Spring 2022 One Room Challenge | Week 1

I don’t know if anyone’s been around long enough to remember my last ORC attempt. I fizzled out on my Spring 2020 attempt and my bathroom is still half done, lol. This time— I’ve got a plan of attack and a “client” I can’t ditch out on halfway through. I’ll be making over my brother and sister-in-law’s kitchen/living room!

The main focus will. be the kitchen, but we’re replacing the old flooring throughout the kitchen/living/dining areas since those spaces are open-concept. The current space has carpet in the living quadrant of the space and old, dark, worn-down LVP flooring in the rest of the kitchen/dining. The carpet and LVP are going and we’ll be putting in a lighter wood laminate that will brighten and unite the space.

As you can see, the kitchen feels very dark due to the brown cabinets, and what you can’t see is that they are pretty poorly painted. I’m super excited to bring in a rich emerald green onto the cabinets and add some texture and elevate the space with gorgeous white zellige tile on the backsplash. Unsurprisingly I’m also going to be kicking that boob-light to the curb and replacing it with something pretty and refined, and the Ikea pendant over the dining table also isn’t going to be staying.

I like the open shelving to the left of the sink, but I want to replace it with some beautiful wood shelving and brass accents. The countertop is a well worn laminate so that’s going to be replaced with a solid surface quartz countertop. Another fun plan? We’ll be wallpapering the fridge! I had so much fun wallpapering the fridge in the kitchen I did for my BFF last spring, I knew it’d be a fun way to add a graphic element in this space.

We’re already knee-deep in demo and the it-gets-worse-before-it-gets-better phase! Can’t wait to flip this drab, dated kitchen in to an elevated organic-classic space over the next 8 weeks of One Room Challenge!