It was a whirlwind finishing Week 1 of the One Room Challenge! We worked on some areas that are foundational to making all of the future renovations flow in the sunroom!

The One Room Challenge is an amazing community that comes together to cheer each another on in the process of transforming one room. In the spring, I was in shock of the amazing level of enthusiasm and kindness shown throughout the reveal stage. I knew I had found “my people” for this type of fast paced and fun process!
Vlog
I didn’t have a schedule together last week, but I have made a tentative schedule of the week by week plan with ORC! Here is my first ORC Youtube video which gives an overview of the progress we made this week.
1. Schedule
Week 1:
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Choosing tile from our wonderful collaboration with Fireclay Tile
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Choosing lights from our awesome collaboration with Crystorama
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Demoing the old built in cabinet
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Tearing open the ceiling to move the wiring and remove sags in the poorly done drywall job
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Wiring new spots for the pendant lights
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Closing up the ceiling drywall
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Purchasing materials for the faux beams and door archways
Week 2: Build Ceiling Beams and Door Arches
Week 3: Painting Ceiling & Walls, Refinishing the Window Shelf
Week 4: Repainting the Window Frames and adding Trim, DIY Shelves, Re-cementing the Retainer Wall
Week 5: Tiling and DIY Furniture Items
Week 6: Closing up all the loose ends!
2. Harder Parts of Week 1
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Poorly Installed Drywall: whoever built the room did a very poor job of installing it. The drywall was not meeting at the stud, so the sagging was not from the leak, but from the fact that it had no support. We had to cut drywall out for electrical work, so I built a supporting beam and it has helped so much with the sag.
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Figuring out Beam Placement: the windows are all different lengths apart. The beams only really make sense with the slanted ceiling flowing from the kitchen side to the back windows, so figuring the placement out has been some work. I am still worried it will not look as good as I am hoping it will, because the beams will not be exactly centered on each window. But I just keep repeating to myself “Contentment over perfection!”
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Figuring out the pendant lighting was also a challenge. We did not have the lights in hand, but did not want to hold the wiring process up. I taped up pieces of paper the size of the pendants and it helped my eyes so much to see it IRL!
3. Fun Parts of Week 1
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Choosing the tile was so much fun! It is going to make such a high impact on the space and Fireclay’s Desert Collection is literally Life. So gorgeous. I cannot wait to share more with y’all on the tile that is being handmade by them right now!
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Choosing the pendants was also amazing. The outdoor light collection from Brian Patrick Flynn stopped me in my scroll. I knew they were the ones for the room! And I seriously did not know that outdoor lighting could be so gorgeous.
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Demoing the old sunroom cabinet was so Empowering! And being able to see more of the brick exposed was just so much fun!
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Settling on the beam and lighting placement was so relieving. I am excited to see it all come together!
Thanks for coming along for the journey, and be sure to check out all the other amazing first weeks from the other participants!
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Love your design plans! Can’t wait to see those beautiful light fixtures up!
Thank you so much Lindsey!! I cannot wait too! 🙂
Oohhh that lighting is gorgeous!!!
I know right?! I am so excited to finally install them after I finish painting this week!
Ooh! Came over via the One Room Challenge Blog because I love a good outdoor space! Excited to watch this room progress!
Thank you Melanie!! It’s been quite the journey but it’s finally coming together! I love the desk you built!!
It is going to be so beautiful! Excited to see how it comes together.
Hi Linda, thank you for your kind words!
It’s going to look great! Those lights are amazing!
Thank you Beth! About to install them!!
All this work will make for an amazing after! The lights look good too!
Hi Linda, thank you so much!
I Love the lights you choose! This is going to be gorgeous. Good luck!
Thank you Libbie! I can’t believe that I am so close to actually putting the lights up. We are in the final stretch!