One Room Challenge - Week 1

Are you familiar with the ORC? If not it is the "One Room Challenge," hosted by Linda at Calling It Home." It is a semi-annual event where 20 design oriented bloggers transform a room from start to finish over a 6 week time period. This time Linda from Calling It Home has invited other bloggers to play along. 

The room I have chosen is my porch. In the summer it is so hot in Dallas, that we don't really use it but in the fall, winter and spring we can use it a great deal, and I would like it to be a more enjoyable place to spend time. Here is how it looks at the moment. It is a long narrow porch 7'x14" in length. This is the view facing one way.

 And this is the other side.

The back side is two sliding doors with a small space in between the doors. I removed one of the ferns to get this little shot.

This is the view looking out and I do like the enclosure that the ferns give me.

I have two cherub planters that will stay, but yes they sure do need something beside an empty planter sitting inside of them.

Here is the porch from outside.

I am going for a little  bit of a shabby chic sort of decor, and here are a  couple of inspiration photos that I hope will lead me and my porch in the right direction. I like enclosing myself within the space and keeping it a bit private. I like everything about this inspiration photo. I even like the hanging basket.

Via Pinterest

 And here is another inspiration photo. One thing I like about both of these photos is using an actual piece of furniture on the porch.

Via Pinterest

There are a bunch of different things I could bring to my porch to achieve a more shabby chic and enclosed setting, and these are just some of the ideas I am thinking about.
It needs a rug no longer than 6'-8" x 13'-7"
Plants for the two cherub planters
Items to hang on the one wall and perhaps above the two sliding doors.
Maybe a bakers type rack or chest to go on the one wall.
Accent lighting from the ceiling.
Tablecloth for the large round table
White or cream color slipcovers for the two larger chairs
More attractive watering can
Lanterns
Lots of accessories.

To see all of the participants please click on the image below.

One Room Challenge

So over the next six weeks I will be updating and decorating my porch for the grand result to be shown on week 6. There are a lot of other participants and I am sure you will want to see their spaces also, so to check them out go to Calling It Home.

ORC - Week Two
ORC - Week Three
ORC- Week Four
ORC - Week Five
ORC- Week Six - The Final Reveal