Spring 2017 ORC "Half The Time" Project ~ Week 6

"Running the last man home..."

That should be the title of my reveal! I'm last.

 My daughter ran Cross Country in high school. When a teammate was late coming in because he/she was injured or sick or had fallen and lost their spot in the pack the first one or two teammates who had crossed the finish line early would run back and run in beside the struggling runner offering encouragement the whole time. The first time I saw this I almost cried. Not every team did this. They were doing this after a hard, fast 5K they had already run. It was so kind and they were teenagers in that stage that so many older people label as thoughtless and self absorbed. Mollie's team won most of their meets and championships so these were runners who had just set records going back to run the last guy home.

So I hope you will come to the back of the ORC pack (so many great rooms already posted) and hang with me in last place :)

I'm happy to have this room completed and I thank Linda of Calling It Home blog

for sponsoring this motivating experience. 

Whenever I cross the Finish Line!

Now enough sports metaphors - let's look/talk decor!

This was my "Half the Time" ORC. 

I was in and out of town during this challenge and busy working on a #secretproject as well.

(Please be sure to read about my #secretproject!!)

Let's see how I did!

Here is my Olio Board from the beginning of the process.

You can see the "befores" of the room here and here.

I think I stayed pretty true to the vision with a few fun additions 

that I squeezed in after I finally got the ball rolling around here!

The bamboo chair and its wine colored cushion was behind the color shift in this room.

The other motivator was to put the finishing layers and touches on this room that was improved greatly in the first ORC I ever did but I never went back 
and really pulled it all together.

So, no more chit chat. 

Here is where we ended up with a couple of weeks work time 

Before:

And, come on in... 

(Hey, look, it's my reveal photo and I forgot to go back and put on the outlet cover !!)

Small disclaimer: I finally finished but it was pouring rain. Not a good photo shoot day.

These are all iphone pics. You gotta do what you gotta do!

from my iphone 10 20 2016

1. We had a Sole Hope Shoe Cutting Party at church last week after our  Missions Lunch.

This is one of the easiest and truly helpful projects I have ever helped with. 

You cut shoes pieces out of old blue jeans.

 Mail them to Sole Hope, they ship to Uganda and teach people there how to make shoes thus employing people and the shoes are given to children who are in danger of disease, being crippled, amputation or worse due to jiggers.

#zerojiggers.

You order a kit with all you need but blue jeans 

and it's great as a home party or with a large group. 

Watch the videos of children with jiggers.

 Really. Do it. 

And the quote by Asher Collie at the beginning of the video about who the problem belongs to is one of the best!!)

Then have a Shoe Cutting Party. 

And all ages can help.

 Look at Frank cranking out the denim shoe parts.

 If a retired doctor of mathematics can do it, so can you :)

A very kind person donated their coin jar(s) to Edu-Pack to help with Hurricane Matthew Relief efforts in Haiti.

 However, it needed to be rolled. The WCYouth Group spent hours rolling it. 

And we haven't finished. We are at $1500.00

That's a big coin jar!!

2. I spend a lot of time in this gym from October until March Madness. 

I don't know a thing about basketball. I played tennis.

Thankfully I have a great team of basketball loving volunteers. 

And they are all 2 feet taller than I am :)

 3.  I went river rafting on the Nantahala. 

We used Nantahala Outdoor Center for our group and it was a fantastic experience.
Beautiful day on the river.
 Do it. 
It's good for the soul. 
Take your kids. #nocellservice

Someone did have what they call an OOBE.

Out of Boat Experience. 

It ended well - so no worries!

#oholivia

4. The purple mums Mollie gave me for my birthday in September are still going strong!

5.  Mollie turned 25!! 

#howdidthathappen

6. Compassion Experience.

I went to a Compassion Experience program in Roswell a few weeks ago.

Well done!

You experience life in an emerging nation through the eyes of a child. I learned a lot.

  If you get a chance to go to one - do it. 

And take your kids. It's interactive and you use ipods so there's that!!

7. I have had some great thrifting luck lately!

I love it when you find a pair!

(I have a new favorite mustard yellow spray paint!!)

This lamp!!! 

Bamboo shelf in perfect condition. $20.00 

#loaditup

Vintage bamboo swivel chairs.

Going white.

8. I made this one pan lemon rosemary chicken dish from Southern Living. 

Seriously good. And easy. And one pan!!

#winnerwinnerchickendinner

And this is my picture - not the professional SL one. 

It's really that gorgeous!!

9. I want to live in a house that is situated just like this.

But someplace warm.

10. I'm all in on flamingos. 

11. Mollie and our friend, Handel, from Haiti. We had dinner a few days after Hurricane Matthew ravaged the end of the island. His family and friends are okay.

There are lots of ways to help if you are able.

12. We have had a few cool nights in Atlanta and the firepit has been in use.

 It goes well with red wine ;)

Well, if you are still with me I promise to "empty" my cell phone more often. 

This was a long one!

I was invited to link up at White Spray Paint Blog.

Check it out and that's a blog name I can relate to!

#motherdaughter One Room Challenge - the Details!

After the crazy pace of the ORC you would think we had settled down.

Not really. 

There's more excitement to come.

But first, a few deets on the Chinoiserie meets Boho bathroom. 

A few tips and comments on our part and confessing what didn't get done. 

( I have openly admitted that sometimes we get stalled at 85 to 90% finished and,

 well... there it sits!)

Again with the elephant in the room, The ORC room, that is.

This guy steals the show. We can't stop looking at him :)

 He was white before we took a can of our

 favorite gold spray paint and jazzed him up. 

I was cruising through TJMaxx on the way to the Ladies and spied him.

 I grabbed him and just stood there waiting for Mollie to see him!!! 

It was love at first sight- she immediately said, "Sprayed gold!!!! OMG!"

He was under $30.00. We had to have him!

I've had this garden stool since practically before Mollie was born.

 I remember snagging it at a yard sale for $5.00.

It got a coat of our favorite gold spray paint, too.

Which pulled the gold into the WC.

It's handy for books and refreshments during a long soak!!

Don't judge- she's over 21 and recently graduated!!

It's time for non-required reading!!

Both of the shelves in the room are painted lavender! Where did that color come from??

(The cornice boards were constructed form luan paneling. Very simple and easy to make.)

 

If you look closely at the Neo Toile on the cornice boards over both windows 

you will notice there is, in fact, lavender in this colorway. 

Mollie spotted it and wanted to pull it out.

We tried a step down on the color strip and it made our crisp, white walls look dingy. 

Color can be weird in certain lighting so we amped it up a bit and she loves it!!

I think it gives a young, vibrant edge to the room. 

 

It rained non-stop so Mollie had to paint the new color with a brush!! Not the easiest.

 

The cornice boards were constructed form luan paneling. Very simple and easy to make.

We either thrifted or shopped the house for 90% of the accessories we styled the room with.

 She is using the white cookie jar for cotton balls and all the blue and white 

for other bathroom needs like q-tips, etc. 

#stylishstorage

The elephant on the top shelf is a Christmas ornament from Target that we snipped the hanger off of and the gold ring dish on the bottom shelf came form Target as well. 

The wooden owl is a souvenir from her travels.

And a friend of mine let me go to the back room of their commercial greenhouse 

and get a Christmas cactus because they weren't out quite yet.
 Thank you Kelli Green.

Now they are in every grocery and home improvement store in town.

I've already told you about  the capiz shell chandeliers but the drum shade on the fan in the WC was a late night project the night before the reveal. It was on the design board from
 Day 1 but it kept losing its place in line. 
I used an IKEA lampshade and it was super simple!
Cause it's flat!!!! And then it snaps on the rings!!

And I made it work on the fan housing using my new trick. It's amazing.

The jewelry chest was an absolute steal at Goodwill for $20.00

Mollie had been worrying about organizing her jewelry at home 

and this is a favorite element in the room. 

It's missing one knob. And we still haven't fixed that. We will. #oops

The bamboo blinds are by Bali. 

And holy smokes bamboo blinds have gotten pricey. 

We had them in our first two homes ( and I loved them) because they were a cheap way to cover a lot of windows.

 No more. 

But I found the exact size we needed at a place called Ollie's. 

I had never heard of them but they came through for under $10.00!!

Score!!

The rugs are Mollie's. 

She kind of collects them. 

And buy that I mean she buys them excessively when she finds them for a good price :)

They are called Chindi Rugs.

I must confess I have several too.

 They are colorful rag rugs and they add an edgy touch to the room. And great texture.

And I didn't quite finish the shower curtain. 

It is hemmed top and bottom but the sides are just tucked under for the reveal photos :(

I have never sewn so much fabric in my life. Ever.

 It was like that scene from the movie Wind with Jennifer Grey (remember the Whomper?)

Anyway. I wasn't sure if we were going to leave it that full because it was so heavy and has a mind of it's own but Mollie loves it as is. 

I just need to hem the sides and then get a new hanging sitch figured out.

 It is waaaaaay too heavy for the common tension shower curtain rod. 

It was only up for pictures.

The gallery wall will continue to evolve I'm sure.

 We hung that Paris map just a day or two before all the sad events there. 

It's a souvenir of our trip to France last year.

The metal art is from Haiti and the photo is of Mollie and her little favorites in Honduras.
 

And another thing that didn't happen was monogrammed towels. 

I wanted to have towels monogrammed in a bamboo font as a surprise.

 Instead, our sweet Chloe ran up some maj vet bills. Christmas maybe?

I threw a monogram up on the gallery wall to make me feel better :)

The lino print is from a favorite SC artist, Stacy Bradley of PerlaAnne.

I also had planned to change her faucets out. They are the original "builder" issue. Neither Craigslist or Restore offered up any new/overstock fixtures so we are waiting. We aren't looking for anything fancy but,  again, vet bills.

Our white wall, trim and floor paint is the same white from Sherwin Williams.

The lavender paint is Sherwin Williams Awesome Violet. It's awesome.
I've already mentioned the cabinet paint. 

That's about it. 

We painted, thrifted, found some crazy good bargains and used pretty fabulous fabrics.

And Mollie loves it. 

We definitely got this ORC more pulled together than my first one,
but I still love it and hope to put some finishing touches on it someday.

What room shall we do for our third ORC???
Hmmmm....