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The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 5

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 2, 201733Views 0Likes 15Comments

I have dreaded this week a little lot. When I was considering whether or not to participate in the One Room Challenge this round, week five loomed with complications. Ever optimistic, I thought, I've got this. I'll figure it out when I get there. Along with a patronizing head pat, Week 5 answered, You keep telling yourself that.…

The Breakfast Nook – Weatherizing

Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 31, 201723Views 0Likes 7Comments

Happy Halloween to all you trick-or-treaters out there. Around these parts, it looks like it is going to be a tough night for candy-seeking. Currently, it is a cold, rainy day, and a few snowflakes are falling. Brrrrr. Yesterday, I spent all day sealing cracks and gaps in the Breakfast Nook. I always think these little…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 4

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 26, 201733Views 0Likes 20Comments

I promise not to make this entire post about paint colors, but ugh! The breakfast nook is only 10'X4.5'. Why is it taking so long to paint? How is it that I have worked every spare moment of the past three weeks, and I have so little to show for it? These are questions for…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 3

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 19, 201736Views 0Likes 20Comments

If the six weeks of the One Room Challenge was a complete lifetime, birth to death, week three would be the angsty teen years. This week, I questioned everything about our project. Is it too much for six weeks? Will I finish? When will I find the right color of paint? Everyone is looking at…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 2

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 12, 201746Views 0Likes 20Comments

This week's crisis of faith is brought to you by an on-line paint visualizer. Monday, was all about progress progress progress. I felt fantastic. After a full day of work, I finished priming the walls. I thought to myself; This project is going to be a piece of cake. And the universe smiled, patted me on the…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 1

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 5, 201766Views 0Likes 40Comments

The calendar goes 'round and 'round, and here we are back in October, Week 1 of the fall One Room Challenge™. I feel like we are still recovering from the spring ORC. Remember way back in May when we worked like dogs to get the library finished on time? All that blood, sweat, and tears…