ORC Fall 2020: Week 6 (The Final Tween Bedroom Reveal)

November 24, 2020 Erica Deputy

And just like that, 6 weeks of planning, designing, building and styling ‘A Bedroom Fit for a Tween’ has come to an end. What fun we’ve had and I am excited to share it all in this wrap-up post. If you’ve been following along, thank you! If you haven’t, see below for a summary and links to weekly project progress:

Mood

Design Board and Plans

Sourcing & Ordering

Painting a border

Installing Picture Rail Molding

Building a platform bed

My little client for this project (soon-to-be 10 year old daughter) played a huge role in her room design. She picked out most of the design elements, was eager to help with all the build projects, and was generally just so excited throughout the process aka the best client ever! And she has a favorite color - can you guess what it is?! Pops of yellow played a big role in the design and it’s all just so cheery and bright. She wanted a loft bed/reading nook - we found hers at Crate & Kids - but we also thought it important to keep her queen bed because let’s be honest, sleeping on a loft bed is not always the most comfy option. So now she has a lounge bed, sleeping bed AND can invite little sister to her room for sleepover anytime she wants.

The beautiful yellow patterned drapes are from a small startup company called Wovn Home and I must say they were a breeze to work with. From measuring help to sourcing hardware, they delivered a beautiful custom product in 5 weeks. This room gets so much natural light which can be a challenge in a kid’s bedroom situation. We had off-the-shelf blackout curtains in this room before but they never really blocked enough light and my daughter was always up with the sun. BUT these blackout curtains actually work and the room is now cavern-like when they are closed, which has made for some good sleeping-in mornings for Blake. Custom drapes are an investment but one I feel totally worth it to make a room feel special.

The pop of yellow is carried through to the patterned duvet. Both my daughter and I instantly loved this pattern by Carly Home. The green color on the duvet complements the blue green Clare Paint on the ceiling and using it as a bed topper really pulled all the design elements together.

Special thanks to Clare for gifting me the border and molding paint and to Wovn Home & Carly Home for treating my ORC project as client work. All three are wonderful small businesses that you (and I) can feel so good about supporting.

Wovn Home Drapes // Clare Border and Picture Rail Paint // Carly Home Duvet Cover

The painting is from Wink Wink Studio and fits so perfectly with the other design elements. I am a huge fan of Suzy’s work which is evident when you tour our home. I love the combination of abstract modern art, with a traditional piece of furniture and a sentimental object - a quilt made by my Grandma on display, sitting pretty, on top of the bookcase.

This bookcase was made by Greg (the little client’s Dad and my hubs) and it is so beautiful and even includes a built-in treasure drawer. He designed it to fit the space (narrow width and front legs only so we didn’t have to cut the baseboard or notch the furniture piece). With his help, I plan to write a future blog post with the materials list and build plan + modifications.

I think it’s important to add wood elements to modern spaces so the room doesn’t read so one dimensional. Each wall of this room now showcases a wood element - a bookcase, desk, bedside ledge (all made by Greg) and a printer drawer turned trinket display shelf - like a natural wood hug around the room.

BATTERY OPERATED SCONCE LIGHTS

A quick DIY project we added during this final week was the black reading light sconces. Instead of getting a plug-in option, we used remote controlled battery powered puck lights and simply mounted the sconce base to the wall without any wiring.

To make the ‘Battery Operated Puck Light Bulb’, we superglued the back of the puck light to a PVC Plug, screwed the PVC Pipe Adapter into the sconce, then secured the plug into the adapter. To change the batteries, all we need to do is unscrew the top part of the Puck Light and replace the batteries when needed.

SCONCE DIY MATERIALS LIST (click photo for source link:)

I also decided to add Brass Corner Bracket hardware to the cork board we painted earlier in the project with Jolie Paint in Legacy (gifted by Stylish Patina). This was an easy way to add some zhush to a boring cork board.

Corner Bracket Hardware - click photo for source link.

Finally, I’d like to report that the picture rail molding is just as functional as it is pretty. The hooks and copper wire are doing a great job of holding even a heavy printers tray.

Phew…this ended up being a long post but we did accomplish a lot during the final week of this project. But really, the most important part of the reveal is that our little client is just thrilled with her refreshed room! For the next month, you can find me curled up in the corner coming to terms with her turning 10 at the end of December.

Finally, I am extremely grateful to Linda and the whole ORC Team for organizing another fun season of the One Room Challenge! What a great way to keep us accountable to finishing a home project while providing encouragement along the way. Click on the logo above to get a dose of serious inspiration from all the other Guest Participant reveal posts.

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ORC Fall 2020: Week 5 (Loft + Platform Bed)

November 8, 2020 Erica Deputy

Are you following along? You should be! So many awesome projects this season - click the logo to see.

We have almost reached the end of the ‘Bedroom Built for a Tween’ project! This is the last post before the final reveal. This week we focused on the bed project and luckily the loft part of the bed (the part we didn’t build) arrived just in time. Originally it was supposed to arrive a few weeks ago but, as all Covid furniture order sagas, it was backordered multiple times. We considered a whole built-in loft and bed project but honestly weren’t super thrilled with the idea of something so permanent being installed in the bedroom.

I found this lovely modern loft bed and knew it would be the perfect starting point to customize for a semi built-in. loft + bed combo. We plan to add pegs, a pin board and a bedside book ledge (can you see it?!)

But first, let’s build a platform bed…

Build the platform frame with 2x6" boards

Find a little helper and lay it all out

Measure that mattress before assembly

Screw the 2x6" boards together to create a sturdy frame (no box spring)

Test the sturdiness

Mitre the corners of 1x12" boards and wrap around the frame

Don't stop there, attach 1x6" boards to the 1x12" boards to finish it all off

Ready for paint

After the platform bed frame was built, we filled the brad nail holes with wood putty, sanded them down and are ready to give the whole think a coat of white paint. We also had some fun design elements arrive this week. Those will stay boxed a little while longer until we finish the bookcase build, do some touch up painting and add additional customization to the loft. I hope to have the final reveal posted on November 22nd (2 weeks from now) so stay tuned for that!

ORC Fall 2020: Week 4 (Picture Rail Molding)

November 1, 2020 Erica Deputy

Let’s install some picture rail molding during Week 4! Last week I painted the pieces of molding with the ceiling and border paint color, Headspace by Clare Paint. The molding pieces we are using are already primed so after the two coats of paint dried, we were ready to install.

I found an inspiration photo on Pinterest and, quite literally, flipped the their concept around. Paint above the molding, white wall below. And with the ceiling already painted, it’s going to create this really cool blue sky effect when lounging in reading nook or bed.

Inspiration from A Beautiful Mess Blog by contributor Mandi Johnson

Our Picture Rail Molding Install…

MEASURE then cut your lengths of molding. Corner joining pieces will need mitered edges. This can be tricky and you might need to adjust if your corner isn’t a perfect 90 degree angle.
Two of the room’s walls have windows and the other two have doors. Err on the side of extra length. This will ultimately save you time because even though you might need to make more cuts, at least you aren’t running back to the hardware store or patching because your pieces are too short!
Mark your STUDS so you know where you will attach the molding to the wall.
Use a LEVEL and don’t rely on your paint lines as a guide then NAIL (GUN preferably) those pieces to the wall

Find the studs and mark with painters tape.

DO NOT forget to use your level while attaching to wall - and get yourself a little helper friend.

make the room…look at that mitered corner!

sources:

HEADSPACE CLARE PAINT // PICTURE RAIL MOULDING // HOOKS

If you’ve been following along, you will see we still have a lot to accomplish on our to-do list. But things are moving a long and I feel good about our progress. Two big building projects are in the works - a bookcase and platform bed - and all the fun details of those builds will be shared in the coming weeks.

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ORC Fall 2020: Week 3 (All About That Border)

October 25, 2020 Erica Deputy

Yassss, I put on my painting overalls this week because the Clare paint we are using in our ‘Bedroom Fit for a Tween’ project arrived! I sing the praises of Clare a lot and have many reasons I love this company and their products…woman owned startup, curated color collection, fun paint names, wall paint in a perfect eggshell finish etc etc. And Clare was so kind to feature my last season ORC project on their blog after using their ‘Wing It’ color in my office/studio design and then gift me some paint for this season - thank you!

I love designing with pops of color and have now used 3 different Clare colors in my own home. I think even if you love white walls, there are ways to add a pop of color to make a room feel more like you. You can still keep your white walls but consider painting some cabinetry, an accent wall, or even a ceiling.

‘Wing It’ trim paint on office built-ins and accent wall paint

….and I continue to include Clare in client design plan. Remember this fun, cat-filled bathroom?

‘Deep Dive’ trim paint on a bathroom accent wall.

Click above to check out all the week 3 project updates!

Prior to the start of this project, we had already painted both of my daughters’ ceilings with Clare’s ‘Headspace’. When we started thinking about tackling my soon-to-be 10 year old daughter’s room for Fall ORC, I knew I wanted the ceiling to play a roll in the design. So with the addition of picture rail molding and a thick Headspace painted border, we created a cool color dipped feature in my daughter’s bedroom. Thanks to Clare for gifting me this paint - it blended seamlessly with the already painted ceiling.

Measuring the border with an 11.5 strip of paper as our ruler.

Used Clare’s painters tape to mark the border before paint.

I say ‘we’ because I’m happy to report my daughter is just as excited about this project as I am. Not in a ‘when will it be finished’ pestering but a ‘what can I help with’ excitement. She measured, taped, cut-in, and rolled a Headspace border that not only looks super cool - but I can tell she’s really proud of her work.

Cut-in the ceiling and bottom edge of border.

This border project took the two of us about 5 hours to complete. The fact that the ceiling was already painted was a huge time saver and I must say his was a super fun way to spend an afternoon with my daughter.

First coat of rolled paint (we applied 2 coats)

I also found some time to get the picture rail molding painted so hubs can install it during Week 4. The molding was already primed and I brushed on two coats of the ‘Headspace’ wall paint (we didn’t want to get a gallon of trim paint just for a few pieces of molding).

Even though our taped line is pretty straight and crisp, I am looking forward to the molding being installed over the paint line for the finishing touch of this functional wall feature.

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ORC Fall 2020: Week 2 (Making Plans & Placing Orders)

October 18, 2020 Erica Deputy

Design Elements for ‘Bedroom Fit for a Tween’ ORC Fall 2020

This is the week of the ORC where the theme should be ‘feels like nothing was accomplished’ but in actuality, we did all the things we needed to do to move this project forward which includes a lot of planning and ordering. As mentioned last week, this season’s One Room Challenge is a bedroom refresh for our daughter who will turn 10 in December. She’s requested a loft-style reading nook, which we have ordered ready-made. We contemplated designing a building a fixed loft but ultimately didn’t want to build something so permanent if, in a few years, she decides she no longer wants the loft.

So, from a building optic, hubs designed (and will build) a custom bookshelf and platform bed. The bookshelf will have a drawer in it, which will give her another place to hide her trinkets and treasures (she is quite the collector of all the things).

This week we focused on getting/ordering all our materials for both the building projects (hey, truck bed full of wood) and the design elements. We will be adding custom drapes from a start-up company and some new lighting and bedding.

All the wood for custom bookshelf, platform bed, and picture rail moldings

And hubs was able to find the molding we need to make our picture rails that we will install around the room. Living in a new build home, I really think it is important for each room to incorporate a family heirloom piece of furniture /or home design/construction element of the past. Apparently picture rail moldings became passé in the 1940’s but I’m all about bringing all the passé period home design features back. I mentioned it last week, but check out THIS ARTICLE and let me know which ‘Old House Features’ you want to bring back.

And for all 5 of you following along (Hi, Mom!) and reading this blog post - here is where we are on the good ‘ol to-do list. I forgot to add the part where you have to design and plan and order. That was this week and it wasn’t on the list. Now it’s time to start painting!