One Room Challenge Fall 2015: Kickoff
It is that time again for the One Room Challenge!!!
I am a glutton for punishment yet, it seems it may be the only way to actually motivate me to do anything in my own house.
I have done our Home Office, Bo’s Bedroom and The Ping Pong Emporium in past ORC’s.
This One Room Challenge Fall 2015 I am tackling my playroom. It is basically a wallowing pit of destruction. I am ashamed to even show it but, here goes.
The negative to this overused room is that my husband, children, and 3 dogs use and misuse it all the time and I never really decorated it either. You also enter this room directly from the back door and I hate what guests are forced to see upon entering this oversized dog bed of a room. It is the leftovers from other spaces. The sectional was the wrong color when I bought it at the Mitchell Gold Outlet but I loved the lines knowing I would recover it in the future. The time is NOW and that is where One Room Challenge comes in.
Most of the art will stay in this room with some additions. It is still off the wall from my showhouse with Traditional Home last spring…I never rehung and have moved things around. Expect a killer gallery wall if nothing else.
These people are a mess…
Wow…how disgusting are those bookshelves…I cringe walking through here!
These are part of the problem…Maple
and Waffles…
But how can you say no to that face? #sucker
Notice all the mismatched and lack of pillows…Maple was kind enough to spend her entire puppy year (she is now 15 months) chewing through the corners of every pillow in the playroom. She is a real charmer!
The table that was put in there by default and is a collector of daily junk. Regardless of the amount of cleaning, EVERYONE drops their daily piles as they enter. It drives me insane!
It has a tent made of a box currently…nice designer touch.
One Room Challenge for those not in the know, is a semi-annual event where 20 bloggers, made up of Professional Designers, Diy’ers, and Interior Design Bloggers, transform a room from start to finish hosted by Linda of Calling it Home.
For the next six Wednesday’s, we will be giving you updates on our room progress.
Check in next week for my plan and sponsors I will be using. I am frantic to get this room turned around.
The great group of participants that you MUST follow:
GAME ON Ladies!
Apartment 34 | Arianna Belle | Because It’s Awesome | Coco+Kelley | Design Darling | Design Indulgence |Design Manifest | Christine Dovey | The English Room | Vanessa Francis | Hi Sugarplum | Honey We’re Home | Jojotastic | The Pink Clutch | The Pink Pagoda | Simplified Bee | Style Your Senses | A Thoughtful Place | Kimberly Whitman | The Zhush | TM by CIH
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Kerry Steele
I think we all have that one disaster room in our house. I am excited to see how you tackle this.
sherry hart
I thought I had problems with 1 dog…..but the room has great bones and I know you will pull it together with all of your talent!
Kim Macumber
Looking forward to this … know you are going to make it fun!
Lydia Marie Elizabeth
Can’t wait for that gallery wall! You’ll do great, we can already tell! 🙂
courtney {a thoughtful place}
OH I can’t wait to see. The last room you did was over the top awesome. Looking forward to following along.
Brenna@DomesticCharm
We all have that “room”…. the one where the lost furniture goes and everyone makes a mess of. I can’t wait to see how stylish yours becomes! It will be amazing, I’m sure!
Carrie
LOVE your style and can’t wait to see this!
Linda - Calling it Home
My dog is the reason why I don’t have nice bedding. Such cute babies. Can’t wait to see what you decide.
christine dovey
You have such beautiful bones to work with-I’d kill for a giant playroom like that! I can’t wait to see what you do and know it’s going to be fabulous!
Vanessa@Decor Happy
From your description, I was expecting the first image to be really awful but it wasn’t at all. A lot of great pieces to work with. Can’t wait to see what you do!
Linda Holt
Super excited to see what you do Holly. I know it will be fabulous as always!
Jennifer@The Pink Pagoda
Awww, those dogs!! This will be amazing. And the wall of art — CAN’T WAIT!!
Naomi / Design Manifest
Fun! Can’t wait to see how you recover the sofa. A room that is stylish and practical is always pretty genius in my book
Melissa @ Polished Habitat
Oh, dogs! LOVE our German Shepherd, but boy does she manage to mess up things around the house. Can’t wait to watch the transformation of your room!
Michelle
The lines of the sofa are amazing! I can’t wait to see what color you end up doing and how you change the room!
Megan | Honey We're Home
Your dogs and family are adorable! It’s a lived in room and now it’s gonna be an extra gorgeous family room! Those are some lucky peeps!
lesli devito
I cannot wait to see what you do with this space..One thing is for sure…it will be pet, kid and family friendly and it will be GORGEOUS!!!!!
THOSE PHOTOS ARE PRICELESS!!!
tobe | because its awesome
I’m still reeling from your last challenge results. Seriously buckled at the knees when I saw that you were participating again. Just LOVE your style! Looking forward to seeing the transformation. ox
tobe | because its awesome
Also – please send all of that art my way so you can start with a clean slate 😉
Kelly Rogers
I agree, this is really not nearly as bad as the worst space in my house (with kids and a dog, also). I look forward to seeing how you make this playroom fabulous and family friendly!
Trish
My dear, your family is just wonderful. I can feel their fun energy flying off the screen in those photos. Now I can really see where your exuberant use of color comes from – you are surrounded by high energy, loving people all day. How nice that must be! Anyone who can make a ping pong table into the coolest dining room of all will have no problem at all with this room. The only question I have for you is are you going to hang the TV on the wall? Of course, that begs the question – will you also get a bigger one? I just went through this with my playroom and we ended up spending most of the budget on a 65 inch 4K TV with 3D. We love it, though! Looking forward to watching your journey in the ORC.
Paige Minear
I will happily follow along to see you make this space incredible just like all your other spaces! Excited to be on this journey with you! xo, Paige
the zhush
Your family is so cute, reminds me so much of my own brood. I’m right on the fence of wanting/getting a dog and Maple and Waffles are beyond cute…but the pillow chewing thing is a bit scary! Anyway excited to see you fabulous room unfold and transform!
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