One Room Challenge Week Three -- The Wall and Other Good Stuff

Week 3 and things are happening...

 

 Let me just put this out there about the One Room Challenge Link Up -- it's kicking.my.butt. !!  But, despite the mind games (should I do this or that), the long nights (till midnight painting and debating things) the dedication (standing in pouring, driving rain outside of Home Depot buying herbs before the next post), I have to admit I'm loving it!!  Let's see if I still say that by week 6 ;-)

To review, we left off last week with the grand accomplishment of new paint.  Not much.   But with my strong, bossy, orangey cabinets and woodwork, I needed a color that would stand up to them and push back for equal billing. Yet play nice.  I think it's working. Saturated color rules.

Next, my what-to-do-with-it-for-seven-years wall now is a true reflection of our home and our family...

Week One I showed you the brown and white watercolor inspiration for the entire room.  I confess I had no clever process to hanging these pieces.  I started with the shelves on the far left, hung the two watercolors, and then just filled in the spaces with things I had and things I found.  I eyeballed it.  I didn't want perfect. (Ok, not really, I just didn't want to measure, lol).   Here's a close up.

When I thought about what I wanted on this wall, here was my check list:

Inspiration pieces

Family photo because we eat together for family meals

A clock because we don't have one

Herbs because I've been wanting them inside for years

Stuff I love to look at all the time

My girl's artwork because we're proud of them

My list is checked, but I know I will be tweaking up until the end.  For example, the shelves to the left are a thorn -- do I stuff them or keep them simple?  (Don't mind the store pots -- I literally put them up there and played with the shelves while I was soaking wet from shopping in the rain.  Haven't found pots yet.)  Got an opinion?

Don't worry, they'll change!

In other news, I scraped the old wallpaper backsplash off in prep for my husband installing the new ivory subway tile last weekend.

But.  It didn't happen.

Why?  Well, when I got done scraping and stood back, visualizing the new ivory subway tile against the lame old blue-gray formica, and thinking how I would love a soapstone countertop for great contrast, my husband called, and says, "didn't you want new countertops?"  WHAT?!  So naturally I said "yeesssss, but we decided not to spend much..."  Him: "Well, if we're doing tile, it's kind of dumb not to do new formica to hold us over."  Say no more.  Not 45 minutes later I was paying for soapstone colored formica at Home Depot.  Done!

My process on this?
1.   I went with inexepensive tile because the wallpaper I chose was acutally more expensive.

2.  Formica gives us a new look and let's us save for the future remodel.

And, check this out -- I've had this image in my favorites file for a while because I love it.  So me, so good for my house... (I'm sorry, I don't know the designer!!)

Now, with the blackish new countertops on order, ivory accents, and honey cabinets, I may actually be getting close to having a similar room...

EEEEKKKKKK!!!  So. excited!!

More mood things...

Sooo.  There are other things going on, but I think this post is long enough, will all the other projects you'll want to check out on Calling it Home, so I will save them for next time.  But if you want sneak peeks here are there, follow me on Instagram (@6Wilson).  I'd love to have you follow along!

Up next:  1.  Working with my husband to install the countertops and tile (pray for peace ;-)
                2.  Creating a new island.

Ooohhh, putting that in writing feels scary!  See you soon,