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One Room Challenge Week 4 :: The Freak Out (and Accessories!)
Ok, guys. I'm officially freaking out just a liiiiiiiiittle bit about the lack of progress around here, but I'm keeping the faith that somehow this is all going to pull together. So, welcome to Week 4! If you're just jumping on the ORC bandwagon, you can read our other posts here, here and here to catch up.
Last week, I let you know that the sofa we chose would be arriving and guess what!!?
Here it is! I had about an hour left of light after we barely squeezed this sucker in through the back door, so excuse the poor iphone photos and the wrinkled skirting. I had to move out the old rug too - it was distracting - so I threw down this other one for now. It's obviously too small, but I like the tones in it for this room.
The sofa is deep. Like, even more than I realized, due to the fact that there isn't any standard back cushions, just loads and loads of pillows. (My dream come true and my fiance's worst nightmare.) But of course, I can't just keep the pillows that came with the sofa on there! We're gonna need to mix things up a bit, so I've rounded up a few of my favorites to kick off the massive home accessories purchasing binge I'm about to go on.
1. Leif Shop | 2. Susan Connor | 3. Wisteria | 4. Rebecca Atwood | 5. Lost & Found
I've also been scouring Minted for some art pieces that might work for the walls. While I certainly don't want to cover every surface, I'm really wanting to balance the TV with artwork on either side and perhaps have another piece or two by the entryway.
I like the look of a classic stacked art pairing. But, which one? And where? Do I do a stacked piece on one side of the TV, and a larger piece on the other? Do I leave the left side filled by the fiddle fig, and do art on only one side? More decisions...
Which is your favorite pairing? Or which style do you like best? I think these are actually in order of preference for me... I like the square on top of a rectangle, but I suppose it depends a bit on the dimensions and the art as well! I do think that the very last piece might be my favorite for color, though.
Oh, and one more bummer to add to the last-minute panic... the rug I ordered is also now out of stock! So I'm back to the drawing board there... time to put a rush on things! The chairs and low bookshelf arrive tomorrow, so stay tuned for a few peeks of those between now and next week on instagram! Here's hoping I'm not the only one in a last-minute craze. Off to see how everyone else's room's are progressing!
Jana Bek | Chris Loves Julia | Shannon Claire | Coco.Kelley | The Curated House
Driven by Decor | The English Room | From the Right Bank | Sherry Hart
Hi Sugarplum | House of Jade | Hunted Interior | The Makerista | Making it Lovely
Marcus Design | Pencil & Paper Co. | Megan Pflug | Place of My Taste | Suburban B’s
Waiting on Martha Media Partner House Beautiful | TM by CIH
Any chance you could link to the other One Room Challenge participants? Thank you! Love reading about your progress 🙂
Yikes – thanks for the reminder – late night blog posting, I completely forgot! Updated!
Nice progress!!!!
Good luck with the rug. It’s so hard to find the right design+colors+size+budget.
Tell me about it!! I’ve been hunting all week – need to pull the trigger today!!
#SIX!! So beautiful!! franki
Oh, Cassandra, lovely sofa! The scale of the piece is perfect in your space.
Thank you for including our pillows in your picks – among so many other beautiful finds. It means a lot you’d consider my work for your space. 🙂
As far as art, I really love 3 & 4 because they ask questions and are different/edgier. I especially love the energy in #4… and to me, the color in #3 is really special and will bring a unique, cool vibe to the room…especially on a neutral wall, if you are keeping the wall color or something like it.
Such a great sofa. What “exact” color would you say it is? Is it white? Is it sand? Is it oatmeal? It’s hard to tell just how light it is. If it was definitively pure white that might be hard to keep clean – hoping it’s darker than that.
It’s not a pure white – I would call it a soft ivory … almost grey/ivory. It’s lovely!
I love this couch and love your unique touches of design in your room-classy, fun and creative! Keep inspiring💕
Thank you so much for the sweet compliment!!
Yes please to this whole space! Love all of the art and pillows you picked and I know when you ‘pillow” that sucker up I will gasp:)
I love #3 and #4!!
My favorites too!
Yes to everything. I adore the sofa and your style. Looks like great progress.
Thank you Linda! Always such a support!
Absolutely gorgeous! The sofa and the style are in great progress.
The sofa makes HUGE difference in the room… we’re getting there!
Was thinking about your layout. Could you move the TV, sitting on your thing table, not on the console to the wall to the right when you walk in. Use the console for art, display and function but still have the couch in a more inviting layout?
Thanks for the input Maddy! A few others have suggested this but unfortunately that wall is way too small for the TV!
I love your sofa and all your progress! I love the pillows on your sofa. Could you share source please? Thanks!
Hi Maureen – the pillows are ones that I bought in Morocco, actually! If you search for ‘cactus silk’ pillows you may be able to find some!
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