I signed up for the One Room Challenge and this time completely last minute. Typically when I sign up to renovate a room I have spent at least a couple of months designing the room and getting my materials ordered. The room I initially thought I was going to do was our dining room but [...]
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ORC Reveal: Classic Master Bathroom
It's Saturday night, almost 10 pm CST, exactly one day before the One Room Challenge deadline. Uros and I have worked so hard to get this master bathroom completed on time. I was on the verge of giving up several times and just blowing off this deadline because so many things were not falling into [...]
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ORC Week 5-7: Classic Master Bathroom Reno
It's been a couple of weeks since my last One Room Challenge update. The kids were sick and we were waiting on a contractor to help with the floor installation and many items are delayed so I did not have much of an update but now I do! The big one that my Uros and [...]
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ORC Week 4: Waterproofing and Tile Layout
It's the last day of week 4 and writing this blog two hours before it's due because it has been a nightmare of a week for our master bathroom reno. Last week we talked about how we installed the Schluter system to waterproof our shower floor and walls. During the installation process we noticed that [...]
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ORC Week 3: Plumbing and Drywall
This week of the One Room Challenge we completed the not-so-glamorous tasks of re-routing plumbing and installing drywall. I learned a ton about the proper way of waterproofing walls so that they don't leak behind the tile (once it is installed). Plumbing is the only part of this project we are not doing ourselves. A [...]
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ORC Week 2: Master Bathroom Demolition
It's Week 2 of the One Room Challenge and we spend the whole week demoing our master bathroom. If you missed Week 1 design plans check them out here. This was our first project in which we gutted everything ourselves. We started off demoing the wall behind the vanity because this is the wall the [...]
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Fall 2021 One Room Challenge| Master Bathroom Week 1
I can't believe it's fall already and that I'm participating in my fifth One Room Challenge. Yes, fifth. Here is a run-through of all of the rooms I was able to complete by participating in the challenge. Guest Bedroom | ORC Fall 2019 Family Room| ORC Spring 2020 Powder Room| ORC Fall 2020 Library Room| [...]
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Home Library Room Reveal | Spring 2021 ORC
Today is the day friends and I can't believe we made it! We put so much hard work into this space for the last eight weeks and I'm beyond excited to share all the details of our home library. The transformation is dramatic but before I dive into all the details I want to give [...]
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ORC Week 7: Installing the final touches
We are one week away from the final reveal and the week before the reveal is always so nerve-wracking. There always seem to be a million small things that need to be completed and they all matter because all the details make the room truly unique and complete. Featured designers will be revealing their room [...]
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ORC Week 6: Wallpaper Install
I can't believe it's week 6 of the One Room Challenge. I'm writing this post the last day it's due because majority of our work worth writing about happens on the weekend. So what have we completed this weekend? Big things my friends. We spray painted the built-ins with the final coat of paint and [...]
