
The Bathroom Is Complete!
And Breathtaking, may I add. You guys, never in my life have I seen such beauty. Well, besides for my kids. The bathroom is officially complete! Welcome to the beauty of room design and the One Room Challenge being completed by yours truly, corona, mishaps and all....

Week 7, It is getting exciting!
Ok, so last week we left off waiting for the last box of tiles... except that box was nowhere to be found. We called every tile store, they were all out of stock. We called the manufacturer, they were out of stock. We could wait four months or figure something out. We...

Recreating The Bathroom ORC-6
The past two weeks have had a lot of not so pleasant surprises for our bathroom. Shall we go through them? Let's. They are lessons learned. As we started to pull up the subfloor so that the plumber could rearrange the plumbing for the new layout, we found out that the...

ORC Week 4 – Demo Day
It finally happened, and right in the nick of time for the awesome one room challenge, I might add. Thank the good lord above, our region in NY began opening this past week. Construction was allowed, albeit with a lot of conditions that we were actually able to...

ORC- Week 3 – Hiring the team
Ok, here comes week three, and this is a part I think might get glossed over in a few, but it was a journey for me so I wanted to share it in case it was helpful. This is all about hiring the team to do the work. As an interior designer, I do have access to workers,...
One Room Challenge Week 2- Design and Sourcing
Woohoo, time for the fun stuff, designing! So last week on the One Room Challenge- Week 1, we walked through the bathroom and pointed out all the ugly and dysfunctional parts of it. We also established that we need to mix my rustic style and my husbands glam style....

One Room Challenge Week 1 – The Walkthrough!
Hi there! I am Kayla of @kayla_llc, making my debut here on oneroomchallenge.com and I am super duper nervous so stick with me! As an interior designer I have done my fair share of renos but this one is in my own house, and is my own master bathroom, so I’m really...

Lessons in the Kitchen
Heyyy, I am guessing you are reading this because you know I am an interior designer and I design peoples homes and you want to hear what I have to say about kitchens. But actually this time I didn't design someone else home- I designed my own! It was (still is) a...

Interior Design Pricing and Budgets
Ever wondered if you could afford an interior designer, and if it's worth the cost? What about how much you should budget in for the project you want to do? Ever wondered how an interior designer prices out a project? Watch the video here or read on below 🙂 Hi, my...

How to make your living room look nice (and feel good)
Hi there! Have we met yet? I am Kayla Goldstein, interior designer for moms. And you are? I have been doing this series that goes through the different rooms in your home, teaching you how to make them all calm spaces, and today were doing the living room! Thought I...