Modern Vintage Kitchen Makeover: Fall 2020 One Room Challenge

It’s here. The Fall One Room Challenge.

Is here.

And as I sit and type, I can’t help but think, “OH MY GOODNESS WHAT AM I DOING SIGNING UP FOR THIS I’M TOO BUSY!”

But, the best way to get something finished is tell a few thousand of your friends you’re gonna do something and then you have to finish it, because if you don’t they’ll throw eggs at you and call you a liar. (okay maybe not the eggs…but you see my point).

If you were around this spring, you’ll know that we just moved into a new house, and we did our living and dining room for the spring ORC. It was my first time ever participating and I had a lot of fun.

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And I’ve got a kitchen that needs some flair (and more importantly, some more storage and functionality). So here we are trying to make this very very small kitchen in our very, old, house work for our boisterous family of 5.

Oh, also?

Because I don’t know the definition of “one”, I added on the half bath and the mudroom. So here we are…starting the Three Room Challenge.

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Honestly, the kitchen isn’t bad…it was replaced before we moved in due to a kitchen fire, and they could’ve done MUCH MUCH worse.

But it is extremely boring and extremely gray (just like the rest of the house was) and needed help.

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So we’ve got some plans…we are gonna tile, built a banquette bench (with storage, yay!), and of course I found a super fun floral wallpaper which will pretty much ensure my husband will never, ever, say the words, “I don’t care what you do to this house” to me again.

Because I’m nice and thoughtful, and sometimes like to give my guests eyes a break from color, the bathroom is going to be plain ol’ black and white.

I didn’t really feel like spending a lot of money on the bathroom, so I am re-using leftover black hex tile from a previous project for the floor and some leftover square subway tile for the walls. My big splurge is the wallpaper. (YES! MORE WALLPAPER!)

Last, but not least is this mudroom that is attached to the kitchen. Once I realized I knew the contractors who would be putting in our new windows (we have original 100yo windows), I asked them to take down this barn wood wall (sacrilege, I know), take out the window, and install some floor to ceiling Ikea cabinets.

CAN WE SAY MORE STORAGE??!