One Room Challenge: Week Two - Dear God...

This is a tale of a young lady whose life got a little busy. In its insanity something needed to give, so she put off her one room challenge project until the last minute... can you guess how this ends?

Back to first person writing... because my life got insane I decided to do the "easiest" DIY I had planned for the room. Via inspiration from Merrypad and Adventures of an Almost 40 Year Old Intern, I decided to paint my rug with an ikat pattern.

Look how lovely these two projects are!

So I began...

The jute rug was a $10 craigslist find from forever ago. Tim and I were both tired of how it looked, so it was a perfect candidate for this project.

I started strong, carefully measuring out the line and painting... oh wait... that's not really the ikat pattern you were going for... "Oh well" I said to myself, "I still like it." And I did.

At its best, things were looking great. I liked the worn look of the uneven paint. So I started to go faster... it got later into the evening... you know where this is going.

The lines were getting more and more... not line like. "Well, I'll just keep going and see how it looks in the end." Then that little cluster eff happened right there. There's no fixing that mess... Tim was amazing and said "maybe you should just keep going until the end." Nope. This was not meant to be. This is an Escher painting, not the rug I wanted.

So there I sat. Actually, below is a picture of exactly how I sat.

Epic fail on week two of a blogging challenge with 14 other incredible ladies? It was totally a laugh or cry moment. Well, I decided to laugh and I hope you can laugh with me. I figure, I'll pick up things again next week with a little more patience and planning. It will all still work out right? Right...

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Go check out the other One Room Challengers (you know, the ones who are actually succeeding)

Suzanne from Saved by Suzy  ................  Kelly from Refreshed Designs

Jaydn from Dutch.British.Love  .................  Danylle from Nana Moon Shop

Nicole from Nicole Scott Designs  ...................  Taylor from Taylor Morgan Design

Tiffany from Living Savvy  .....................  Jennifer from The Pink Pagoda

Kim from Kim Macumber Interiors  ....................  Lisa from Trapped in North Jersey

Emily from Rue de Emily  ......................  Janet from House Four

Linda from My Crafty Home-life  ...................  Sharon from A Lifestyle Thing