Hello from Week 5 of the One Room Challenge! It is officially 🚨over the halfway point🚨 of the eight-week long ORC , so we decided it was time to get some paint on the walls. From the beginning of this home office makeover, we had a difficult time deciding if the wall color should be dark or if it should be a bright white. As much as we love moody walls in a home office, white walls won out for a very practical reason: white walls would make the white bookshelves have a more built-in look.
If you want to catch up on the home office progress, check out the past weeks.
This is what the walls in the home office were when we started the project: a light taupe.
After some tired arm muscles and recruiting some help with that vaulted ceiling, here is the wall color now (this is the only corner of the room not a complete disaster 🙃). We chose the paint color White Gallery by Sherwin Williams for HGTV, and it is a very crisp white with practically no undertones. It definitely gives the room a blank slate feeling, so we are ready to start adding all the new furniture into the space.
Although you can’t see it in the pictures, the baseboards are still wood, and they will stay as they are. The flooring will be changed to hardwood in the near(ish) future, so it didn’t make sense to spend a lot of time painting baseboards that will be replaced anyway—even though white baseboards would look nice. The trim around the window and the door frame did get a little extra love though. That trim was painted Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore at 50% darker, which is a light greige color. Let’s face it, a white room can read a little boring, so the contrasting trim adds some dimension. Then, we painted the very inside piece of the trim (the actual trim of the window) black to go one step further with adding dimension.
Beyond painting, we have been unboxing and putting together furniture. (The best furniture assembly helper featured above ⬆️). All the major furniture pieces have arrived. 🎉
This week will be all about working on some of the DIYs. Upgrading a kitchen cart, creating file folder hangers, and trying our hand at some art are on the agenda. Thanks for checking in!
See you next week,
Kylie and Staci
