One Room Challenge - Porch Partay - Week 4

Photos: Emily Bolt 

Y'all! It is like Christmas morning around here. Can't you picture this pile under the tree - basically my dream loot from Santa, himself. A big pile of pillows and some absolutely gorgeous Greenville art. Stuff for the One Room Challenge is rolling in!

This week we finally trasitioned from everything-is-happening-behind-the-scenes progress to woah-look-at-the-real-life-stuff-that-is-actually-in-the-space kind of progress (hello week four! It's about time) and we couldn't be more thrilled with how it's all coming together. We've got our textiles, aka plenty of pillows from Larkin Lane, MiniMalist Shop, and Anthro.... and the art. 

Y'all know that nothing makes my heart skip a beat like a piece of original art and especially when it comes from two of my fave Greenville girls: Teresa Roche and Meredith Piper. I think every space should have art in it. Every. Single. One. So, when working with outdoor spaces (that are covered) the best way to make this happen, is to go for paintings on wood panels. 

Teresa Roche (one of the lovliest peeps you'll ever meet in your whole darn life), artist and owner of Art and Light Gallery (one of the lovliest places you'll ever visit in your whole darn life) created this big, graphic, piece with black lines as our big statement piece for the space. Teresa knocked this one out of the park. The lines are perfect and faintest touches of our accent colors bring it all in. 

Then, of course porches are for plants and with the winter season rolling in faster than I even want to think about, Meredith Piper's Plants on Pink will provide some tropical vibes all year long. Meredith, a Greenville transplant, has settled in to our art community and is making waves with her gorgeous paintings and really rad encased weavings - and she's a pleasure to boot. So thrilled with how these beauts are adding all the right vibes to the porch partay. 

And here's a kicker for you, there was an extra week added to this ORC thang. Hallelujah! So, we have three more posts to make this thing come together - which is great, because we just settled on our rug, that you fine peeps helped us choose via Insta Stories. The big reveal on that will be next week! 

Jenny, Boho Style File, and I will be working booties off this weekend making lots of stuff happen and I cannot wait to see the space come together. Follow along, peeps and we will see you for week 5! 

XO, 

Amanda Louise 

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One Room Challenge - Porch Partay - Week Three

Ok, y'all here we are at the half-way mark of this crazy little thing we call the One Room Challenge. Jenny from Boho Style File and I are working hard- pulling all the components together for her back porch that we will be revealing in 3 short weeks! 

The major progress we made this week (aside from lots of goodies being made at the workroom and for the walls by our friends) was unpacking the beautiful rattan chairs from Kenian! I mean, swoon! Right?! 

 I so love the color of these and how they fade into the space... and although this room looks like a big dose of all the shades of white right now, it won't for long. All you have to do is look at this pic from last week that shows all the textiles that we are about to layer in!  

So with all those textiles, we need the perfect rug to work in. From the beginning we have been eyeing that neutral guy in the middle of the pic below. But, you know me - I needed to at least provide Jenny with at least a few colorful options. Although I really do love the neutral and think it would be lovely as a backdrop for all the other colors.  Hopefully we will be able to make a decision on this today and have one to show you next week! 

Here's my thoughts on all of our choices: I love the pink but after looking at reviews- it says it's similar to a yoga mat, sooooo I'm thinking no on that one. The neutral one really does catch my eye even though, I'm always a more is more kinda girl. The yellow sort of has my heart but I wonder if it would compete too much with all of our other colors (who would have thought I would ever have that thought?!) Blue- I think is a nice touch to break up the pinks and the green sort of does the same but might get mirky. So, we shall see! There isn't a lot of time to ponder this one.

Onward to week 4 we go! Peace out, friends! 

XO, 

Amanda Louise 

The time of year for "Hocus Pocus", "It's a Great Pumpkin, CB", all the candy in all the land, and spooking up your space!

Here's all the stuff I'm crushing on to add the Hallow's Eve jazz to any home. 

We've got spooky bats - which aren't allowed in our personal home, because of a really long story that consists of Kevin and I sitting on our back deck, Kevin getting bitten by a bat, and the two of us spending a summer getting a series of rabies shots. So no bats allowed here, but you should have them. 

A real bad lamp that's real rad for any time of the year. Pillows and candlesticks that can stand the test of time throughout all the seasons. Striped candles and doormats and pumpkins- oh my! 

Cheers to all the orange things! 

Amanda Louise 

One Room Challenge - Porch Partay - Week Two

And just like that, it's already week two of the One Room Challenge. Aren't there some ah-mazing plans out there?! Check in on everyone else's week two progress on the Calling it Home Blog. I cannot wait to see what's in store for so many spaces. 

This week, alllll the textiles started rolling in for us and I am so stinking excited about the mix. We decided that because the space was covered and didn't have issues with weather, we were going to branch out from only using indoor/outdoor textiles to make it truly feel like and outdoor room. We are bringing in all the textures and patterns and I can't wait to see them all lookin' pretty in the space.  

The first box we opened was from Larkin Lane. A wonderland of all the color and pattern. I am major swooning over the Cabo Mexican Otomi Pillow and the Ikat pillow that we chose to add a little boho flair to our space and I love this brand so much, taking inspiration and finds from travel to create the most beautiful pillows, accessories, and garments! I am 100% putting this clutch on my Christmas list. 

Next up, MINImalist Shop in the house adding a little neutral to the mix. This shop has the most  dreamy textiles that you can think of from bedding to dog beds to literally the cutest little kids button downs I've ever seen. We chose the Black Tie-dye lumbar and the Plus Mudcloth pillow for the space to add some killer texture and depth of color. 

We wanted to pull in the blue-purpley hues that are in the ikat pillow from Larkin Lane so I knew the perfect fabric to make that happen. Marquin Campbell's Cobalt Brush Stroke Fabrics. I love that it takes the purple hues in a bluer direction and we are going to pair a fun green on the back of two pillows using the fabric. 

On top of that, we ordered two cuties from Anthropologie that just came in. A yellow velvet piece of magic with big, huge gray tassels - you know, just all of my dreams in a pillow. And then, this pom pom beauty. 

And lastly in the fabric department mix, we have some yardage of this Justina Blakeny Confetti fabric from Tonic Living headed our way to cover two seat cushions on the most beautiful Kenian Chippendale Rattaan Chairs. This might be what I am most excited about out of the whole darn space. 

We are still on the look out for the perfect fabric to slipcover the daybed cushion in, so hopefully next week, we will have some progress to share on that front! 

Ok, so until next week - a la week three of the ORC! Happy week, friends! 

XO, Amanda Louise 

One Room Challenge - Porch Partay - Week 1

Photos: Emily Bolt 

Y'all! I seriously cannot even believe that it's One Room Challenge time again. In the Spring and Fall each year, Linda from Calling it Home hosts this six week completely-transform-a-space challenge and I jump all in. I feel like my seasons are starting to be marked by this crazy thing, and much like the weather change signifying the coming of fall... the (somewhat- hello, fall in the south) crisp air is also starting to mean that the fall ORC is going to be a major part of life for the next bit. 

There's nothing like the community the ORC creates and the feeling of everyone rooting all the other rooms along is unmatched.  Always a crazy whirlwind of late night diy, last minute begging the workroom to get those pillows done just in time, "uh-oh that didn't quite pan out", early morning blog post publishing just before the buzzer, and keeping your fingers crossed that everything will work out just fine... Bring it, One Room Challenge.  

Six weeks is a tiny amount of time to transform a space, but it helps to have a partner in crime. So, my girl, Jenny from Boho Style File and I are teaming up to take on her covered back porch. This spot was no doubt made for all things lounging, entertaining, and just overall enjoying life, but unfortunately le porch is not meeting it's full potential. Let me tell you, Jenny and her husband, Ryan know how to live it up- and the porch is the one not pulling it's weight in the chill or party departments. Good thing, we are ready to get it in ship-shape. 

So, enter our plan full of life. Taking a hint from Jenny's color and pattern (conveniently my favorite things) filled wardrobe that she rocks, I came up with a plan for the space that's bold, lived in, and cozy. Everything you need for a fall porch... with some good food and football added in. 

We have some of our fave peeps/brands/finds lined up to help us pull this thing off and I can't wait to dive into details next week.  In the mean time, head over to Jenny's blog to see her perspective on the project, check out all the other participants and see our super duper blank slate below. Like super blank. 

XO, Amanda Louise 

Hello, One Room Challenge! A Throwback to Past ORC's

Y'all! It's that time. I can't believe the One Room Challenge starts this week and I am so excited about what Jenny from Boho Style File and I have up our sleeves. 

For those of you new to the scene, the One Room Challenge is a blogging event that takes place biannually. Within a six-week period those participating completely transform a space and give weekly updates on the progress. I've taken part in three rounds now, partnering with a different lovely-lady-friend each time. 

Here's a trip down ORC memory lane... 

The first time around in the Spring of '16, Stephanie from Olive and Tate showed me the ropes on all the ORC (and all things blogging, for that matter) as we tackled her living room. We turned it from drab to fab, pool table and all... 

Photo: Luke Cleland

Spring 2016 One Room Challenge 

Week One 

Week Two 

Week Three 

Week Four 

Week Five 

Week Six - Reveal 

Round Two: Marquin Campbell  and I pulled together her open living room/dining room and this was my favorite moment...

Photo: Kimberly Gibson Photography 

Fall 2016 One Room Challenge 

Week One 

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four 

Week Five 

Week Six - Reveal 

And lastly the ORC that was my fave, my gal Caroline and I took her living room from oh-so-beige to bold-dose-o-color filled with plenty of pattern to boot.

Photo: Courtney Malone 

Spring 2017 One Room Challenge 

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five 

Week Six - Reveal 

So, onward we go! ORC numero four - let's do this thang. See y'all Thursday!

XO,
Amanda Louise