Welcome back to Week 3 of the {One Room Challenge}! Before we dive in, I was glad to hear you loved yesterday’s Travel post! Nothing like finding a little heaven on earth, right?!
Now…back to the Dining Room. Thanks again to Linda for including me in this fun ride…I’m so excited about all the participant’s rooms, not to mention, love meeting the new readers that find their way here! #heyyall
Let’s recap for those popping in for the first time, we chose the Dining Room for our third round of the ORC (see our Master Bedroom here and Living Room here), which happens to be the first room you see when walking in the house…and is positioned directly across from our little jewel box of a Living Room.
Week 1 I shared how the room looked when we bought it, along with the floor and paint updates, and last week was all about the design, plans and project list. Okay, now that we’re all on the same page…let’s get after Week Three, and the big decisions that took place.
I’ve known since Day 1 of moving in this house that I wanted to add wallpaper to the Dining Room…but that proved a harder job than I realized, given the sheer number of wallpapers available, and my inability to make decisions! Choosing paint is a fairly easy task…after all it’s just color, and reasonably inexpensive to start over.
Wallpaper, on the other hand, is choosing color and pattern, and not so simple to start again if you aren’t happy. #cha-ching Plus, with our Dining Room being so open, the wallpaper also has to jive with the rest of the house! With that intimidation hanging over my head, it’s no wonder I haven’t been able to commit to a paper, right! Right?! #validateme
For over a year, Kristin and I have been texting each other wallpaper options, and each time our response was, ‘that’s pretty’, or ‘that could work.’ But nothing ever really took my breath away, until I spotted this pattern, and both of us immediately said, ‘THAT’S IT!!’
It’s not just wallpaper, but gorgeous, colorful art for the whole wall.
The only problem was, I fell in love with all the color ways!! The paper is digitally printed, but it truly looks handpainted…you can even see the brush strokes and variances of color. I was simultaneously swooning and squealing.
In the end, Kitty and I narrowed it down to Orchid Jewel Box and Creamy Blue…because remember, the Dining Room needs to correlate with the Living Room.
This pic really shows how the rooms mirror each other, and why the two designs need to coordinate. I don’t want it to look like a single giant room, but neither do I want one room to overpower the other. So in order to create a consistent, clean line along the front wall, I decided to duplicate the yellow drapes in the Dining Room.
The Shade Store made it so simple…select fabric, enter window dimensions, choose liner and pleat…and BAM, custom drapes in under two weeks!
These blue beauties were the first to arrive, and I’m already in love!
I was feeling pretty good about things, until I realized we haven’t actually done anything to the room yet! But that all changes soon since the wallpaper is going up this week!! #eeek Adios, plain room!
Thanks so much for following along on this crazy-train with me! Have you ever added wallpaper in your home? I can hardly wait to see how this paper looks in our room! I’ll be sure to share sneak-peeks on my Instastory.
And be sure to check-out the other stellar participants in The Challenge, including the 223 bloggers linking up with Linda on Thursdays!
Several things: 1) As I was scrolling and reading, I was all, "Who is Kitty?" I lol'd when I got to the next picture!!!! AND THAT WALLPAPER!!!!!! STUNNING!!!!!!! Cannot wait to see it up!!!!
I cannot convince my mister to jump on the wallpaper train with me, so I'm super jealous! The blue and yellow combo is lovely, and I'm so excited to see how it turns out!
This is going to be sooooo great! Can't wait to see it finished! What a great room to choose right before the Holidays.
Again you and Kristin are on the same page and having her on speed dial is a good thing:) That wallpaper if gonna be incredible….can't wait to see it up….hurry!
This is going to be so, so cool! Love that you are supporting a local business too. Ann's work is gorgeous.
That wallpaper!! so good. Can't wait to see what you do!!
Duuuuddde. That paper is making my heart stop, in a good way. I am so eager to see this space!
Oh my goodness, that wallpaper is GORGEOUS! I'm so excited to see how it turns out!
That w/p is amazing! Can't wait to see it all and those chairs are definitely swoon worthy!
That creamy blue wallpaper and yellow curtains. . . SWOON!!!! I'm beyond excited to see the final product!
-Heather
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That wallpaper is just all kinds of yes, especially when you pair it with the goldenrod drapery panels and those gorgeous indigo chairs! Here's to the "messy middle" and getting through to the other side!
Sarah xx
Beautiful – love how you are tying the space together and nodding to the symmetry – impeccable truly! Thanksgiving is going to be a gorgeous feast!!!
This is going to be gorgeous, Cassie! Loving following along. xox
Loving it! Agree with your wallpaper choice (blue was the way to go). I'm loving the tone of your plans. Can't wait to see your final result!
Oh my goodness….eek…can hardly wait to see how this turns out!!
Shelly||The Queen in Between
Love, love, love that wallpaper! Looks like you have another amazing One Room Challenge coming together!
Tricia @ Suburban B's
Wow! Spot on with the wallpaper. I can not wait to see it up. I'm so excited for you with all these great choices coming together.