Spring 2020 One Room Challenge Week 2 Floors, Countertops and Appliances

Hello!

Well it’s week two of the One Room Challenge. Last week I laid out our ambitious plans for our renovation, which can see those here. To recap we bought a very distressed house (sight unseen from an auction house) and we are renovating to use as a Short Term Rental (talk about our timing right?!?!). I’ll write about the process of buying at an auction another time, but let’s just say buying sight unseen is not for the weak of heart.

So what have we completed on the spaces? The floors in the dining/living area were original wood so we had them sanded and then put a clear coat of poly over them. They are still rustic but I love them. We have finished the Butcher block countertop install and put the original sink back in. We purchased appliances and wrapped wood cladding around the bar area.

Not sure if I am going to stain or paint the bar yet.

This week we are going to work on the tile backsplash and in the entryway. We tiled our backsplash in our kitchen at the Lake House and think we can handle it. Wish us luck! The entryway tile is going to be white penny tile with a word spelled out. This is my inspiration.

I am thinking of a few words but it will depend on how time consuming it is to lay it all out.

We are making progress but it’s SLOW going right now. We are having to do much more of the renovation ourselves (I’d really like to hire painting out) due to the coronavirus but I also like using more of what we have on hand and there is definitely pride in doing a job yourself. Some of the finishes started showing up and that always make me do a happy dance! Just look at this wallpaper from Spoon Flower. It’s giving me all the heart eyes!!

That’s all I have this week, please make sure you peek at this week’s Featured Designers and my fellow Guest Participants they are filled with some gorgeous inspiration! And as always a big THANK YOU to Linda and her team at the One Room Challenge and the media sponsor Better Homes and Garden for putting this bi-annual event together.