ONE ROOM CHALLENGE: DESIGN DETAILS

Emily Henderson's modern LA home, with a blue and white mid-century mix. (Modern blue and leather inspiration via Emily Henderson)

First, I have to apologize for the lack of posts around here. There hasn’t been a post since last week’s ORC update, but I’ve got some great home tours and exciting partnerships coming up this fall that I can’t wait to share more about. We’re now at the point where most of the large pieces are in place for my ORC project, so I wanted to give you a glimpse of the room with the new sofa and hide rug. Now that I’m started to think about the finishing touches, I can see the six-week deadline approaching more quickly than I expected! Check out all of the linking participants on Calling it Home.

One Room Challenge details on Thou Swell
One Room Challenge details on Thou Swell

Now in last post I mentioned my quandary with the bare fireplace, and I think I may have found part of the solution. While I was perusing the other link-ups last week, I stumbled upon The Honeycomb Home‘s inspiration for her project, which included filling the fireplace with books! I think the idea could add some textural interest to the black hole that is currently our fireplace, and since it doesn’t vent well, we won’t be using it anyway. My only concern is that the look is very styled – so let me know what you think about it in the comments… I created a little GIF below so you can see what it might look like!

One Room Challenge details on Thou Swell

Now that we’re approaching Week Five I’m getting anxious about it all coming together. Like always, I can expect a very last-minute prop run before the shoot, but I’m still looking for the right side table for the leather armchair on the left side of the chaise. I’m thinking something without legs (there are enough of those in the room as it is) that has a solid modern shape. Any ideas?

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  1. Ann C wrote:

    I put mirror tiles in the back of my fireplace and thin filled it with silver candlesticks and chunky white candles. No where safer to burn a bunch of candles than in a fireplace! And the mirror made it look like many many more. Love the leather. How about a small mirrored table, especially if it was antiqued mirror.

    Posted 10.30.15 Reply
  2. Hollie Cooper wrote:

    From what I see of the sofa, the colour is fantastic & I’m a sucker for a bolster. I too am dealing with a real fireplace that we will never use & I’m leaning towards leaving it black or placing a bunch of succulents in a mix of random pots. Just my 2 cents.

    Posted 10.29.15 Reply
    • The color is even better in person, the texture in the velvet is amazing! Thank you Hollie 🙂

      Posted 10.30.15 Reply
  3. Tricia @ Suburban Bitches wrote:

    I love the book idea! Some days I wish we didn’t have a gas fire place so I could do some sort of fun staging with it. Dying to see how your room all comes together! Good luck!!!

    Posted 10.29.15 Reply
    • Thanks Tricia! It will be fun to stage it, though I think when it gets to February we may miss the extra warmth, haha!

      Posted 10.29.15 Reply