We’re half way through the One Room Challenge, and frustratingly, I don’t have much to show. Everything on order is taking ages to arrive.
What I did do, though, is clear out the room properly and clean it top to bottom. Yes, there’s still a little pile of stuff, but it’s all stuff that is (probably) staying, and just needs to be installed/styled. Please ignore the duvet cover – I’ve just pinched it from the guest bed while ours is in the wash.
![One Room Challenge Bedroom Progress -1](https://i0.wp.com/www.emmersonandfifteenth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/One-Room-Challenge-Bedroom-Progress-Living-Pretty-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C750)
It’s looking like I might just be able to pull off the live (waney) edge desk, which will straddle those built-in cabinets below the window. I found somewhere to buy the wood, although I still have to get it home and into the house somehow. It’ll probably involve hoisting it up the side of the house and through the window. J thinks I’m insane for even considering it, but I’m hoping the end result will persuade him that it was worth it!
Until that’s installed, I can’t really hang the mirror because I’m not exactly sure where it’ll sit. In the meantime, I’ve marked out where I think it’ll go with painter’s tape, along with the art that’ll balance it on the other side of the bed.
![One Room Challenge Bedroom Progress 2](https://i0.wp.com/www.emmersonandfifteenth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/One-Room-Challenge-Bedroom-Progress-Living-Pretty-2.jpg?resize=1000%2C731)
Spot the new bedside cabinet! (Spoiler: it’s the one on the right.) I found a pair of them on Etsy, and they’ll be getting a little paint job. Before you say anything, they’re particle board, and although they’re very pretty as-is, they’re quite orange. If I didn’t already have a load of other wood tones in here, I’d probably keep them as they came, but my vision was always white (or possibly grey), so that’s what’s happening.
![One Room Challenge Bedroom Progress -3](https://i0.wp.com/www.emmersonandfifteenth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/One-Room-Challenge-Bedroom-Progress-Living-Pretty-3.jpg?resize=1000%2C750)
You can see the pretty chair a little better now the room’s not full of clutter. I found it at Graham & Green’s warehouse. One of the pieces of cane is broken, so it was a 50% off score.
You can also see the awkward mirror that’s stuck to the wall and I’m not allowed to move (because we’re renting), but I marked out where my new painting will sit with tape. I snapped these photos before it arrived, but I did post a couple on Instagram with the painting in place. I’m still faffing around with the styling but I’m already loving how it’s coming together.
![One Room Challenge Bedroom Progress Living Pretty-4](https://i0.wp.com/www.emmersonandfifteenth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/One-Room-Challenge-Bedroom-Progress-Living-Pretty-4.jpg?resize=1000%2C766)
The one major bit of progress that has occurred in here is that the rug is down! I bought it in Morocco over summer, and it’s been sitting rolled up until now. It was quite a feat getting it under the bed – it took three of us and a couple of hours, because I had to basically dismantle most of the bed before we could lift it. It’s looking mighty fine and the room is almost beginning not to smell like the souk.
![One Room Challenge Bedroom Progress Rug](https://i0.wp.com/www.emmersonandfifteenth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/One-Room-Challenge-Bedroom-Progress-Living-Pretty-5.jpg?resize=1000%2C805)
You can check out the One Room Challenge featured designer’s week three progress posts here, and the guest participants updates here.
that rug is a winner, lizzie! love it!
Loving the textures in this room!!! Can't wait to see the reveal!
I love all of these textures and patterns you are pulling together…I'm in love with that rug! We are halfway through and yours is looking SO great, keep it up! 🙂 Kristin @ Postbox Designs
Already starting to look really good!