Dining Room Refresh
So, this is FINALLY happening…
I’ve been VERY SLOWLY gathering elements you see on this mood board situation for the Spring 2023 One Room Challenge. To be honest, this all started in December 2021 and I’m just coming back around to it now. Yes, you read that correctly — December 2021. Don’t ask! Slow decorating at its finest. 😅
Will I get it done in the next, fun-filled 8 weeks? You bet your ass I will!
But first… What is THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, you ask?
Going into its 11th Anniversary Spring Edition, the ORC is only THE BEST place for interiors-related inspiration, ideas, and encouragement! As a widely anticipated biannual event–every April and October–each round, 20 design influencers are selected as Featured Designers to transform a space.
Also, anyone with a blog or Instagram account can join the challenge as a Guest Participant (me) by linking their own room transformations up during the next 8 weeks. Starting Wednesday of each week, we report back to the powers that be, flooding the internet and social media with the latest and greatest news, updates, and trials and tribulations of our room transformations.
So, thank you to Linda Weinstein, the creator/owner of the ORC who started all of this fabulousness, and Apartment Therapy ORC’s official media partner, for the support and holding us accountable!
You can get more info about the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE and how to join, click here.
The before isn’t bad…
Neither is this view…
But did you notice I NEVER showed the ceiling lighting? Well, this crazy setup is why!
Yeah, the ceiling lights are a HOT MESS! Totally off center. And the wall lights? They’re not even connected to power right now. Plus, I’m not in the least bit inspired by them, so they have to go pronto.
Anywho, it’s a refresh, so the custom-mixed wall color (my own concoction) is staying, the custom-made Tommy Bahama swaying Palms curtains I personally toiled over are also staying, as is the @madedotcom teal bombe chest.
So here are the pièces de résistance of this fabulous refresh:
🌴 1980s vintage Danish beechwood string dining chairs by Niels Jørgen Haugesen — sourced from @cherisheddesigns.uk on @vinterior (because why not add a little minimalist, modernist style to the mix)
🌴 Eccentrico, dual-tone marble dining table, sourced from @nue.modern (This reproduction of the original 1979 table is a creatively spirited balancing act of sculptural, geometric engineering sorcery by #AngeloMangiarotti, one of the greatest masters of post-war Italian design, art, and architecture!!)
🌴 Mid-century 6-arm bow tie chandelier by @pookylights (With this 1958 Italian Stilnovo Megafono-inspired piece, I couldn’t say no to the angle and swivel of those little double-cone shades!!)
🌴 Two sculpted Brutalist style tube wall sconces in matte brass by @light_cookie on @etsyuk (these remind me of bamboo culms, so they fit right in here🎍🎋)
Other DIY elements:
🌴 Wall panels (because those new wall sconces deserve nothing but the best!), combined with the most decadent wallpaper by Manuel Canovas Geishas Wallpaper
🌴 Wavy, fluted dining banquette with storage and seat cushions. I found the most sumptuous mustardy-yellow upholstery fabric, so hopefully I don’t EFF it all up! 😅
🌴 Roman blinds made from the Tommy Bahama swaying Palms fabric for the side window
🌴 Hand-painted IKEA Bjursta sideboard (it definitely needs a glow-up)
🌴 Fix the baseboards/skirting boards (from when the dog chewed/scratched it up years ago) and repaint the doors
Here goes! Wish me luck!