One Room Challenge Linking Participant

This is it.  It’s the last week of the six week One Room Challenge.  I’m participating as a linking participant.   Click here to see Week 1, Week 2, Week 3,  Week 4 and Week 5 .  A big thanks to Linda at Calling it Home  for organizing and hosting this event every six months.  Click here to see the One Room Challenge participants and here to see my fellow linking participants.

My initial plan was to renovate our newly bought townhouse that we plan to rent as an executive/vacation rental in just six weeks.  Since we just took possession of the townhouse on October 20th (a little over two weeks ago) this has been a CHALLENGE. Then, once we took possession, my husband decided we should really update the Kitchen, so that added to the challenge.  So I’m not revealing the Kitchen or any of the main level, because updating the kitchen meant changing it’s flooring which affected the rest of that level too.  My plan is to keep posting updates every Thursday so those of you who can’t sleep at night because you’re dying to find out how it’s progressing will be able to check in weekly for your townhouse fix.

One thing that might hamper my efforts is that I had a call from a Realtor two days ago.  She had two clients interested in a two bedroom temporary rental.  If we end up renting the townhouse before the Kitchen is redone (fingers crossed) then I’ll post the results once we are able to get it done.

Now to reveal the bedroom level.  My plan for the Master Bedroom was this:

Plan & ideas for the Master Bedroom

This is the before picture:

Master Bedroom Before

Here’s how it turned out:

Master Bedroom After

Desk Nook

Framed Nail Polish Marbled Paper by Tabitha hanging over desk.

Reupholstered vintage Hickory Chair (not Henredon as I stated above) chair.

Bench created from a coffee table at foot of bed.

Painted headboard adds a pop of color.

Repaired Tuesday Morning landscape hangs opposite the French doors.

My plan for the Guest Room was:

Plan & ideas for the Guest Bedroom

The Guest Room before:

Guest Bedroom before

And the results:

Guest Bedroom After

Painted Secretary with open shelves above.

Reupholstered rope chair

View of the back of the reupholstered rope chair

Ikea Blavinge curtains turned out great!

Collection of neutral pillows

New carpet and a fresh coat of paint, Benjamin Moore’s Manchester Tan.

Prints and plates, including our Encouragement and a vertical arrangement of framed pages from an antique book on insects.

I love how everything turned out.  I wish I could photograph it better, because my pictures really don’t express how lovely and transformed the rooms are.  It doesn’t help that we have had a serious drought here in the Dallas area and yet, it’s been raining cat and dogs the past couple of days as I’ve been trying the photograph these rooms.  These pictures were taken today when the sun finally came out again!  If  I do this again in the Spring (and I hope I can), I’m definitely getting a professional photographer.

Thanks for following along on this fun six week challenge.  Please continue to stop by on Thursdays as I post about the Kitchen renovation and the changes to the Main Level!

Have a happy week,

Rachel