Well, here we are, Week 8 of the six-week One Room Challenge. We have made a lot of progress on the front half of our A-frame beach house. As a reminder, here is where we started…
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It’s Week 6 of the One Room Challenge, and as promised in last week’s post, we are not *quite* ready for the final reveal. I am excited to spend some time looking through the completed project posts of my fellow participants, but before I do that, a quick update on our beach A-frame project status:
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It’s Sunday night as I write this post, despite the fact that most participants posted their One Room Challenge week 5 updates on Thursday. Not me, though. I’m sitting on the floor of the A-frame looking at piles of stuff in every direction. Any of you procrastinators out there feel better about what ever it is you haven’t done?
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Hello there! Is 2020 over yet? Unbelievably, no. But there is some good news: twenty select designers along with a couple hundred bloggers and insta-folks are ready to spend the next six weeks distracting you from reality because the autumn edition of the 2020 One Room Challenge starts now!
For those non-design nerds in the crowd, the One Room Challenge was started forever ago by Linda of Calling It Home to hold herself accountable for finishing her own home decorating project. I’m sure none of you have ever had a room in your house that you started to redecorate (or even remodel) only to find months later that things aren’t quite how you wanted them. Me neither. Anyway, the gist of the challenge is that each participant has six weeks to “finish” their selected room.
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And so we come to the end of another One Room Challenge. Or do we?
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Five weeks down and one week to go in this shared kids’ room decorating project. The kids are excited to finally move into their new bedroom but Mom and Dad have quite the list left to accomplish.
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What to do with all your kids’ stuff is a major dilemma of parenthood. It starts early. Excited expectant parents register for all the things including things that experienced parents know will never be used (hello, diaper wipe warmer). You’ve seen it play out in restaurants across the country a million times: new parent walks in with baby and half a storage unit of stuff in tow. Parent of toddler hardly notices because toddler has a full backpack of toys just to get through a 45 minute meal. Parent of college student observes the scene, sips her beer, and smiles. Her hand bag is big enough for her keys, phone, and wallet only. It is a progression that we all go through. Sooner or later, we all begin to throw things out when our kids aren’t watching. No? Just me? I didn’t think so.
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Believe it or not, this is technically the halfway point in our six-week decorating project. Anyone nervous? Don’t worry. We’ve totally got this. Assuming everything actually shows up in time. More on that in a moment…
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