One Room Challenge Fall 2019: Week Five

Holy crap it’s week 5 which means only one week left until the challenge is over!

Per usual, we are behind but I think if we really buckle down this weekend we’ll be able to knock it all out. Here is what I had hoped to accomplish over the weekend:

• Finish trim install
• Finish caulking/spackling/sanding all trim
• Paint all trim
• Prime ceiling
• Paint ceiling
• Install cabinets
• Paint garage door
• Clean pantry door
• Paint pantry door
• Install wallpaper
• Install new light fixture
• Install blinds

And here is how we’re looking now:

• Finish trim install
• Finish caulking/spackling/sanding all trim
• Paint all trim – In progress. Hoping all of the dining room painting is done by end of day Thursday (except the ceiling trim which we will be finishing later)
• Prime ceiling – putting this off until we are ready to paint the ceiling in the kitchen since the two spaces are connected
• Paint ceiling – putting this off until we are ready to paint the ceiling in the kitchen since the two spaces are connected
• Install cabinets
• Paint garage door – hoping to be done with this Thursday
• Clean pantry door
• Paint pantry door
• Install wallpaper
• Install new light fixture
• Install blinds – Not sure on this one. Need to get the wallpaper up first to see how I feel about the blinds. Might opt for a different window treatment.

It doesn’t look like we got much done and we definitely did not get as far as I had hoped but things are about to go fast. I’ve got a first coat up on the rest of the trim and there are just a couple of spots on the garage door that need to be sanded before I can paint. I’m also hoping I can talk Kyle into installing the new light fixture tonight since we won’t be painting the ceiling yet and we installed our cabinets over the weekend which was the last thing we needed on the long wall before wallpaper.

We also attempted to start the wallpaper after OG’s bedtime and before our dinner one night but it’s definitely going to take longer than we thought it would and we don’t want to rush through. We did get one piece up but we accidentally cut it a little wonky and it’s now just the slightest bit too short so we’ll have to remove it and put up another piece. Womp, womp! But it looks so good! I cannot wait for all of it to go up.

 

If I can get all of the painting finished up Thursday and we can get the new light installed, that will leave the weekend to install the wallpaper and finish everything we need to do in the pantry and then next week will just be finishing up all of the little stuff, cleaning it all up, and taking pictures.

So here’s the dining room to-do list for the last week of the challenge:

• Paint all trim
• Paint garage door
• Install wallpaper
• Install new light fixture
• Install blinds

As for the pantry (which we haven’t touched during the challenge yet):

• Re-route electric (we found a live wire hiding behind a wall when we demoed but we will be able to just remove it instead of having to re-route it)
• Finish installing paneling on the walls
• Install paneling on the ceiling
• Prime and paint new paneling
• Spray paint brackets for final shelf
• Move two existing shelves
• Install final shelf
• Patch/paint nail holes
• Install trim
• Caulk/spackle/sand trim
• Paint trim
• Paint bottom shelf? Not sure on this yet since I think the white would just get scuffed up.
• Paint door frame
• Clean door
• Trim door (it’s slightly too wide)
• Paint door
• Install door

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