by studiotullia | Oct 22, 2023 | 70's inspired, benjamin moore paint color, one room challenge, ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, rebuilding center, recycle, retro, reuse, silvery blue, SUZANNE'S DESIGN PROJECTS, teen bedroom, that 70's show
Hello My Lovelies,
Well, we are deep into Week 4 of the
Things are getting pretty real. There is no more flim-flamming around. We have been hammering and hacking away at old hardwood cabinetry and layered linoleum with ever-mounting piles of debris and sharp nails. I can say after two days’ of solid work we are all pretty wiped out.
We have made some major strides, but I am beginning to wonder if we will ever be done with the walls.
And, we changed our paint color for the last time. 0
BENJAMIN MOORE – SILVERY BLUE
You have to tape a decent size paint sample (which BM provides) on the wall – in different places, at different times of the day before you settle on the right color. You really need that bedroom color to be a color you love, you know?
FLOORING:
This is what we found under 3 layers of laminate flooring. Very cool, asbestos-ridden 1940’s vintage flooring that we cannot salvage 🙁
We needed to be masked while pulling up all the debris.
One of my favorite places to shop is a non-profit, salvaged building materials resource, called
THE REBUILDING CENTER
Over the years we have found some great finds. This latest find was brand new wood veneer flooring in a beautiful hickory color. I wanted to buy the whole lot and re-floor the entire upstairs, but my husband reeled me in; one project at a time.
I border on manic when I am at this place. So many great materials. I want to get new lighting for the living room, pavers for the backyard, recycled METRO paint to freshen up our stairs.
FOCUS, Suz, FOCUS
Today’s task was debris removal. We’ve got a big old pile that will go to the dump soon enough.
WE FOUND A DOOR!
We found this beautiful door with the same 5 panels we have on all the doors upstairs. What teenager doesn’t need a door! I counted this has a huge score.
IKEA FINDS
We found this awesome chair called the TOBIAS CHAIR in the clearance section, half off. And that peg board behind it was another find from THE REBUILDING CENTER.
We are interested in this Duvet Cover
AKKERFIBBLA
And we are narrowing in on this GADBJERG rug:
Be sure to check out all the other designers participating in THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE!
Until next week, my friends!
BEST,
SUZANNE
by studiotullia | Oct 3, 2018 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN
It’s impossible to stay on top of all the featured designers and guest participants, but click on the image below to go to the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE headquarters where all participants link in once a week for the next six weeks. Pick some favorites and follow along. There is a lot of talent and drama out there.
TREPIDATION
With some trepidation, here I am six months later, still trying to renovate the dining room. For those of you who don’t remember, I attempted to address the dining room last Spring with the SPRING 2018 ORC and ended up putting this project on hold. A trip to San Francisco, the twins’ birthdays, illness, and a major hitch lead us down a dark path of incompletion. The major hitch being that we decided to redo the ceiling rather than paint over the nasty asbestos tiles. I was trying to do a quick fix and my husband Shiloh got me to slow down and take the time to do it right. I really had no idea what we were getting into.
RECAP
Here is a quick recap of our storied dining room. When we moved into the house the dining room was a deep orange and has remained that way for over a decade. You know why? Twins. Charlotte and Arthur came along and needless to say, the dining room had to stay that way for awhile.
When we first moved in, we found the brass light fixture at THE REBUILDING CENTER in Portland. it was supposed to be a $40 temporary fix. I have banged my head on that solid brass fixtures more times than I can count. I relished carrying it to the curb this Summer where it was promptly claimed by some poor innocent passerby who has no idea how hard that thing is when you walk into it.
The curtains will also be replaced.
The chairs will be reupholstered.
MOUNTAIN WHITE
To get rid of the orange, I did a few base coats in MOUNTAIN WHITE by METRO PAINT which is my go to white. I’ve used it all over the house – in my office, in the upstairs hallway. Its recycled, quality paint that is extremely affordable ($40 dollars or so for a 5 gallon tub) and it is a beautiful white for bluish Portland light.
See the ugly ceiling? It looked even worse after the white went up. That’s when we decided we couldn’t bare to look at it every evening over dinner. It would bother us. We’d ask, why didn’t we replace it when we had the chance??? 
THE DEMO
This is the ceiling without the wooden trim covering the seams.
Then he cut into the ceiling to replace old wires and add new ones for the wifi and smoke detector.
Then he bought dry wall to install over the tiles since we were only going to lose 1/2 inch if we took them down and that would have been a nightmare.
He had to build these wooden braces to hold up the dry wall during installation.
And there’s this lovely grate that my father in law and a few others have fallen through when a chair leg finds its way into the holes.
So, 6 months later, clean slate.White walls, white ceiling. Let the fun begin.
INSPIRATION
The room that remains an inspiration is this room by San Francisco ABH Interiors:
I love the soft gray walls with the darker wooden tones and of course this incredible mural by GRACIE STUDIO. We plan to do an accent wall but with a more northwestern vibe. I like the lightness of the room with the warm sepia, aqua and white tones.
Swallows are a thing in Portland. And this John Derian Chimney Swallows Dawn Wallpaper available through Designers Guild is pretty wonderful:
So is this serene cloud wall by A NEWALL:
SO, the walls are where I am headed next.
Thanks for following along! I’d love to hear from you as we go along here…
by studiotullia | Oct 3, 2010 | PORTLAND PLACES
You have to love this place. Always an inspiration as raw and funky as the stuff arriving every minute of the day. Truckloads of junk from builders, contractors: doors, tiles, bath tubs, windows, lighting, hardware and on and on and on. We have gotten some of our lighting from there. Our dining room chandelier for $35. It is a great place to shop if you are in the NE hood.
Knobs and Fobs
Bought this!
Rebuilding Center Entry
Exterior
