One Room Challenge, Powder Bath, Week 3

Welcome back to the One Room Challenge, Week 3! 

Coming from Calling It Home?  WELCOME!

This is our home, Eleven Gables.  See that window with the curtain drawn, that is the room we are working on for our challenge.  The powder room.

faux topiaries // blue and white planters // more blue and white planters // fall wreath

To see where we started, visit HERE (Week 1)

This was our next step HERE (Week 2)

First, this week, we painted the woodwork.  HOORAY!

I went ahead and removed that tiny, weird lower piece of trim under the crown moulding.  With everything I want to do in here, I don't want to work around that trim.

Okay... let's talk about the wallpaper.  My husband and I spent hours trying to pry this RED paper off the walls.  It was NOT budging!  No amount of steam, solvent, or tutorial was getting through this stuff.  You should have seen the opposite wall.  The drywall was torn to shreds.  I can't believe I didn't snap a photo.  I thought I did, but maybe in the depths of despair, I missed this one or deleted it to make more storage in my phone.  Either way, it was ugly.  Hubby and I waved the white flag and called in a professional.  

Budget Busted.

The professional couldn't get the paper down either.  In his 30 years of hanging paper, he had never seen this much glue used on a wallpaper job.  We decided to just seal the paper and float the walls as our last resort.  

Budget REALLY Busted

Our next problem area was a vent/fan/light in the powder room.  Since we have a working window here, we were able to remove the fan and wire it for a chandelier.

My chandelier is ornate and I want a larger mirror, so I opted to remove the sconce that hung over the previous mirror.  I can always go back and add sconces later if I change my mind.

See that awesome miracle worker crouched down there?  If you are a praying person, would you mind praying for him.  He had a devastating tragedy recently and his family needs all the prayers of comfort we can offer.

It's coming along!! Buh-bye RED!!!  

After floating the walls and sealing them, we painted the ceiling and walls with Benjamin Moore "Steam," the same color as my living room remodel.

We have been chugging along.  This wall dilemma took every bit of our time this week.  It's fall break for my boys this weekend, so I'm going to leave the chandelier rewiring and hanging for early next week and take the next few days off.  I'll also fill you in next time on what direction I am taking the walls.  It's a big surprise that I actually dreamed up this summer but didn't know if I was brave enough to tackle for the ORC.  

I think now is the time! :)

Let's review my plans:

• paint vanity
• add custom marble top
• remove weird trim and fill in holes that I will surely make
• take down valance
• paint trim
• remove wallpaper
• float walls
• paint walls 
• remove vent/fan
• add sconces
• rewire chandelier that's been in a box in my cabana for 8 years
• replace light fixture
• backsplash
• wall treatment
• fluff and add any last minute details

Shopping for:

• 2' x 7' rug (approx)
• handtowels
• toilet paper holder
• towel holder
• mirror

My Pinterest Board Here shows the direction I am going and gives you a little sneaky peek as to what I am thinking.

Now that you're here, won't you stay awhile?  Click over to my "Popular Posts" in the right side bar or my "Before and After" post. And check out my two fall tours Here and Here!  

And this is the Important Part...

I'm linking up with some beautiful makeovers, so hop over and read all of the participating blogs HERE

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xox, 

Emily

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