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Eclectic Formal Dining Room Progress

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 Another week has passed by for the One Room Challenge and I’m so behind! We went out of town this past weekend, so not much progress has been done. A few purchases made their way to our home though and I did do a few small prep things for the wallpaper. I’ll get to that in just a bit but, before I do, let’s check out what each week of the One Room Challenge will look like. If you need to play catch-up – just click a week to read about what went down on that week.

Wednesday, Oct 5th (week 1) – Introduce your space, and tell us your plan. 

Wednesday, Oct 12th (week 2) – Show us your progress. What have you accomplished? 

Wednesday, Oct 19th (week 3) – Have you encountered any setbacks? Any happy accidents? 

Wednesday, Oct 26th (week 4) – How’s it going? Week 4 is the hardest! (Ha! That’s this week)

Wednesday, Nov 2nd (week 5) – Did you revise your plan? Hang in there, you can do it.

Wednesday, Nov 9th (week 6) – The Finale – It’s all about the pictures.

Vintage Persian Rugs / Where to buy affordable vintage rugs

Ok, so last week was about the rug dilemma. Oh and btw, I shared my go-to sources for finding AFFORDABLE vintage rugs on Monday. You don’t want to miss that post.

So, back to the rug dilemma. I don’t mind the slightly small rug so I’m just going to rock the one rug. Thank you all for your input though – it was definitely appreciated!

On to what I actually accomplished this week. Prepare to be blown away by this progress. =)

Eclectic boho formal dining room

I prepped the walls for wallpaper. Which means that I unscrewed all the curtain hardware and random screws and took out the drywall anchors. Then, I spackled the walls and lightly sanded them. Does that sound like a lot? I shouldn’t tell you that it only took me 15 minutes, right?!

Eclectic boho formal dining room

Other than that, I hung the wallpaper sample up and tried to decide whether I wanted the wallpaper to wrap around the wall towards the kitchen.

Eclectic boho formal dining room

What do you guys think? Should I keep it strictly to the dining room or should I paper that three inch space? Immediately to the other side is tile, so I think I could go either way. Thoughts?

So, it’s a sad ORC update today – sorry! I’ll have more to share next week.

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  2. Love the wallpaper. I think either technique would work but I think I might just keep it in the dining room since you only have that small patch in the kitchen. Maybe paint the inside of casing the dark color of the wallpaper for a transition.

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  4. It’s going to be tough having an exposed edge of the wallpaper at a entry, eventually it will start to peel as people brush up against it. I would end it at the inside corner and leave the entire short wall and opening painted.

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  5. I don’t know what I love more – the built-ins, the incredible light, that gorgeous chandelier, or the rug! I recently spotted that shibori wallpaper in someone else’s home on Instagram and instantly fell in love with it! I would probably go ahead and wallpaper that three-inch space just to extend the dining room into the kitchen… But it’s hard to decide without a 360-degree view of the space.

    We’re transforming our living room for the ORC – well, we’ve spent the past 15 months renovating an abandoned 1930 bungalow but for sanity’s sake I figured that if I can just finish one room then I’ll consider it quite an accomplishment, ha!

    XO, Oksana

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    • One room down is quite an accomplishment! We’ve lived here 4 years now and still have lots of rooms that haven’t been touched. I just have to remind myself that it takes time.

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    • I think it could lift either way – I’m going to be on the lookout for kiddos and those fingers. STAY OFF MY WALLPAPER. lol. The bug sprayer came yesterday and was getting ready to spray the bottom of the floor in there and I about had a heart attack!

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  11. What a great space you have to work with! I love the paper choice and those white built ins are BEAUTIFUL! If it were me Id stop the paper in the dining and paint the transition area a dark color to match. I’m sure whatever you choose will look fantastic! I wish I had a dining room in my house, I’ve taken on my master bath for the ORC and it has been a lot of work but super fun

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