Welcome to week 4 of the One Room Challenge! If you missed my previous posts – check them out here: WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3 / WEEK 4 (YOU ARE HERE) Here is a breakdown of what I have completed so far & what is yet to come!

To Do:

Buy trim and molding – DONE Get custom color match paint – DONE Install wainscoting – DONE Install & paint crown molding – DONE Trim windows – DONE Paint walls – DONE Paint baseboards Apply wallpaper – DONE Install Chandelier – DONE Order prints and photos for gallery wall – 1/2 DONE Hang gallery wall Pleat & hang curtain panels Style bookshelves Spray Paint Bookshelves To Source: Gallery wall frames – DONE Curtain panels with rods Office chair – DONE 2 accent chairs Book shelves – DONE Buffet table – DONE Desk – DONE Chandelier – DONE Lamp – DONE Mirror – DONE Accessories Throw pillows I added something to my TO DO list (spray paint bookshelves) – stay tuned for next week for more info on that! Week 4 was all about adding those small details that make a huge impact. Our entire house is FULL of “builder basic” windows. There is absolutely no trim or casing on them. It makes our very large windows appear smaller and my fix so far has usually just been using beautiful drapes to hide them. There are 2 very large windows in my new home office – and yes – I plan to use drapes – but I wanted to continue the traditional molding that we just installed in the room onto the windows as well. You just can’t have all of this beautiful wainscoting and crown molding and then basic AF windows. Here is a VERY MESSY photo of the smaller window after we added casing – but no molding to it. You can certainly leave it at this stage (of course painted) – if you don’t have a lot of molding in the room – especially if you have the apron sill like we do. But I love me some traditional molding – the more the merrier. So we took it a step further…and the results are AMAZING!

Before

Step 1:

First we added a piece of MDF board that was the same depth as the casing trim we used.

Step 2:

Then we added the crown molding. Since the side pieces are only held on with wood glue I used painters tape to keep them in place while it dried. Can you already see the HUGE difference!?

After

Here is the finished product! I painted all of the trim as well as the jamb extension Alabaster by Sherwin Williams. It is my absolute favorite white paint. It gives a very subtle contrast against the stark white in the wallpaper – which I personally love. And it doesn’t appear yellow or grungy against the more true white background of the wallpaper.

Isn’t that different amazing!? We also installed ceiling crown to the entire room. This was our first time installing ceiling crown – and it took some trial and error…so I figured I would share some of the tips and tricks we learned from the MANY YouTube videos we watched and from first hand just doing it wrong the first time and then correcting it until it was perfect. 🙂

The Cut

Measure the length of the wall to be crowned by measuring corner to corner. Determine which edge of the crown piece you want up on the ceiling and the other edge to the wall. Once you have the length measurement, cut the trim at a 45 degrees angle miter cut by placing the edge of the trim going on the wall against the fence of your saw and the edge going against the ceiling on the table of your saw.

Don’t Forget

Determine the orientation of the trim on your saw to make sure that all of your cuts are at the same location of the saw.

The Mount

**This is best done with two people** Using a square, determine the 45 degrees location at each corner of the wall and ceiling being crowned and mark it with a pencil. With a level continue that 45 degrees mark across the wall. This will be used as your guide line for attaching the trim to the wall/ceiling. Attach the crown moulding with a finishing gun using 2″ brad/finishing nails.

The Finish

Align each corner of the crown moulding to a nice fit with a glue and caulk if needed once the glue has dried. I also removed the blinds. As functional as they were – I just can’t stand the way they look. I did order some drapes that I will be installing so it will cover up some of this beautiful molding – but I love the layered look that drapes offer. I would eventually like to add custom roman shades as well – but it is just not in the budget for this project at the moment. I’ll be sharing all about the drapes I found in a future blog post. They are so affordable – and amazing quality. Here is a progress photo of the larger window in the office before I painted it. If you noticed in the video and from last week’s post we also installed this showstopping crystal chandelier. I was originally trying to source a vintage chandelier from Facebook Marketplace…and while doing so I stumbled upon this showstopper from – of ALL places – AMAZON! And it is under 200 bucks! I was significantly concerned about the quality of it and whether or not it would look fake or “cheesy” since it was so affordable…and let’s be honest – it can be hit or miss with Amazon. But let me tell you – this thing does NOT disappoint!! With that being said – it is an absolute pain to not only install but then assemble. However, I can say with certainty – it is worth the effort. This chandelier looks like it cost me thousands of dollars. And I have seen some real nice chandeliers. I went with the champagne finish as I wanted it to appear as though it was vintage – and felt this finish really accomplished that. Here she is in all her glory! (Installed prior to the ceiling crown moulding) I added a ceiling medallion and painted it the same color as I did the wainscoting. I always purchase my ceiling medallions from Amazon (sourcing this one is actually how I stumbled upon my beauty of a chandelier). I rounded up a few of my favorites for you!  

You can easily paint them or spray paint to either match your ceiling or contrast with any color you have going on in your room!   That’s it for week 4! If you’re on Instagram, follow me @lauramithell.interiordesign to watch my progress in my “ORC – Office” Instagram story highlight! I’ll be sharing a lot more there.   Thank you to Linda from Calling it Home, for organizing the One Room Challenge!   Don’t forget to check out the featured designers and guest designers to support them and see the awesome things they are doing in their rooms too!   Affiliate links are sometimes used in my posts to make it easier for you to shop! I may receive a small commission if you use my links to make your purchases – at no extra cost to you! Thank you for your continued support!