October 2014 - Pursuing Vintage

One Room Challenge Powder Room Makeover – Week 5

It is Week 5 of the One Room Challenge linking event hosted by Linda at Calling it Home. If you’re just joining me, you can see my plans and progress (Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4) for this ~~crazy~~ fun event designed to ~~kick our butts~~ motivate us to finish designing and decorating a room. In six weeks. Did I mention that? (I jest, Linda! Thanks to you for motivating me to finish two essential spaces in the last year. It will really make a huge difference in my home!)

Last week was a bit of a dud since I had been traveling and basically didn’t get anything done. This week was all about the accessories. I was DIY and “Homegoods Happy”.

I chose these coral pink hand towels to coordinate with the bench cushion in the mudroom. And how could I resist an acrylic soap dispenser?

I also decided that George Washington needed a little makeover.

George “before” his glam session:

George “after” his glam session.

I also decided to take my dad’s advice and get some letters to include. (See Dad, I DO listen to you once and awhile!).

I found these little wood letters at the craft store and think they’ll look cute on the shelf above the toilet.

George and the wood letters got a coat of this Rust-oleum paint. But to be honest, I wasn’t that impressed with it. I felt like I used a lot of paint to cover those three little things.

Still to do before next week’s final reveal:

– Touch up paint

– Hang window shade

– Edit / Rearrange art

Please take a look at all of the other One Room Challenge and One Room Challenge Linking participants. There is some really great, inspirational work going on!

Don’t forget to check back here next week for the final reveal!

October 30, 2014/9 Comments/by Kristen

Room Makeovers, Uncategorized

One Room Challenge Powder Room Makeover – Week 4

Confession: I’ve been out of town on a whirlwind trip vising family in Texas and Chicago this last week. I got NUTHIN’ done since the Week 3 update. (Does it count that my window shade was delivered?)

I have a lot of work to do this next week.

Please check back next week! And in the meantime, take a look at the people who were WAY more productive than me this week at Calling it Home!

October 24, 2014/3 Comments/by Kristen

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One Room Challenge Powder Room Makeover – Week 3

Welcome to WEEK THREE of the One Room Challenge Linking Party hosted by Calling it Home!!! If you’re just joining me, check out my progress from Week 2.

This week has been… all about that paint, that paint… no trouble! I figured if I sang those “adjusted” lyrics to Meghan Trainor’s song, I’d get that powder room painted quickly, easily, no problem. Overall, it worked.

I had a little help.

I started after I put the kids to bed by painting all the edges, but the next day, in daylight, I could see that the edges would need a second coat.

Let me introduce you to my help for round two of painting:

Oh, the babysitting powers of Nick Jr! In about 40 minutes, I was able to go over all of the edges a second time, this time in daylight, ensuring that I wouldn’t need a third coat.

That night I was able to roll the walls, and this is what I got:

Yes, it’s dark. My husband is fretting about it being “too dark”. He even *gasp* suggested I source a new light fixture! (I know I should really take him up on that – but part of me wants to prove to him that I can stick to our original budget agreement. The power of saying I told you so might outweigh the power of a new fixture. For now.) My solution is to grab a new light bulb and see if increasing the wattage will help the low light situation. I’ll let you know how that turns out.

I’m pretty happy with the Behr “Skipper” blue. I opted for eggshell because I wasn’t totally in love with the satin finish we chose for the Mudroom Makeover.

That’s all I got, folks! Stay tuned!

Don’t forget to check out all of the other One Room Challenge linking participants at Calling it Home.

October 16, 2014/11 Comments/by Kristen