New Project Alert : One Room Challenge!

Thanks to our dear friend Linda, we've signed ourselves up for yet another project of massive proportions :

Here's the deal : We signed up to participate in a month-long challenge offered to 20 fearless bloggers to finish or re-do one room in their house.  You know how that goes…. everyone seems to have at least one room in their abode that they keep meaning to update, or are just almost there but not quite.  This challenge goes out to all of you us that need to have a fire lit under us to FINISH THAT ROOM.

When :  The challenge kicks off today and will last 6 weeks.  Each Wednesday, the participants of the challenge will post an update complete with snags, snaffus, progress reports and pics!  The 'reveals' will be posted on August 1st.

Who : See list below of my fellow gluttons for punishment.  Be sure to check out their progress and war stories, too! 

What Room :  Bethany's master bedroom!  

I read a fabulous quote from none other than American apparelist Michael Kors that really struck a kord … He asked why it is that we always leave our most treasured, private area [the master bedroom] to last?  We spend too much time there to not have it dressed properly.

So true I thought when I read it and have been thinking about it ever since.  When this challenge presented itself I figured it was the perfect way to just get it done. Nothing like a little peer-pressure (and a professional photo shoot for our portfolio later this summer) to light a fire.

The Plan(s) : 

Neutral Territory.

-OR-


'Switzerland in Coral'

I want a generally neutral room.  The first option is just that.  But after falling in love with the perfect chenille velvet this weekend (see Instagram pics at right), I'm leaning towards incorporating an arbitrary pop of coral in my room.  It makes me happy.  And I like that the smokey neutrals don't necessarily "go" with the coral.  But I don't know which one to choose.  Mr. Switzerland is going to require a lot of work from our workroom to do a roman shade and curtains.  And the zebra rug is a bit distracting.  But I might get bored easily with Neutral Territory.  The plus is that the curtains can be store-bought and the sheer roman would be pretty easy to do ourselves. 


 The walls will be a light grey-white with a smokey brown-grey on the ceiling.  The rattan light fixture is being converted to hardwire as we speak so the only decisions left to be made are which rug and which window treatments to use.


Your input is welcome!


Wish me luck.


Check back next Wednesday for an update.

And be sure to check out what everyone else is doing.

Goodluck to:

Beth - Chinoiserie Chic

Lauren - The Cottage Mix

Sherry - Design Indulgence

Lindsay - Everything LEB

Barbara - Hodge:Podge

Kim - Kim Macumber Interiors

Lisa - Lisa Mende Design

Tiffany - Living Savvy

Jessie - Mix & Chic

Linda - My Crafty Home Life 

Danylle - Nana Moon

Nicole - Nicole Scott Designs
Julia-Pawleys Island Posh

Jennifer - The Pink Pagoda

Lindsay - The Pursuit of Style

Emily - Rue de Emily 

Lindsay - Sadie + Stella

Lisa - Trapped in North Jersey

-Bethany

Check out the updates each week:   Week 2,  Week 3,  Week 4,  Week 5

#decisionmakinghell

#eekimexcited

#anotherproject?

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