One Room Challenge {ORC} Week #3: Functional & Stylish Home Office

Welcome to Week #3!

The “One Room Challenge” is a bi-annual event hosted by Linda of Calling it Home, where featured designers showcase their talents in making over a space.  In addition, the challenge is open to all those who wish to share a makeover of their own with the One Room Challenge audience, via a weekly link up party hosted by the site.  Linda has named those who do so, “Guest Participants.”  It has been a great motivation to keep up with home projects that I have planned.  

 

The One Room Challenge is a six-week challenge to fully complete the room. Each Wednesday, over at Calling it Home, you can follow along with the featured designers. On Thursdays, you can see the link up of all the guest participants and their week by week progress.

If you visited last week, you see that we ripped out our ceiling and had 4 can lights and 1 flush mount chandelier installed to give us much needed lighting.

I chose this wooden bead flush mount from Joss & Main.  Isn't it pretty?

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 Iris 3-Light Semi- Flush Mount Chandelier

This week, was all about painting!  Our biggest project for this challenge is to get our built-in desk and bookshelf area painted to freshen up the look of the room.  

Here is the progress on the shelving.

Another painting project was happening on the other side of the room as well.  This gallery wall was transformed by chalkboard paint!

Here it is now after two coats. I chose Devine Color Quart Chalkboard in Green.

The key to making sure a chalkboard work like it should and erase easily without leaving residue is to “season” the board/ wall with the side of a stick of chalk.  After your paint dries, cover the entire surface with chalk and wipe off with a soft rag or chalkboard eraser.  It is then ready to use!

So what am I hoping to accomplish with this room makeover?

Here are my goals for the next six weeks!

1. Paint wall unit white to freshen up the space.

2.Add Overhead Lighting.

3. A project table of some sort where I can work on crafts and blog projects.

4. A reading chair that is comfortable.

5. Freshen up walls with new treatment and art. 

6. A rug to anchor the space. 

Be sure to check out the Week #3 progress of the Featured Designers over at Calling it Home.

To life feeling like home!

XO,