Welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge! This week, I'm installing luxury vinyl plank flooring in our basement. That's LVP if you're into flooring like I am! If you missed any of my previous week's posts, you can click on the links below. My husband and I have been transforming our unfinished basement, and part of this transformation involves creating a yoga, meditation, and exercise room. Before I could even start on the flooring we had to clean up the entire basement to free up the floor ...
Easy Greenery Christmas Wreath
Are you looking for a simple and beautiful wreath for the holiday season? This easy greenery Christmas wreath can be made with supplies from your local craft store or from fresh greenery. It will look beautiful on your front door from November and December and all the way through Winter. And the best part is that it takes only 10 minutes to make! You can dress it up with a bow or bells for a little extra pizazz if you like. This post is part of an Early Holiday Inspiration Tour organized by ...
Choosing Paint Colours for our Basement Renovation – Week 4 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome to week 4 of the One Room Challenge! My overall plan is to transform a portion of our unfinished basement into a yoga, meditation, and exercise room. This project is part of our larger basement finishing project, but this is the first space we will be finishing. The other rooms are being completed at the same time, but are not featured in the One Room Challenge since the challenge is limited to just one room. This week, I chose the paint colours and primed and painted the entire space. I ...
Basement Drywalling Tips and Tricks – Week 3 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome to week 3 of the One Room Challenge in which I will be transforming a portion of our unfinished basement into a yoga, meditation, and exercise room. In case you missed the first two weeks of the challenge, I'll give a little summary here. In week 1, I shared our plan for the project including before photos, an inspiration/mood board, and a work plan. For week 2, I shared our experience with framing an unfinished basement and all the other work required to really get the ball rolling for ...
Tips for Framing an Unfinished Basement – Week 2 of the One Room Challenge
I hope you caught last week's post, Basement Yoga, Meditation, and Exercise Room, where I introduced the project I will be undertaking for the One Room Challenge. Well, this is week two and I'm sharing how we (my husband and I) transformed our unfinished basement into a framed, wired, and ready-to-be dry-walled shell. On November 15, I will be revealing the completed basement yoga, meditation, and exercise room. This post is not a complete tutorial on basement framing, but rather a description ...
Basement Yoga, Meditation, and Exercise Room – Week 1 of the One Room Challenge
I’m so excited to be participating in the One Room Challenge as a guest. This is my second time participating and you can check out my first foray into this exciting challenge here, with my affordable modern kitchen update. I've always been a huge fan of the One Room Challenge and it really is an honour to participate. In the next eight weeks, I’ll be sharing how to transform an area of completely unfinished basement into a soothing basement yoga, meditation, and exercise room. I’ll be sharing ...