Archive for year: 2015

ORC Week 5: Master Bath Retreat – the final push

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We’re very late with our update this week. It’s week 5 of our One Room Challenge which means there’s only ONE WEEK LEFT!! It’s serious crunch time and after the setbacks last week we’re having to make some adjustments to the plan. Read more

ORC Week 4 – Setbacks

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I just had a feeling things were moving along a little too smoothly….

It’s week 4 of our One Room Challenge where we’re participating along with the 20 designers & over 150 bloggers in the linking event over at Calling it Home to transform a space in just 6 weeks. If you’ve been following along on our progress to complete our #DreamBedroom & #MasterBathRetreat, you’ll know that thus far in Week 1, Week 2 & Week 3, things have been moving along at a good pace.  But what challenge would be complete without a few setbacks right??  Well this seems to be our week for that across the board…. Read more

ORC Week 3: Colours, fixtures & finishes

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Happy Thursday! It’s week 3 and we’ve reached the half way point of our One Room Challenge!!

If you missed our previous updates, you can go back to read Week 1 & Week 2 where we shared the before of our entire master suite & the plans for our #MasterBathRetreat.

The bedroom space still looks much as it did last week, with the exception of the windows that have now been trimmed. We’ve also cleaned up a bit & removed all of the drywall pieces left from the wall that needed to be opened for the en-suite plumbing, which should happen next week. Read more

ORC Week 2: Creating a Master Bath Retreat

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We’ve made it to Week 2 of our One Room Challenge!

There’s nothing like a little time off work and a long weekend to give you the kick in the pants you need to get going on a reno project.  Last week, Kes and I were fortunate enough to be able to take a few vacation days ahead of the Easter long weekend which made for a ton of progress on our space so far. Read more

One Room Challenge: The Dream Bedroom

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Ok. Let’s try this thing again…

If you’re new here and joining us from Calling it Home – welcome! I’ll get to the fun stuff in a minute.  There’s just one thing I need to get off my chest first…

So I think it’s pretty clear at this point that we VASTLY overestimated our ability to blog regularly while undergoing a major renovation. Read more