I'm turning my dining room into a lounge. It's technically a sunroom but it's been servings as our dining room for the past few years. But now that I've borrowed the dining table for the sunporch, I'm taking the opportunity to change the function of this space. Think warm wood tones, layered textiles, soft lighting, houseplants, and soft colors. This is the space where I want to come and relax, journal, meditate, and gather with friends. There's a living room just one room away on the other side of the kitchen but this space will be more relaxed and more of a retreat from the rest of the house. I'll be shopping my house for the majority of this relaxed boho lounge room transformation.

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I'm sharing this room's transformation as part of the Spring 2019 One Room challenge. Today I am sharing the plan for my space and for the next few week's I will be checking in weekly to share the progress I've made. On May 9th, I will be revealing the finished space along with the other guest participants of the challenge.

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Right now my plate is pretty full with trying to get the house ready to go on the market but there's still a part of us that doesn't want to go through the trouble of trying to sell the house. So as I'm getting each room together, I'm trying to balance staging the space with making it a space that still works for us in the long term. This space was originally listed as the "den" when we bought the house so this "lounge" concept works with that purpose of the space.

The Specs

This space is 14 feet by 11 feet 4 inches.
There are two sets of three windows on two walls.
It's at the back of the house looking out into the backyard.
There is a passthrough from the kitchen into this space.
It's connected to the backdoor entry space (makeover coming soon for this space)
The floors are hardwood.

The Before

The Plan

The Inspo

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.

Hopefully I can keep on schedule since the biggest project is really just painting. Y'all wish me luck my Spring allergies don't put me on my butt these next few weeks 😂. If I can get through this, you're all invited to come over for drinks and treats in the new relaxed boho lounge at the boho abode.