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Well, the last six weeks have flown by and here’s where we are now…
I couldn’t be more pleased with where the dining room is at right now compared to when I started on this One Room Challenge. Sure, there are things that didn’t get done, and things I may end up changing out, but having an almost finished space is incredible.
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If you’re visiting for the first time then, welcome! Here are the links to Week One, Week Two, Week Three and Week Four.
With one week remaining I’m a combination of thrilled with how far this room has come and slightly panicing that I’ll never get it all finished.
My main aim for this week was to get the new light fitting up and have the doors between the dining and living rooms in place, which hasn’t been finished but a decent amount of progress has at least been made on them.
I knew I wanted pocket doors but had no way of adding them so decided to cheat a little to get the look. On the living room side of the wall which divides the two rooms the plan has always been to add a full wall of bookcases so I’m going to attach doors that will slide behind those bookcases, giving the look of pocket doors. After spending a fair amount of time looking at doors and debating solid vs glass panelled doors I spotted this image on Pinterest, which quickly became my inspiration for the door project.
Continue reading “ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WEEK FIVE: LET THERE BE LIGHT”
If you’re visiting for the first time then, welcome! Here are the links to Week One, Week Two and Week Three.
It’s fauxdenza time people! 
I knew I wanted to include a fauxdenza in the dining room when I first started thinking about how I wanted the room to look when. They’re supremely practical from a storage point of view (I plan to store wine glasses, cocktail making equipment, napkins and the likes in mine) without taking up too much space and keeping things feeling airy by being up off the floor. Continue reading “ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WEEK FOUR: DIY FAUXDENZA”
Sometimes you just want a quick and easy little project to feel like you’ve accomplished something with immediate results. This DIY project couldn’t be simpler or quicker.
WHAT YOU NEED:
Tiles (I used the £1 sample tiles you can buy from B&Q for this Aquila White Carrara Porcelain tile)
Felt self adhesive pads (I used these)
Optional extras: A sample pot of paint and some fine grit sandpaper
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bobo & mimi 