One Room Challenge-Week 1

If you are a new visitor to my blog, welcome! My name is Reem and I will be participating in the One Room Challenge as a guest participant and I am so excited about joining this great platform. Better Homes and Gardens holds this biannually and I have always been amazed by the transformations #BHGORC! This will be my first year participating and I am so pumped to get this room transformed!

What will I be transforming you may be wondering? Well, as of last Sunday, my 12 year-old became a teenager and she has decided that her 'purple vintage Barbie' room is too young for her. Yeah, I guess I must agree. Take a look...

When we built this house, all of my kids wanted color on the wall, in the literal sense. Although, I was completely against this, I obliged because I am a nice mom. I should have stuck with my gut and insisted on white walls, but that is okay, because I am so inspired to do this correctly this time around. Wouldn't it be amazing to have a wall of wallpaper, perhaps some treatment on the wall, who knows...the options are endless, but money most definitely is not. So, I will try to be smart about this and control my budget. Ahh, wouldn't it be amazing! Here is some inspo that has me excited about this project!

Image via Etsy LoveArtDecals

wall treatment via Sita Montgomery Interiors

image via Anthropologie

Here is what I need to do:

1. Sell/donate her furniture

2. Paint the walls

3. Possible wall treatment (wallpaper or shiplap)

4. Buy more appropriate furniture

5. Change light fixture (if possible)

6. Find a rug

7. Find a way to hang a chair on a 16 foot ceiling

8. Find more age-appropriate accessories (no more Vintage Barbie)

One item that is an absolute must in the new room will be the Anthropologie hanging chair. It is without a doubt going to make it into this room. It was the only thing that my daughter really asked for. I mean, seriously, these chairs are so cool and I think I need one too! Here is the inspo chair...

Here is the chair that we are designing the room around from Anthropologie!

Here is the current situation of the room:

So much purple. Barney is coming to visit.

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As you can see, there are so many things wrong with this picture. I admit that I really did not put much effort when we moved in. There were more important things on my mind like the kitchen, the family room, the main living spaces. We slapped a color on the wall and basically called it a day. She inherited a bedroom set from my eldest, which we have had for about 15 years. Well, the time has come my friends. This is getting a major makeover! I have so many ideas spiraling in my mind and I cannot wait to get started. So, #oneroomchallenge, here we go!

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So, come along with me on this journey! Welcome to the One Room Challenge! And make sure to check back next week when I reveal the mood board!