One Room Challenge Week Three- Choosing an accent wall (or two)

Here we are at week three of the Fall 2020 One Room Challenge! This is my 5th ORC so you’d think I would be calm and collected but nope, I am in full-on panic mode over here. And what do I decide to do when panicking?? I decide I might like to add a few things to our work list. Specifically an additional accent wall. Now I am a HUGE fan of accent walls. I love accent walls of any sort. Wallpaper, graphic paint, murals, wood, pallets, etc I am there for it all! For this basement reno, I have already ordered a wallpaper mural for the bar area that I LOVE and am very excited to install this week. However, I keep thinking the space is so big I need something along the back wall to draw the eye to that far side of the space. Hmmm, but what do I want?? I went to my archive of photos to find some inspiration. I love this wall that my oldest daughter and son-in-law installed in their home this Spring.

This paneled wall turned out beautifully! I love the color.

I’ve also thought about a graphic wall? I love all the shapes I am seeing out there in the design world. Last year I worked with my youngest daughter and her husband on a work from home office space (see it here )for the ORC and LOVE the graphic wall we used here. Perfect for my son-in- who works as an Art Director in CGI.

I think I’ve decided it has to be textural in some way. And yet be simple enough to NOT compete with the mural I have already selected. Which is very graphic. Probably not as much texture as this rope wall I did in the laundry/mudroom a few years ago (see full reveal here)- BTW this was a beast to install but still one of my favorite details of the space!

I also thought about a slat wall- in fact it’s in my original mood board for this space (here) but I have this slat wall added to a 90’s niche in my family room upstairs. I felt it would be too close to a repeat so I decided against it in the basement.

So I am still mulling it over. Maybe just an accent color?? I am sure the time frame will play a part as we will be scrambling from here on out to make the deadline. Do you have a suggestion?? While looking up photos of my favorite walls I couldn’t resist sharing this pallet wood wall I did several years ago. It was in the kitchen of our Grand Rapids house. I loved it then and it still makes me smile (although we don’t live there anymore).