Ugh, I am so exhausted. Like, I'm so tired I don't even want to be typing this blog post right now. I'm hitting a mental block and my brain just wants to go to moosh. But the reason I'm so tired is the reason for this blog post. So I need to push through and tell you all about what I've been up to! This is week 2 of the One Room Challenge. Let's jump in.

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This past week has been the first week of progress within the One Room Challenge time frame. So far I am glad to say I am on schedule! Last week I announced that for the first week, I wanted to dry test the furniture arrangement and prep the walls and trim work for paint. I have caulked and wood filled and tested furniture arrangement. I thought I was killing it when I also made a decision with my china cabinet and took the top half off and filled the holes in the bottom to use as a credenza.


There's a lot of damage to the frame of the credenza so I'm working on filling all the dings and missing wood and will paint it white. The drawer and cabinet fronts will remain their existing wood finish. It'll help keep the space bright. I'll install shelves above it for storing all of our barware and some decor.


And, I bought a sander! And if you're looking at buying a random orbit sander too, you can get this bundle of sanding sheets for a major bargain compared to what they cost in person at the home improvement stores! I bought it to try and sand out the imperfections in the trim, the credenza before painting it, and buffing out those awful paint drips. In my defense, I didn't do that. My husband did when he helped me paint some scuffs.

Tomorrow I hope to have all the sanding done so I can get as much painting done as possible before we leave for travel.

Yeah.

Unfortunately, the revelation and extra work isn't enough to keep me from going into panic mode. Apparently, I am the worst planner in the world. Next week is kiddo's spring break and we will be out of town off and on for the whole week. So that leaves me with a whole lot less time to be painting than I had originally anticipated. Pray for me, I'm already exhausted 😂

Oh, I did get the wallpaper removed. It was super easy. The paint beneath was semi gloss and my application was elementary so most of it just fell right off. The stubborn bits I scrubbed off with a wet cloth. Now I just need to figure out what paint color is going to go in the wallpaper's place.

For record keeping purposes, here's how The Lounge looks in the current moment:

By The Week

Week 1: Dry testing the furniture arrangement, revealing the design plan.
Week 2: Removing the remaining wallpaper, prepping walls for paint, caulking wainscotting.
Week 3: Painting the walls (I hate painting walls, I suspect this is where I falter)
Week 4: Install curtain rods and curtains, touch up paint, decorate.
Week 5: Final decorating, Photographing.
Week 6: Reveal the finished space.

There's not much different this time. If you missed my first One Room Challenge post, visit the Relaxed Boho Lounge design plans here. Make sure to check back next week to see how much closer to a relaxing boho lounge this space gets!