One Room Challenge Week 3 – Spring 2017

Hello,

{For those of you visiting for the first time, welcome! Thanks for stopping by. I am an Interior Decorator living just outside of Toronto, Canada and I started writing my blog Decor Happy back in 2009. I recently moved into a much smaller home which I am transforming one space at a time.}

Welcome to week 3 of the One Room Challenge! I am transforming my home office for this round and there are just over two weeks left until the photographer arrives to shoot it. For some reason, I thought there was an extra week in there. Oops!

You can see the before photos and inspiration (week 1) and the design plan (week 2) here:

Week 1 | Week 2

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There hasn’t been a whole lot happening this past week and as I mentioned, I won’t have any progress photos to show until the built in is installed in a couple of weeks (fingers crossed) as that is THE major change. As a decorator, I require a built in for storage of files, samples and supplies. So, this ORC is the easiest (though certainly not the least expensive) one that I have worked on to date. Everything is contingent on my cabinetmaker building and installing the built in on time.

Inspiration via Alice Lane Home

Here is the design concept again:

Here’s my to do list:

1. drive to the border this weekend (also include a Target run for office accessories) to pick up my office chair that I ordered online from West Elm. I could have had it delivered to my home but that would have taken 10-12 weeks which doesn’t quite work with the ORC timeline. Yes, I suppose I could have ordered it 10-12 weeks ago, but who is that organized?? It took about a week for it to arrive at an address (UPS) at the border.  I have never had anything delivered to the border before, so hopefully everything goes smoothly when I go to pick it up.  On the other hand, I did have the West Elm ceiling fixture delivered to my home and it is somewhere in transit. Certain lighting can be ordered through the store but again, it takes a lot longer so I decided to order it online. Note that although it may be quicker, it is more expensive to order online as there is duty etc.  Again, if I knew I was doing the ORC and had began planning months ago, I could have saved some $. Lesson – plan ahead.
2. Order/source art, rug and hardware – see prior post to see what I’m thinking. Hoping this all comes together as time is running out.
3. Order the crown moulding.
4. My painter is painting the room next week and I’m thinking it will be Benjamin Moore Silver Satin (an off white) if I go with the two toned cabinetry idea. However if I don’t, then I’m thinking of doing a pale, blush pink on the walls and a light grey on the cabinets. I better decide soon as the clock is ticking!
5. Electrician is also needed to hang the light fixture and add another outlet.
6. Figure out what to do with the gazillion cords – is there a way to streamline this? May need to bring in a professional. I was going to upgrade to an iMac (had been meaning to make the switch from a desktop for years) but I heard that a new one will be introduced this Fall hopefully so I am going to wait.  I’m probably one of very few people who don’t have a laptop as I prefer a desktop along with an iPad for client visits.
7. Style and accessorize.
8. Get the room professionally photographed.

Go check out what the 20 featured designers and my fellow linkers (there were almost 250 last week!) are up to. I for one cannot wait to see some of the reveals. Thank you Linda for organizing the ORC, House Beautiful for being a partner and all of you for following along!

PS Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram where I share more in my posts and stories.PS Here are the previous five spaces I have transformed for the ORC:

Prettying Up a Builder Kitchen (former home)  – Fall 2014

Teen Daughter’s Bathroom (former home) – Spring 2015

My Parisian Bedroom (former home) – Fall 2015

Teen Daughter’s Bedroom (former home) – Spring 2016

My Charming Kitchen – Fall 2016

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