Dining Room Refresh – Bougie Banquette
First time ever building something of this magnitude. (As you may recall, I wanted my very own wavy, fluted dining banquette with storage and seat cushions.)
That’s right, I was pretty damned proud of myself for a hot minute, and, if it wasn’t too high for the table now —YIKES! I didn’t take into account the added height of the bottom and top equates to over an inch — it would’ve turned our pretty damned good!
So, after I deal with this fiasco (i.e., disassembling the banquette, trimming the damned thing down, and reassembling it — AaaArRrRGhH!!!! Damn it all to hell!! — I can focus on the table trouble and this to-do list:
🌴 My Eccentrico, dual-tone marble dining table (sourced from @nue.modern ) arrived completely unusable, so I’m working with a local marble guy work out a solution so the 180kg monster doesn’t tip over and crush legs!
🌴 My decadent Geishas wallpaper by Manuel Canovas that I’m going to wrap around the room is on back order until May 12, so my next project for WEEK 5 it to do the wall paneling up and paint the walls.
🌴 For the wavy, fluted dining banquette, I have to turn that sumptuous mustardy-yellow upholstery fabric into upholstered seat cushions! 😅
🌴 Sew the Roman blinds (made from Tommy Bahama swaying Palms fabric) for the side window
🌴 Hand-paint IKEA Bjursta sideboard
🌴 Fix the baseboards/skirting boards (from when the dog chewed/scratched it up years ago) and repaint the doors
On a lighter note…
What is THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, you ask?
As a widely anticipated biannual event — every April and October — the ORC #oneroomchallenge #ORC is only THE BEST place for interiors-related inspiration, ideas, networking, and encouragement!
Anyone with a blog, Instagram, or TikTok account can join the challenge by linking their own room transformations up every week. Starting Wednesday of each week, we report back and flood the interweb and social media with the latest and greatest news, updates, 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.