We made it!!!
Six quick weeks have come and gone and our Eclectic Botanical Farmhouse Family Room is complete!
We owe a big thank you to Linda of Calling It Home for hosting the One Room Challenge™. The ORC provided a wonderful community to encourage us throughout this project and hold us to our six-week timeline.
We are sooooo happy with our new space!
I know! Such a tease.
Hang tight. I promise there are TONS of after pics. Probably way more than necessary but we did just devote six weeks of our lives to bringing this room together, so…I gotta go big!
First, let’s jump back really quick and see where this all started.
Literally, a hodge-podge mess of miss-matched furniture and accessories thrown in just to have somewhere to sit and places to store our stuff. A room full of unfinished/unstarted projects and plans for some day.
We crafted quite a lofty plan and I’ll let you decide if we succeeded!
- install shiplap walls surrounding fireplace
- install built-in shelving and bench seating surrounding fireplace
- paint shiplap and built-ins
- source plug-in wall sconces to flank fireplace
- build console table for wall beside french doors
- build farmhouse style bench to place behind the exposed section of sofa
- build, install, & paint window cornices
- swap out curtains
- patch together 2, 4’x6′ rugs to place in front of french doors
- paint sunroom and bathroom doors
- refinish art file
- paint tufted chair upholstery
- refinish end tables
- refinish or replace coffee table
- replace too small rug
- source matching accent chairs for in front of fireplace
- add decorative wood trim to built-in entertainment cabinet
- sew a few new pillow covers
- “plant” silk fiddle leaf fig
- pull together finishing touches (aka rearrange, buy, or DIY decor)
Ready for it!!!!
Here’s our completed Eclectic Botanical Farmhouse Family Room!
Our family room has an attached half bath which now fits with the rest of the space.
After painting the tufted chair (to hold off on having it reupholstered) I wasn’t completely thrilled with the color in this space. My mom gave me a vintage chenille blanket this week and I decided to use it as an impromptu boho slipcover!
Conveniently hidden remote storage!
Little known fact about me; I worked in high school and college as a florist. I had so much fun tapping into my old job skills and preparing the florals for this space.
Now all my Country Living, House Beautiful, and Better Homes & Gardens magazines are easily accessible!
Curtains too short? I wanted them to be the same length as the sheers so I added a 7″ lace panel.
Sources
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Sofa – Ikea Ektorp Sectional
Rattan Ottoman/Coffee Table | Michaels
Zinc Tray – Joann Fabrics
Area Rug -(sponsored) eSaleRugs | 9″ x 12″ Beige Restoration Rug
Curtains – (sponsored) Best Home Fashion | Zig Zag Sheer & Blue Blue Faux Linen Pinch Pleat Curtains
7″ Lace Trim | Joann Fabrics
Faux Fiddle Leaf Fig – DIY
Faux Zinc Top Console Table – DIY | DecoArt Americana Decor Metallics Silver Paint
Runner Rug – DIY using 2, 4′ x 6′ throw rugs from HomeGoods
Arm Chairs – DIY | Vintage, reupholstered
Floral Canvas | HomeGoods
Wall Clock | Decor Steals
Rattan Basket End Table | Ikea Jassa Basket
Woven Bench | Ikea – discontinued
End Tables | Vintage bought from Cassie Bustamante
Tassel Pillows | Target – clearance
Gray-Green Velvet Pillow Covers | Ikea
Light Pink Pillow Covers | Ikea
Down Pillow Inserts | Ikea, 16″ x 26″ & 20″ x 20″
Art File | Craigslist – Free
Chinese Scissor Set | Amazon
Pink Tasseled Throw Blanket | HomeGoods
Mint Striped Basket | HomeGoods
Floral Embroidered Throw Pillow | HomeGoods
Feed Sack Napkin Pillow Shams | DIY
Farmhouse Bench | DIY
Flocked Lampshade & Iron Lamp | Auction
Mercury Glass Lamp | HomeGoods
Fresh Florals | Wegmans
Live Money Tree | Wegmans
Mint Green Cookie Jar (vase) | World Market
Small Amber Bottles | Factory Direct Craft
This project was a big undertaking but I am so glad we jumped into the ORC again.
I am thrilled with the results.
Now, you do not want to miss all of the room reveals being linked up over at the Calling It Home blog! I am for sure going to be spending a few days perusing all of the amazing rooms.
Again, a huge thank you to our ORC sponsors eSaleRugs and Best Home Fashion!!!
Until next time,
jessica, it looks awesome! i love the soft colors and the amber bottles on the fireplace. love all of your pillows and the pink and blue combo! so so pretty! also love seeing you here! 🙂
Thanks Cassie. 🙂
What a transformation! I love the minty aqua color around the fireplace and how the softness translates all the way around the room. You have an amazing eye for decor and detail —and it shows here. Love your special touch with the flowers, too! It’s just an amazing space. Now, time to enjoy. Congrats! Susie from The Chelsea Project
Thank you so much Susie! We have definitely been enjoying the space already. It is so nice to be able to sit down and relax and not look around and be distracted by all our projects and plans…because THEY.ARE.DONE!! Woohoo!
Jessica, I just love what you did with this room. The fireplace wall looks amazing with the shiplap, shelving and that gorgeous color! So pretty and cozy and pulled together looking, and your flowers are beautiful!
Thanks so much Lisa.
Looks so great. It looks calm and airy, i would say you succeeded!
🙂 Thanks Jessica! The fact that I can sit in the room now without making plans and seeing projects is a success in my book.
Wow, what a difference. Your pretty pastels are lovely, and I love the bottles along the fireplace. Great job.
Thank you Dannyelle! Eventually I plan to put a mirror over the fireplace but for now it’s nice to be able to change it up seasonally. We had just the perfect amount of little flowers blooming in our garden to fill my brown bottles.
Such a beautiful, cohesive and cozy space! Well done!
Thanks Joann! 🙂
You can very much tell you we’re a florist- those flowers are arranged to perfection- so pretty! And so is the rest of the space – I especially love the shelves and the woven pouffe. And I love your styling on the fireplace with the bottles. Gorgeous!
Thank you Lizzie! I really miss floral designing in a shop. I wish I had more opportunities to use that skill set. I am hoping to bring more floral projects to my blog in the future.
P.S. I found the woven trunk at Michaels!!! With a coupon it only ended up being $35 which I think is a great deal. It’s a nice size too. Not too big, not too small and fits quite a few of my 3-year-old’s toys.
Wow what a transformation. Nice to see bit of you preparing things to look pretty. Great job on floral arrangement, real or faux flowers? The colors you used are so soft and pleasant to enjoy the room. Sure is good sized room, lucky girl but you were so smart not to over furnish room.
Someday might think about painting fire place, maybe deeper shade of walls on either side? Maybe sponge paint rocks for varying degrees of color/shade.
Your family room is such a lovely room, enjoy being with your family in it.
Happy Mothers day
Thank you JaneEllen! The floral arrangement is made of real flowers (from Wegmans). The bottles are filled with real flowers and greens from our garden. The plum orchid and fiddle leaf fig tree are DIYs I made with silk stems from Michaels and Joanns.
I’ve mentioned to my husband about painting the stone on the fireplace. (I think) it would definitely be more my style painted but he won’t go for it.
Lovely transformation! The flowers are definitely the star of the show, and you did a beautiful job of arranging them.
Thank you so much Paula! I still can’t believe what a great selection of fresh flowers Wegmans had! The peach stock even smells as good as it looks.
The transformation is really awesome.I loved the vintageish touch and the way you looked after every minute details of the room.The floral arrangement is superb.
Love,
Joanna
https://mightyessays.com/
Thank you Joanna! 🙂 It’s been a while since I’ve bought fresh flowers to make a real arrangement for myself. I want to do it more! It’s been years since I worked as a florist but floral arranging still has my heart and I hope to bring more of it to the blog.
This space looks gorgeous! Love all the furnishings your chose… and way to be resourceful with your chair cover. I would never have known it wasn’t meant to be that way from the start. Love what you did with the mantle (Pinned for inspiration). Beautiful job!
Thanks Erin! I really liked the color I painted the tufted chair just not in this space. It looked out of place with the rest of the colors in the room so I had to do something quick! Thanks for pinning!
I am just swooning over all of the beautiful details in this space (and your whole home). It’s all so charming, warm and inviting. I just want to come sip on an iced coffee and chit chat. See you soon, k? 😉
Thank you Thalita. I really appreciate your kind words.
I love how your family room turned out! It’s so pretty! You did such a great job on those chairs and I love those flowers! 😉 The aqua shiplap is gorgeous! Love this room!
I love the look of your family room with all the beautiful colors and details! Everything is so amazing. Job well done!
The room is beautiful and soft. I love all of the botanical touches too. That amazing idea you had to make fig leaf tree fits in great! The flowers are stunningly beautiful and your skill with them really shines!
Beautiful job! You’ve created a great space!
I love the accent ship lap wall with those shelf’s. The entire space looks beautiful!
Oh my goodness, how beautiful! I love the teal wall, and that rug is screaming my name, but honestly, the entire space is just perfect!
soooo pretty
Thank you Sarah!
This is so beautiful. Saving for lots of inspiration for my home
Thanks so much Mary. 🙂
Really fantastic! Love the color, the feel and the layering …love it all!
I did a round up of Living room makeovers for the ORC on my blog and included you!!! Great job
!http://myoldcountryhouse.com/one-room-challenge-guest-stars-favorite-living-rooms/
Thanks Lesli! Stopping over now to read your post. Thanks so much for featuring our space!
OH MY GAHHHHHHH! Seriously this is stunning. I’m so jealous!
XO Ellen from Ask Away
http://www.askawayblog.com
Thank you Ellen!
Love how this project turned out. Would love to see the turquoise wall as a navy wall instead. Nice open shelving, that’s my favorite part… okay maybe the rug is my favorite part.
Thank you Kristina! Navy is lovely but we wanted the space to stay a bit brighter. The room only gets natural light from the two windows in the morning so dark colors are tricky. I really love how the shelving came out too and the rug is definitely a winner in my book!
Love this room and LOVE THE TURQUOISE . I think navy would be too much of a contrast with your muted coastal colors and personally I find it is being over done. This room is timeless and I absolutely love what you did with this space !!!!!
Thank you so much Lesli! We are very happy with how the room turned out.