It is the final countdown for the One Room Challenge. The end of this challenge is shaping up to look a lot like the beginning, in all honesty! Slightly manic, pressed for time and full of last minute decisions. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 I feel […]
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ORC Week 4: The Claws Come Out
What. A. Week. I think it was this Spring when someone over at the One Room Challenge blog mentioned week four being the most challenging. Last round it wasn’t so bad. This one? Totally different story. If you are new here from the One Room Challenge site, welcome! I’m Michelle – I bring DIY to […]
ORC Week 3 | All About that Scrap Wood Storage Bed
Welcome to the end of week three in the Fall One Room Challenge. For those of you visiting for the first time, I’m Michelle – and I bring DIY to life here on Breaking Down the Box. I have been transforming our master bedroom from a drab, forgotten afterthought to a gorgeous, Country-French retreat over […]
Week 2 ORC – Thrifting Mania
Welcome back! We are heading full speed ahead into the second week of the One Room Challenge. In case you missed last week’s plans, they are below: Week 1- Country French Bedroom I feel so, incredibly behind but also feel like I have been so very busy. For the second week in the spring I […]
One Room Challenge – Fall 2019
In case you missed it, last month I announced on Instagram I was once again going to participate in the One Room Challenge (remember the nursery transformation from our Spring One Room Challenge?)! Now that was a fun one. The One Room Challenge, which happens each April and October, is a wonderful community of support […]
Spring 2019 One Room Challenge – Big Girl Room Final Reveal
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. We made it!! It’s finally reveal day for the One Room Challenge and I am so excited to share this with you guys! After […]
Do It Yourself Flooring – ORC Week 5
We are getting SO CLOSE to the end of the One Room Challenge, and while last week I was set back with some health issues, this week I fully recovered all of my lost progress and then some! Intro | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 Now, as you all […]
Emily’s Room – ORC Week 4
Week One | Week Two | Week Three We are wrapping up the fourth week of the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge. This week did NOT go as smoothly as I had hoped, for a number of reasons. I didn’t have my favorite stain for the roof, Special Walnut, so I had to […]
Halfway Point – ORC Week 3 Update
We are over the hump in the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge! We have moved into week 3 and the cabin bed build – the part that I anticipated would take me the longest – is wrapping up this week. See What’s Up with our One Room Challenge Week 1 – Introducing the […]
Emily’s Room – Week 2
It’s that time again – Thursday, yes – but also time to share what has been happening with Emily’s Room for the second week in the One Room Challenge. This past week, I built all four panels of the cabin bed – which is way more than I expected I would have done at this […]