One Room Challenge - Week Three

It's time for this week's progress report on 

The One Room Challenge!

As you may know, I started The One Room Challenge

three weeks ago.  Here are the first two weeks posts: 

 Week One

 Week Two 

Linda from My Crafty Home Life organized this

challenge and Jennifer from The Pink Pagoda invited me to join

 in the fun!  This is the first time I have participated in anything like this 

and I can truly say, it's been a blast!  I am enjoying watching  everyone's progress. We have even started offering advice to our fellow participates!  Linda asked readers to weigh in on whether she should ditch  her chandelier or paint it, so Beth from Chinoiserie Chic did an entire post about it!

 Read it and weigh in with your opinion!  

 I am in this challenge with this fabulous

 group of women:

To be honest, I have been on vacation so we didn't get done as much as I would have liked to do this past week, but we did go furniture shopping.  Since we are doing this room under a deadline there wasn't time to custom order furniture, so we went to A. Hoke, which is one of my "To The Trade" resources.  To the Trade means that the items are so to the Interior design Trade and not directly to the public. They have a showroom in Charlotte and Raleigh, which are both in North Carolina.  They  always have great things to offer on their floor.  Not to mention, they are as nice as can be to work with! Here are some of the pieces we found.  

 Great lamps!  Love the square shades. Love

 this console but not sure we need either.  

The lamps are a little more formal than 

what my client wanted.

I must have a thing for square shades.  Love

 this lamp base. Might be a keeper?

We both loved this lamp but need to see

 how our color scheme plays out.

This lamp is a beauty!  It has a mate too!

 We both liked the style of this Michael Weiss Sofa

 for Vanguard. We especially liked the nailhead

 trim around the sides and back and base of this sofa.

This Lee Industries sofa was fairly neutral

 and safe but was it too safe?

 Lee leather and nailhead  drum ottoman.  

I use these quite a bit, because of their dual

use as an extra seat or table.  

 Currey and Company mirrored side table.  

Great size and classic design. Perfect by a

 sofa or a chair when you need a smaller table.

Beautiful mineral blue velvet sofa from

 Hickory Chair.  I found those pillows on

 another chair and put them on this sofa, 

because they have all the colors my client

 wanted for the room.  Wonder if she will  

like these????  Also, like that lamp on

 the sofa table behind the sofa.

There was a pair of these linen chairs. 

 Love the smaller size. There was also a

 great ottoman made out of the same linen,

but we really don't need an ottoman. 

Another sofa option.  Did you notice I 

brought those pillows along for a test

 drive on this sofa as well?

Up close of the pillow, even though I failed to

 turn the pattern the right way! Sorry, oops!

  The colors are perfect!  Wonder if the 

client will think so?

This club chair was nice.  The pillow looked

 good on every chair and sofa!

Another safe and tradition sofa,

 but may be too safe?

I liked this pair of linen chairs.  They had the

 added bonus of being swivels!

Sorry, this chair is a bit out of focus, but it is a 

chocolate herringbone and is Lee Industries

 #1 selling Club Chair.  Very comfy even

 though it doesn't swivel.

 I fell for this beautiful Bradburn Gallery 

green lamp.  Not sure if the client needs 

it in her family room, but I'll bet I can find a

 place for this beauty!

(Hey Kim, Marsha and Elaine...see you

 behind the lamp working away! ) 

(They are the best)

Great coffee table, but the client has decided

 to keep hers so we don't need it, but

I thought I would show you anyway.

Need to keep this floor lamp in mind, 

in case we need one. I love the simple lines.

Also, loving these charcoal grey chairs from Precedent.

  These might work somewhere...

Would you believe we are also working on

 this client's dining and living rooms too. She

 wanted custom drapery, but there wasn't time,

 so I found these and they match her Sherwin Williams 

Mindful Grey paint perfectly!  Score!

Can you figure out where we are headed with

 the furniture selections? Remember we only

 need a sofa, two chairs, pillows, accessories, a rug,

 lamps and a couple of tables.  Check back next week, 

when we hopefully finish up our shopping.  

We still have lots more to buy!  

Don't forget to hop over and check out the

 progress

 at the other participate's blogs:

Beth - Chinoiserie Chic

Lauren - The Cottage Mix

Sherry - Design Indulgence

Lindsay - Everything LEB

Barbara - Hodge:Podge

Kim - Kim Macumber Interiors

Tiffany - Living Savvy

Jessie - Mix & Chic

Linda - My Crafty Home Life 

Alison - My Little Happy Place

Danylle - Nana Moon

Nicole - Nicole Scott Designs

Julia - Pawleys Island Posh

Jennifer - The Pink Pagoda

Bethany - Powell Brower Home

Lindsay - The Pursuit of Style

Emily - Rue de Emily

Lindsay - Sadie + Stella