Week 6

I’m thrilled with the progress I made during week 5 of the ORC. This has been one of my favorite weeks so far. Here’s a recap!

I ran over to Houston for 24 hours to visit up my favorite shops and some new one of my favorite people in the world, Jeni. We had some fantastic luck at AG Antiques in the Heights. This will definitely be one of my stops from now on. The store has an eclectic blend of items for home and play. Jeni and I quickly learned everything is for sale in a resale shop….even the lamps at the checkout counter. The shop is set up with numerous vendors inside that promise to offer something for everyone. I stopped by the Charity Guild, The Guild Shop, The Blue Bird Circle and Homegoods while in Houston too. I snagged a few more items that I’ll share when I start decorating. Here are some of my favorites:

I ordered rugs for both the dining room and living room. These are the two I selected and they should be delivered in time for the big reveal! Both rugs are from Erin Gates collection. They are handwoven and made of jute and wool.

I’ve been searching for the perfect piece to go in our living room on the long wall. I found three pictures that I kept referring back to as I hunted for a similar piece on my google image search rotation and Facebook Marketplace. Lo and behold I found something! I ran across a consignment shop in Chicago called Divine Consign. I am currently waiting on someone to pick up the job on USHIP. Fingers crossed this works out because I love this piece.

Box Molding

I made significant progress on the box molding this week, but I’m not completely done yet. I had all my MDF sheets cut to size for each wall section. I used my jig saw and multitool to cut areas around window casings, shelves, and outlets. This was a little tricky as my floors and walls aren’t completely level all the way around. I measured and cut my chair rails to size and installed them with my brad nailer. I’m so glad I went with a new chair rail. It makes it look much more substantial. I trimmed up the baseboards and reattached them to the walls as well.

Here is a picture of my measurements for one of my walls. Let me preface: this is based on my walls being 8 feet tall.. I had preexisting paneling installed inside the wall so I decided it was smarter to build on top. I decided to go slightly above the halfway point on my wall. I think 1/3 of the wall of box molding would have been really pretty but I couldn’t make it shorter due to the paneling (unless I removed it and that would have required new sheet rock and drywall, among other things). Box molding is typically found on walls in thirds, so take your height and divide it by three. Those are the most flattering spots to stop box molding. Mine is closer to the 2/3 mark just a tiny bit shorter. Choose a spacing between boxes at both the top and bottom of 3.5” or 4”. I subtracted the chair rail width and the baseboards width from the height of my box molding area. This left me with the full space to add the box molding. I was left with 43″ in the height. Then I did 43-3.5=39.5, 39.5-3.5=36. I subtracted the 3.5 spacer on either side of the box. 36 would be my height of all my boxes on a 43” area. Next, I subtracted my width from the spacing on both sides. 25.25-3.5=21.75, 21.75-3.5= 18.25 (width for this box only). You will calculate each wall section the exact way. You will have to estimate how many boxes might fit. You want to go with the box width that is the closest match. You can see on my wall to the right of the door I went with three boxes with a width of 19.25″. If I had two boxes the width would be 30.625. That is much larger than the 18.25″ from the previous box.

Here is what this looks like on the wall:

I used a 24” level, brad nailer, and 3.5″ piece of scrap wood as a spacer. I also used a pencil to make a corner with the spacer moving it up and down and side to side. Try your best to go around outlets if possible. I have one section that I may have to cut the molding to make it work.

Week 6 Goals

• Finish box molding installation. Then wood fill, caulk, prime and paint
• Sand, prime and paint the front door.
• Prime walls and start installing wallpaper.
• Make a decor plan mockup-order anything I need
• Check on chandelier
• Check in with Patrick on chairs!

I’m keeping week 6 simple because I have a lot to accomplish still before the end of the One Room Challenge. My hope is to work on the dining room chairs during week 7! I’ll need a break after all that wallpapering!

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WEEK 6 ORC

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