We have reached the halfway mark of the Spring 2018 One Room Challenge. If this is your first week stopping by, check my week 1 and week 2 posts to see the space I am making over and my design board.
I am starting to get a little worried on the timing. I may be down to the wire and taking final images hours before my final post. An old man named Uncle Sam has dictated our work timeline the last 2 weeks as my second half is a CPA. Now that the tax deadline has passed I get him back on the weekends and its crunch time.
While I have been patiently waiting I have been trying to accomplish as much as I could without a second-hand. Renovating with babies is a whole other ball game.
Warm Light Gray Paints
This week was all about paint. As I mentioned in my previous post my laundry room is in a windowless corner of my home. The lighting is not bright enough and the current white paint looks drab. I was on the quest to find the right light warm gray to help liven up the walls. So far I have swatched 4 colors from Behr, many of which came highly recommended from my friends on Instagram. They were all really great grays. It was hard to pick.
Here is what I swatched:
They were all great options. I was too excited to get some paint on the walls and went with Campfire Ash by Behr. I chose this color as it did not pull purple or blue and was the perfect neutral warmer gray. After covering the entire mudroom section it really helped add some depth to the space. I am a little concerned it might be too light, but I am going to wait until the vertical panelling is installed and painted black before I make my final decision on the wall color. If you are on the hunt for a great warmer gray I highly recommend sampling the colors above in your space.
There were a few more colors that came recommended that I want to share with you that I did not swatch yet. I am keeping these colors in my back pocket for future projects: Miners Dust by Dunn Edwards, Colonnade Gray by Sherwin Williams, Repose Gray by Sherwin Williams, Classic Gray by Benjamin Moore, Plymouth Rock by Benjamin Moore, London Fog by Benjamin Moore, Fine Grain by Dunn Edwards (at 50%).
Week 3 Progress
As you can see we have so much work to do. I know we will get it done, but boy oh boy is it going to be a close one.
Week 4 Goals
Lots planned for this weekend to finish week 4 strong. My goals include:
- Tile backsplash
- Install vertical paneling
- Start to demo floor tile
Check back next week for updates on backsplash tile and a few surprises in the space. Don’t miss all the other rooms by the featured designers and guest participants.
In case you missed the progress, you can view 
This room inspiration started from the amazing wallpaper by 
My next obsession and splurge was on the mid-century inspired olive green crib from Land of Nod. I debating for a couple of weeks on if I should go for a more budget friendly crib as there are many great options out there these days, but I could not get the color and lines of this crib out of my head. If we are lucky enough to have more babies, I know this crib will be able to be used again and again. I’m already imaging a girls nursery mixing olive green and pink. But I digress, let’s get back to this room.
Adding the board and batten paneling helped to add another design element to keep the wallpaper a focal point. The pattern on the paper would have lost its special touch and been too busy covering the entire wall due to the size of the room and I did not want to just do a feature wall.
The 
There were two DIY’s I incorporated into the room. The first is the blanket ladder to the left of the crib. I gave the ladder a dip dye treatment painting the lower two-thirds the pop of mustard yellow sprinkled throughout the room. The ladder helps to highlight the height of the ceiling making the room feel larger. The second DIY was the canvas banner above the crib. Both of these projects were under $25 and added a special touch to the room.
Last but not least is the lighting for the room. I found this 
