One Room Challenge Week 2 – Gym/Guest Room
Happy week 2 of the One Room Challenge! This week has been kind of a demo and painting week. I painted the woodwork and trim with Zurich White from Sherwin-Williams. We then painted the ceiling with Eminence High Performance Ceiling Paint by Sherwin-Williams. We kept it the base color of Bright White as that’s the color of the ceilings in our other rooms that were previously painted. To top off our painting marathon we painted the walls with Dovetail by Sherwin-Williams. (Can you tell I kind of like Sherwin-Williams paint?) We used the Emerald Interior Acrylic Latex Paint line for our walls. I really loved how well it covered the walls…especially the mix of the terrible blue paint.
If you missed last week follow along below:
My favorite way to paint walls is to use the PaintStick EZ-Twist Paint Roller by HomeRight. I’m going to be honest with you that I’m not a fan of painting walls. I will cut in all day long and paint woodwork before I choose to paint walls. My husband thinks I’m crazy as he hates to do all the cutting in but enjoys the walls. I guess that’s why we are a good match! I will say though when my husband isn’t around to paint the walls for me I actually enjoy doing it with the PaintStick EZ-Twist! It’s so simple and quick and there are no messy roller trays! The paint loads up into the handle of the PaintStick and then you can paint pretty much an entire wall without loading up the PaintStick EZ-Twist again! How cool is that?! For a more detailed tutorial on how to use the PaintStick EZ-Twist head on over to HomeRight’s blog.
Once we got all the painting done it was time to get the floors ready for our new vinyl flooring! We started by ripping out the carpet and padding. It was a pretty quick little demo but where it got tricky was getting the tack strip up. There were nails inside of the concrete holding the carpet down so we weren’t sure how to get them out. Thankfully for our dear friend Google we figured out how to do it properly with a crowbar! 
We are currently working on removing the glue from the cement and then give it a good clean. We are installing Allure White Maple Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring by TrafficMASTER. Since I went with a darker color for the walls I wanted a lighter floor to help brighten up the room. This vinyl flooring is the same installation process as our upstairs living room. It’s the Grip Strip system and it’s so easy to install! Check out this video of my living room transformation!
I’ll leave you with a couple more photos of the rooms current state. I’m so anxious to get the flooring in this week so we can get everything back into the room. After that, it’s time to build the Murphy Bed! Wish us luck! 
- Put in new baseboards
Click the weeks below to see the full progress on this room transformation:
How to Build a Murphy Bed Part 1 | Part 2
Thank you so much to my sponsors for helping make this transformation possible!
It’s so hard not to post beautiful pictures in these One Room Challenge posts! I hope it leaves you in suspense for the final reveal, right?! Have a great week everyone and I’ll see you next week! Stay tuned as I will be doing a Facebook Live while installing the vinyl flooring!
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Erika Ann says
Goals! I’d love to have a room like this for my own too. But I guess I have to own a house first haha!
Ruthie says
Minor detail 🙂
Deborah says
I’ve been so interested in the home right roller. Nice color and it looks like you got a lot done in the week.
Ruthie says
You definitely need to try it out! It makes painting walls so much easier!
Susanne says
Lookin good Ruthie!! I am with your husband on this one, I hate cutting in and painting trim, lol! I can’t wait to see the floor!!
Ruthie says
haha I may be the only person I know that enjoys that part! Oh well I guess that’s what makes us a good match!
Susie says
Looking good! And I’m totally stoked to learn more about your new floor! 🙂 ~~Susie from The Chelsea Project
Ruthie says
The floor is in and I can’t wait to share about it this week!
Tee at Beauteeful Living says
Bet it feels great to have that room all painted! Color looks great. Good luck with getting that Murphy bed project going!
Ruthie says
Thanks! It does feel good to get rid of the horrible blue!
Emy says
Ripping up carpet is the worst! I love the new wall color.
Ruthie says
Yeah the whole ripping the carpet out part isn’t bad. Its the getting glue off the cement that was not fun!
sarah says
It’s looking good! I’m most excited to see how you do the murphy bed. I’ve always loved those.
Ruthie says
Yeah I can’t wait for the murphy bed to be installed. We were supposed to work on it today but a giant blizzard decided to make it’s way to Minnesota!
Vicki and Jenn 2 Bees in a Pod says
We know exactly what you mean about the progress week photos LOL. It’s so hard to not have pretty photos but Y’all had a great and productive week! Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Ruthie says
Thanks ladies! I’m excited and the room is coming along!
April R - Uncookie Cutter says
This is going to be AWESOME! Can’t wait to see those floors and the Murphy bed. I know you are going to knock it out of the park!
Ruthie says
Thanks so much April! I’m getting really anxious to make the murphy bed! Flooring is in!
Maureen says
I am very intrigued with that paint stick! I don’t mind painting too much, but it is the clean up after that I despise! Love the flooring you have chosen too!
Ruthie says
It’s so easy to clean up too which makes the Paint Stick even better!
Lindi says
Much better with the new paint on the walls! lol. I can’t wait to see your murphy bed? Are you using designs or making your own designs? Either way, it’s a great idea for this shared space!
Ruthie says
We made our own murphy bed! Plans will be up soon! And yes soooo happy the blue is gone!
Brittany Goldwyn says
Looking forward to seeing the floors. Probably within the year we’ll also be ripping the carpet out of our first-floor multipurpose room Mike uses as an office now. It’s the entrance from the backyard, so it’s SO hard to keep the carpets clean.
Ruthie says
That’s awesome! I hope you’ve had a chance to get that done!
Joy says
Love the paint roller and the new color on the walls! I so get what you mean in your wood floor color choice- the space is going to look amazing!
Ruthie says
Thanks so much, Joy!
Monica Benavidez says
I NEED that paint stick in my life! I truly despise painting and this makes it look bearable… 😉
Ruthie says
It does help a LOT! I’d recommend getting one from HomeRight!
Jessica | Petal + Ply says
I am not a fan of painting walls either. This paint stick looks great though!
Ruthie says
It really does make the job easier!
Amanda says
I love that EZ Twist roller too! Used it when we painted all the common areas in our home and SUCH a lifesaver! Can’t wait to see your space finished!
Ruthie says
It does really help make the job go faster!
Tiffany says
Ha ha we are the same way…my husband rolls and I do the corners/edges, etc. Looks like things are coming along. Excited to see the murphy bed.
Ruthie says
Nice! I don’t know many people who like cutting in! I really dislike rolling so it’s a perfect match for my husband and I! And for you and your husband as well!