WEEK FOUR: FALL ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

This week, I wanted to quit The One Room Challenge. I started to get quotes for all the different areas of the room that I want and need repair, and the custom closet design is over budget and not guaranteed to make it in time for the 8-week challenge. So, I’m stuck on whether it is worth breaking my bottom line or looking at other ideas. Secondly, I’ve had to deal with the emotional toll of designing a room for a family member. My daughter has a lot of opinions, and as a designer, I'm juggling functionality, budget, and a lot of ideas that change daily. Lastly, I'm starting a new project with a client, and with the holidays around the corner and all of the Halloween festivities—I’m asking myself if the fall ORC was such a good idea—ugh.

So, now that I've got all of that out of my system, let's get back to the fun stuff, some design talk. An area of the room that I want to talk about today is the music nook. My daughter loves to play multiple instruments in this tiny space, and I’m wondering how I can make it more functional and fun at the same time. She really wants a hanging chair to go in this space so she can relax sometimes and then play music other times. So, I pulled together a mood board with some concepts for this space and would love your thoughts on it.

On an amazingly positive note, Tempaper & Co. will sponsor wallpaper for the space, and I cannot wait to share which design I landed on for the room. I’ve finally started to sell furniture items that don’t fit in my daughter’s room so I can make room for the new ones. I emptied a closet and had four bins worth of items to donate. My daughter and I fell in love with some cute accessories from H&M Home. So—it’s not all bad over here. Next week, the focus will be on securing all of the products for the room and beginning to implement some of the design.