Virtual Interior Design by Kelly Egan

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Welcome back for week two of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge. I have been stalking the other ORC projects and there are some really amazing participants! Both seasoned ORC pro’s and brand new participants- are so inspiring! Check them out here! You can also check out INSTAGRAM for more stories about my project!

PATIO UPDATE

This week has been all about making decisions, getting organized, and getting orders in. Thank goodness there are an extra two weeks for this ORC since my patio paint is on backorder until mid-June! It should come in before the last week of the challenge, so I should have just enough time to finish the project and let it dry for 48 hours before I put all the furnishings in place. There are so many great sales right now I am trying to hit up since I don’t feel comfortable doing the Facebook Marketplace and thrifting thing with COVID restrictions in Maryland. So I am working through it and reworking my plans to make sense for the timeline & the budget and I am happy to report I am still stoked about what I am finding. In other news, we found a friend to take the patio bar that came with the house… so the patio looks huge now with barely any furniture on it. The hubs also started transplanting azalea bushes to different garden beds so we have room to make a firepit area. The fun has definitely begun! I am looking forward to making some serious progress this weekend on the patio extension. We will be framing in the new firepit in this area and placing a sail shade above it potentially. We are still deciding if we are going to do concrete or stone for this patio extension or something else. I am already loving how open the back yard is feeling without all the bushes blocking our view and it will shortly become a more useful space to make smores and memories with the family. Yay & Yum!

Here’s our plan for now… It’s a super general plan so chances are it will look very different in the end. I tend to change my mind 100 times when it comes to my own home. It’s funny how easy it is to crank out designs for others but when it comes to my home, narrowing down choices takes a considerable amount of time. I go through a bit of analysis paralysis at times since there are so many options but I just have to keep reminding myself that I can always sell it if it really doesn’t work and find something that does! So I am giving myself this week to get more decisive of odds and ends so I can score some goodies in time for Memorial Day weekend sales. This patio is a fun place to play and create and I am excited for the coming week’s progress to see how everything unfolds!

DECISIONS DECISIONS

Finalize Layout WILL CHANGE
Finalize Furniture Orders- IN PROGRESS
Pergola or Screens or Sail Shade or MIX
Decide on Solar String Lights with Posts or Solar Feature Lights or Both
Metal or Wood Posts
Decide on Firepit versus FireTable
Decide on Gravel or Pavers
Swing or Egg Chair
Patio Paint Color
Accent Wall or Live Wall or Fireplace wall
Find Bar and Stools
Find Fun Lemon | Tropical Prints | Animal prints| for cushions MIX
*Note- the bold is what I am leaning toward

TO DO LIST

ORDERS
2 Striped Umbrellas
Striped Rug (1 or 2)
4 Chevron Screens
1 Sail Shade
Order PowerWasher attachment BACKORDER
Order and /pick Up Patio Paint | Brushes | Tape PAINT BACKORDER
3 Lotus Lights
Dining Table and 6 stacking chairs
Woven Poufs 2-4 source OR DIY
Fire Pit Chairs
Seating Area
String Lights
Bar & Stools

THE WORK
Power Wash Patio
Paint Patio
Relocate Azalea Bushes
Flatten and Frameout Firepit Area– THIS WEEKEND
Install Lighting Posts | Screens | Sail
Stone and/or gravel work– THIS WEEKEND
DIY Cement Head Planter
DIY woven Pouf
DIY Pillows- RECOVER THE PILLOWS WE HAVE
DIY Accent Wall/Art for Brick Wall Behind Bar
Fencing | Railing | Childproofing– RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Meet me back here next week for more updates and don’t forget to check out the other participants on The One Room Challenge! If you need more inspo your can follow me on PINTEREST — I have linked a lot of my Patio Inspo here for you!

Have a great weekened!

— Kelly