One Room Challenge Week 3

Week 3 of the One Room Challenge

(and pretty much all of 2020) was all about PIVOTing.  

Before I began this One Room Challenge I had decided I wanted to make this a space that was easily accessible and shoppable. I will share links with you so if you love a piece, I’m discussing you can purchase it directly online but to be honest, this is not how I usually work as a designer. I prefer to work with my trade vendors who are truly an extension of my team, we discuss what I’m looking for and work together to find the perfect and unique pieces curated for each space. This saves a lot of time for me and money for my clients. All pieces are selected and signed-off for approval before purchasing so we are sure to have a cohesive look and feel that is exactly what is desired.

But because of COVID I am pivoting a few design methods for this One Room Challenge… And So here I am browsing the internet for shoppable pieces for hours and hours and by the time I am happy with all of the chosen pieces (which you can see on the roomboard in last week’s post) then presented them to my “client”/husband and get his approval for his office space half of the items were either out of stock or the lead time (the amount of time before it gets delivered) got pushed out till mid-July!? That won’t work for my June 25th final reveal deadline for this One Room Challenge. Shopping online for an entire room does not make you feel very confident about what the finishes will look like together because the colors on your computer screen may have been edited and shades may be altered.

Can anyone else relate!?

It was time to pivot and make a few revisions to the design to make this work!

You can only stare at pillows on the computer for so much time before you need to TAKE A BREAK throw the kids in the car and make a run to your local Target to get your hands on some actual textiles! Loving the Hearth & Hand throw pillow line, I also found some fun accessory pieces, and art which inspired me again of the direction I needed to go in for the office and get some orders placed ASAP before I missed another deadline or “out of stock” message. I returned home to find these 108” Sami Curtains from Anthropologie were delivered. They are more ivory than white but I will wait to see how they look with the chair and rug before I rule them out. I DO love them so hoping they are the right fit for the color pallet.

Making sure you have the right textures in your home office is a surefire way to add warmth, comfort and personality to your space rather than a cold, clinical feeling. Your office should inspire you to do your best work and keep you motivated.

Check out the other One Room Challenge participant blogs and see their progress here.