker up on the wall.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-3edElKjnzSNWdOXWKJcukL9CLa6g0E6qkvavHI3X0KFFyH88ZTQkQ_kqX4xOvB5o5dqpCmbGMrw9KGrsGNRHogl8rK8ojJzdE6wGWSMd12gL7m7aRiFz9pzoUMngw27CPFZLJ31piCc/s1600/girlspaint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-3edElKjnzSNWdOXWKJcukL9CLa6g0E6qkvavHI3X0KFFyH88ZTQkQ_kqX4xOvB5o5dqpCmbGMrw9KGrsGNRHogl8rK8ojJzdE6wGWSMd12gL7m7aRiFz9pzoUMngw27CPFZLJ31piCc/s400/girlspaint.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br />I knew as soon as I started trimming out the ceiling that I loved it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyh-JuimqSyUnjhWDsIntIZPxN_3_ZlY1-TbIbLwtL-CT7NBAsKpnc3rwufOCHzQUEQy-hKz9l8yf2jGDlN9hKP6ZqONY1YtlftTpck-V_J0oXui98LN2LR2SEueJmRWMfVdYWMiOr_9F/s1600/girlsprogress1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyh-JuimqSyUnjhWDsIntIZPxN_3_ZlY1-TbIbLwtL-CT7NBAsKpnc3rwufOCHzQUEQy-hKz9l8yf2jGDlN9hKP6ZqONY1YtlftTpck-V_J0oXui98LN2LR2SEueJmRWMfVdYWMiOr_9F/s640/girlsprogress1.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br />These girls' are not wallflowers and neither is their room. It is a really great color that looks different thru out the day. It is a great contrast against the white and it makes the room feel bigger. Win win.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7liebOZ9xkV0L3ZLBDjZzgIAY7VCvYXXBdJ1FVIGwV4WzsCAcmnQM7JGYeVnQS6bYZeq07nslNQzbX_fiGLQoylE689fcYqMFKQQMzl6DHIKt-FkvSXpV44qDS-VrUZgG0un7Lcl7ttg7/s1600/pinkceiling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7liebOZ9xkV0L3ZLBDjZzgIAY7VCvYXXBdJ1FVIGwV4WzsCAcmnQM7JGYeVnQS6bYZeq07nslNQzbX_fiGLQoylE689fcYqMFKQQMzl6DHIKt-FkvSXpV44qDS-VrUZgG0un7Lcl7ttg7/s640/pinkceiling.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Beautiful ceiling and walls, now on to the floor. I took advantage of the emptyness to get on my hands and knees and clean the crap out of that floor. Soap and hot water, elbow grease and then a coat of wax. I'll do another coat of wax and then buff it. (my mom is very proud at this moment)<br /><br />The crib was then taken down (sad) and Eve's 'new' bed was brought up from the basement. The girls' have the same beds that were used by my sister and I, which I love.  With both beds in the room, we were able to move things around and I've nailed down where all the little puzzle pieces will fit. Sweet progress.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE281rFUXWGbUVhwYQlBIqygGwTJ251Bs39eWdkBg6JkF-BBy-OBlBmzq31CRumBVt19Mm_KdurrSXNDimIxZQrvwNCdjcPkz9gGlbcZRp5pmlg_hy9OsDMcVrGMP2CbI3UUgwh0ArpNN/s1600/girlsroomprogress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE281rFUXWGbUVhwYQlBIqygGwTJ251Bs39eWdkBg6JkF-BBy-OBlBmzq31CRumBVt19Mm_KdurrSXNDimIxZQrvwNCdjcPkz9gGlbcZRp5pmlg_hy9OsDMcVrGMP2CbI3UUgwh0ArpNN/s640/girlsroomprogress.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The paint fumes must have made us giddy because we also went ahead and put up the new light fixture. And in my final burst of weekend energy I took those drawers out of the dresser and started to strip. The drawers. I stripped the drawers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeBycQ67api7OLA5Jgs9pAfqo9VrckFX_HSMceEsAOSIh_FBLtKcEVZRo5rPZWFnWuQblXEtotvZkPvYyfpvvJAk83BDtc3pxjV9gOd4e6fHeN732TbYagnHC-E14ttmZl1vb9O08ClCv/s1600/paintstrip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeBycQ67api7OLA5Jgs9pAfqo9VrckFX_HSMceEsAOSIh_FBLtKcEVZRo5rPZWFnWuQblXEtotvZkPvYyfpvvJAk83BDtc3pxjV9gOd4e6fHeN732TbYagnHC-E14ttmZl1vb9O08ClCv/s400/paintstrip.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />As of this morning all the drawers are stripped and the base is half way there. More on that next week.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">With all of that, I'm pooped. Let's check in on the list, shall we?</span><br /><br /><ol style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Come up with functional floor plan</span></strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Paint walls/ceiling/trim</span></strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Paint dresser (new hardware?) <b>Progress</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Update vanity (maybe some fun color or hardware) <b>Progress</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Find curtains and add trim</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Add a rug and new bedding <b>Progress</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hang art and create some personalized pieces <b>Progress</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Find/Install new light fixture (buh bye ceiling fan)</span></strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><strike>Reupholster chair and possibly add comfy floor cushions</strike> </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Find/Make lampshade(s) </span></li></ol><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 20.98958396911621px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now let's see how the others are progressing!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">the Cottage Mix</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://cottageandvine.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Cottage & Vine</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://designindulgence.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Design Indulgence</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.designmanifest.com/blog/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Design Manifest </span></a></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://everythingleb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Everything LEB</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.markovadesign.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Hodge Podge</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://kimmacumberinteriors.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Kim Macumber Interiors</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.mattersofstyleblog.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Matters of Style</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://mycraftyhomelife.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">My Crafty Home Life</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://scottdesigns.ca/blog/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Nicole Scott Designs</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://blog.pacificfamilyhomes.com/" style="color: #1155cc; 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one room challenge - week 4

We have arrived at week 4 of the One Room Challenge (you can catch up on weeks 1 - 3 here ) and this week has been all about fumes. Paint, f...

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