Angie’s White Box Challenge

Saturday morning, while it was hardcore snowing outside, we brought the white out inside and primed up the guest bedroom.

All it took was a couple of hours time and a gallon of primer to achieve the little white box.  Not gonna lie…I’m pretty sure this is the best the room has ever looked!  It’s so clean in there…and echo-ie!

And as I look into our own little white box, I can’t help but think about Design Star and the white box challenge.  Oh how I miss Design Star!  I wish that show was on all year round.  By the way, did you notice that HGTV is casting right now for design star?!  I’m totally signing up…kidding!  I couldn’t handle the pressure.  I would be the girl under a serious time constraint with a mess of a room and crying in the corner because “I just can’t do this…I need my mom”!  Anyway…do you guys remember Stanley and his white box?

For some reason, the entire time I was priming the guest bedroom all I could think about was Stanley’s light installation in his white box. I could pull that off.  Totally.  The Stanley meets Angie’s Roost.

Yeah…no.  Not quite my style.  But I appreciate his bravado.  Back to my sad little white box that I probably won’t do anything nearly as cool.

And there goes photo bombing again.  That’s what he does best.  That and staring out the window, even though there’s a five foot snow drift in front of the window.  Who knows, a squirrel may jump out of that drift at any moment and Goose is gonna be ready.

And a little guest room to-do list update because, you know, the only thing I love more than a to-do list is crossing things off that list:

• Prime the walls and ceiling
• Paint the ceiling a bright white (Benjamin Moore’s ceiling paint is my all time favorite)
• Paint the walls a taupe/gray color
• Install new flooring and poly the crap out of it
• Install, stain and finish baseboards, window trim, door trim and even the new door
• Since the attic entrance is in this room, install a pull down staircase and finish the opening (paint or stain, still haven’t decided)
• Add some sort of flair to the window wall (maybe a stencil, maybe a pallet wall, maybe some wallpaper…still deciding)
• Add bead board to the slanted party of the ceiling, painting it bright white
• Decide on and install a new light fixture for the space
• Make some curtains (I’m thinking white with some fringe or pom poms)
• Build a custom daybed for the space
• Turn a little dumpster diving find into a sweet little night stand
• Add some storage and shelving
• Art, art and more art

Pssst…The white box photos came from the HGTV blog.

Psssssst…Did anyone notice the new header image on the blog?!  I’m in love with it and I can’t believe it took me this long to make a new, customized header image.  Colby and I had a blast taking photos for this and I adore the added Goose touch to the header.  He even looks like he’s going after the bird in the logo!  Ha!  Silly bird dog Goose!