Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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Spring 2020 ORC Week 7: Sprinting to the Finish Line
Sharing everything we accomplished in week 7, and what we have planned for week 8 (REVEAL WEEK!)… will we finish on time?! Read on to find out!
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Spring 2020 ORC Week 6: Tile and Lights and Drywall, Oh My!
Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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ORC Week 4: How We Created an Electrical Plan for Our Basement Remodel
This week, I’m discussing how we created an electrical plan for the entire basement, including specifics on outlets, switches, and lighting.
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ORC Week 3: DRYWALL, and Tips for Hiring Trades
Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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ORC Week 2: Living Room Design Plans
Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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Spring 2020 ORC Week ONE: Basement Renovation Design Plans
Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored materials from Build.com, The Tile Shop, and Sherwin Williams. All thoughts, designs, and opinions are my own. It’s WEEK ONE of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge! I am so excited to be sharing our basement renovation with you all. We’ve actually been working on the basement for over a year, but with drywall officially on the
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May 2020 Basement Update & Exciting Announcement
Our basement renovation is rapidly progressing, and it just so happens that the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge (ORC) starts on May 7, with a 7 week run time. We were already planning on a late June finish date for the basement, so we’ve decided to make it official and register as participants in the
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Spring 2018 ORC: Weeks 10, 11, & 12
This post was originally shared on my former website, OurFiftiesFixerUpper.com in June 2018. Ok ok, we might have DOUBLED the allotted time slot for the One Room Challenge… but the reality of DIY renovations is that they always take longer than you think! We still will have finished this bathroom in under 3 months (because we
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Spring 2018 ORC: Weeks 7, 8, & 9
This post was originally shared on my former website, OurFiftiesFixerUpper.com in May 2018. Did you see the reveals of the One Room Challenge guest participants and featured designers? There are so many incredible projects! A special congratulations to Erin Kestenbaum and Vestige Home for being selected as the two new featured designers for the next One Room Challenge in the fall- they both