One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation

OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


I can’t believe an entire week has flown yesteryear already! Let me enjoin you, nosotros bring been BUSY. If yous missed it, lastly calendar week I shared my plans for our Modern Industrial Guest Bedroom. I bring iv to a greater extent than weeks of the #OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful space, along amongst a ton of other amazing designers in addition to bloggers. Visit Calling it Home to live inspired yesteryear all of the decor! I’m sharing what we’ve been upward to, in addition to everything nosotros did to educate our room for the renovation. 


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


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There are a few things that my married adult man in addition to I do every unmarried fourth dimension nosotros renovate to aid educate our room. Here are 10 of our “must-dos” when starting a room makeover:



  1. Remove all furniture (or tarp  the large pieces)OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation

  2. Remove moldings – You tin but record them off too, but if yous are changing the flooring, or taking the fourth dimension to update the moldings (like nosotros are!), thus this is the fourth dimension to take away them. Renovations are ever a swell fourth dimension to repaint in addition to refresh that one-time cut back too!

  3. Remove window coverings – nosotros are replacing the blinds, but removing curtains in addition to rods but makes life simpler!

  4. Remove outlet covers – Trying to pigment carefully some them never works. The covers are SUPER tardily to remove, in addition to thus yous tin pigment correct underneath them!

  5. Remove carpet – alone if yous are replacing it :) In this illustration nosotros did practise this!

  6. Remove cupboard organizers in addition to doors – again, anytime yous are epitome a room is the perfect fourth dimension to repaint primary doors, cupboard doors in addition to within the closets. Pull them off in addition to pigment them to tally the trim. The footling things (like fresh paint) brand the biggest impact!

  7. Remove lite fixtures  – Since nosotros ever pigment the ceiling when nosotros re-paint (refresh everything!) it is easiest to take away the lite fixtures, fifty-fifty if the same i is going dorsum up.OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation

  8. Clean walls – We role gloves, rags, in addition to TSP. We launder downward all the walls to take away anything in addition to to laissez passer the novel pigment the best possible adherence.OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation

  9. Putty all holes/marks – Soooo of import earlier yous pigment is to putty all of the holes – you know your room has some!

  10. Sand – After yous putty, yous ever desire to sand off those bits sticking off the wall. Also at that spot may live high spots on the walls from previous drywall install or repairs.


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


I’m pretty certain this room belonged to teenage boys earlier us. Look at how much nosotros had to putty in addition to sand!! UNREAL!


Finally, nosotros are ready to paint!! 


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


We used White Heron yesteryear Sherwin Williams to pigment the room, in addition to fifty-fifty later i coat the room looked 100x brighter!


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


Most of our epitome was done inwards the middle of the night. Whether solar daytime or night, nosotros ever role an industrial lite to brand certain the infinite is lit upward nicely.


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


After many hours, nosotros are finally done epitome the ceiling, closet, in addition to walls. Heron White was the perfect pick for the space. It’s but slightly off-white, thus it stands out against are perfectly white ceiling in addition to trim. It is the PERFECT color for a basement!


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


With this novel vivid space, I’m already envisioning how the infinite volition hold back :)


I also had fourth dimension to striking the thrift shop this week, in addition to hold back what I found!


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


These one-time lights don’t hold back similar much, but they are the initiatory of all of my novel DIY bedside pendant lights! Eeek!! SOO excited for this one. Stay tuned adjacent week….


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


I also constitute this vintage chair in addition to brutal inwards LOVE. The shape is thus unique! I intend this tiny chair is the perfect identify for my guests to throw their clothing or bags. It but needs a footling fleck of stuff in addition to spray pigment :)


Don’t forget to honour to a greater extent than swell Industrial Ideas yesteryear next my Pinterest Board.


Here’s how nosotros are doing on our lengthy Industrial Guest Bedroom To-Do List:



  • Clear room

  • Paint walls

  • Paint ceiling, trim, in addition to doors

  • Install novel flooring

  • Install novel trim

  • Buy a novel rug

  • Buy novel bedding

  • Buy novel pendant light

  • DIY novel bedside lights

  • DIY side tabular array refresh (done!)

  • Install novel blinds

  • Make DIY Valence

  • DIY headboard

  • Build DIY sideboard

  • Build DIY Towel Rack

  • Find/thrift room accessories

  • DIY or purchase novel artwork


What practise yous intend of our plans


OneRoomChallenge to create my beautiful infinite One Room Challenge {Week Two} – Preparing for a Renovation


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