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Teenage 70’s Remodel ONE ROOM CHALLENGE – WEEK TWO

by studiotullia | Oct 8, 2023 | HOME IMPROVEMENT, INTERIOR DESIGN, SUZANNE'S DESIGN PROJECTS

Well, hello Everyone. Here we are at WEEK TWO.

BEFORE: Funky Old Kitchen

The room my daughter is moving into is now a very dated kitchen on our second floor. Not our main kitchen. The room has clearly been neglected for a long time. We just never knew where to start or what to do with this room so it has sat barely used for over 15 years in our 1906 house. At some point the house was turned into a duplex and with this kitchen and we are slowly rebuilding it back to a single family house..

The appliances have been hauled out and removed. The corner above is where the fridge was.

And the wall below is where the stove was. Yes, big, gaping holes!

And demolition of the funky cabinetry has begun. What is behind all of this is very pieced together walls and no clean lines or edges. Old wallpaper that had been painted over had to be scraped and then mudded.

Straight lines are being created and lots of patching and mudding is taking place.

So we are in a demo stage for sure.

Decisions had to be made about whether we wanted to keep the built ins at all but the woodwork is pretty darn shoddy so we are going to scrap it all in fabric or more space!

These upper cabinets and the shelving is all coming out.

Be sure to check out all the other participants and we will see you next week!

Thanks for reading along!

XOXO,

Suzanne

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE – TEENAGE DAUGHTER’S 70’S INSPIRED BEDROOM

by studiotullia | Oct 1, 2023 | DIY, HOME IMPROVEMENT, INTERIOR DESIGN, ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, STYLE TIPS FOR DIY

We are doing the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE this Fall to light a fire under our you know what. The kitchen demo has begun. I will get into the nitty gritty of this project real soon but I want to share some inspo pics brought to you straight from my daughter’s Ipad. She is deep into the 70’s era which I grew up in so it is a trip down memory lane.

Look at that color palette!

Mod Teen Bedroom

Here is the mood board we put together. This will be a challenge to pull together. Looks cluttered to me. Somehow we will make this work.

She can lean on her Dad’s old records and turntable we will dig up from out storage in the basement.

Years ago we did a One Room Challenge for her bedroom and we are going in an entirely new direction. She has been in a tiny room for several years and is now ready to move into what was our upstairs kitchen. Our house was once a duplex, where my Mother lived for ten years in the upstairs unit, but we now use it as a single family home. This kitchen has been a catchall room for crafts, spare pet cages, a slime lab, holiday cooking, etc. but has been under unitlized for many years. It will be her STUDIO BEDROOM complete with wet bar and large closet.