This week of the One Room Challenge with Apartment Therapy was a fun one! We started the faux fireplace at Sister Hill and got to put some color on the walls!
The color we chose is so gorgeous! It’s called Chagres River by Clark + Kensington and is completely transforming the look and feel of this space. I love so much that it is a bit unexpected but also just feels very natural in this room. I will finish painting the lower 2/3 of the walls as well as the trim next week in week 4 as well as put up the mural!
The faux fireplace was created with 2 corbels we found a few years ago with the intention to use in the home we were building. The style didn’t really fit so they have been sitting in our storage room just waiting to be used! We turned them on their heads and they make the perfect base for a faux fireplace! We created the top portion using scrap wood and MDF that we had left over from other projects. In all, this project has only cost us $25 out of pocket so far. To give it a finished look, we are on the hunt for a beautiful piece of detailed wood for the front and the perfect tile for the inside! I will keep you posted in our instagram stories as we hunt for those items!
This project keeps getting better as it goes! Stay tuned to see what’s coming in week 4!
Cheers,
Jamie
Week two of the One Room Challenge was a success! Adding a bit of molding to the walls in the game room at Sister Hill is just what this room needed to give it a bit of old charm.
During our initial renovations of the house, we kept multiple pieces of scrap wood and cut edges. These were the perfect pieces to create the 3’x3′ box molding on the wall.
Setting the height of the molding at 5 feet will create a dramatic visual once painted the deep blue that we will begin in week three! During our third week, we will finish the molding throughout and begin on the faux fireplace! Stay tuned!
Cheers,
Jamie
Ah! It’s here! The One Room Challenge with Apartment Therapy has officially begun! This season, One Room Challenge is celebrating their 10th Anniversary and we are so excited to be a part of it!
For this 8 week design project, we chose to continue our the game room at Sister Hill along with the connected bedroom. This is one of our favorite spaces in the house. It’s the perfect room to relax, kick back, play a game and if you’re me, drink some wine.
When we first saw this space, it was full of dark wood paneling, glue on top of glue on the floor and a beat up drop ceiling. It needed a new life.
With a whole lot of scrubbing, white paint and beadboard for the ceiling, we created a fresh space that feels bright and welcoming. But also, 5 years later, it feels really old. Not that good kind of vintage old but the kind of old that looks like you just got all of your grandparents left over furniture and weren’t sure where to put it. It needs some love and after finishing the remodel of the green room, we are up for the challenge!
So, although this room has come quite a long way since we began renovations in 2016, the Game Room is ready for some major updates and added charm!
By bringing color back to the walls and creating an escape with a mural and faux fireplace, that vintage vibe is all you’re going to feel when you walk into this space. Source links and inspiration photos are below. Follow along here on the blog and on Instagram as we continue our Victorian home renovation!
SOURCE LINKS: CHAIRS | MURAL | RUG | LIGHT | WALL SCONCE | ART
