One Room Challenge Week 2: The Layout

ORC Weekly Updates

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6

Hey there, welcome to Week 2 of my dining room makeover for the One Room Challenge. I’m excited to share the progress I have made over the week. Check out my Before photos and the plan for my dining room in my Week 1 post. Here’s a rundown of the progress:

Layout

My task last week was to start working on the seating for the dining room. As you may recall from my previous post, the dining room is quite small, and I wanted to create enough seating that didn’t look too cumbersome in the small space.  My initial plan was to include an L shaped window bench around the room but after working through the layout, that didn’t seem feasible. Now the plan is to create a single window bench across the length of the room in addition to dining chairs around a small dining table. Check out my room layout plan:  

Progress

The window bench is in. I still need to add trim, paint and add cushions but I’m happy I got the frame in. It was a slight challenge initially because the baseboard radiator runs parallel to the wall, but I was able to work around it while still creating a solid foundation.

Next Steps

This week I plan to finish the bench and then start working on the walls. I initially wanted to do shiplap panels but I’m also toying with the idea of wallpaper. I’m going to try a few options before I make a decision. Be sure to come back next week to check out the finished bench and what I decided to do with the walls. And also, check out what the featured designers and other guest participants are working on over at the ORC.