Here is the checklist that I made at the beginning of this challenge and I love to cross things off as they get done. 

1. A brand new color palette – Done! I am super excited about the jumping off point for this room. We will have black, soft whites, caramel, deep blue, dusty rose and pretty taupes and grays. 
2. Paring down and donating – It feels like we have gotten rid of so much and yet there is still a bunch of stuff in the corner of the room and I still need to decide what to do with it all. Like what about the Legos?? I feel like that is one of the biggest issues. 
3. Add desks – I found 2 great desks that I really loved from Pottery Barn Teen. They came in yesterday and I need to put them together. Fingers crossed that they are as good in person as they were online. 
4. Get a new rug – I found a rug that I am so excited about from CC & Mike The Shop. It’s got all of the colors in it that were in my color inspiration. Fingers crossed that it arrives in time. So far it still hasn’t shipped, but I’m optimistic. 
5. Organization! – Still need to put some systems in place to make sure this room stays clean. The media console I found has 4 doors with 3 shelves in each door. It will be great for some items, but not for all of them…
6. Reorient the room – The plan of how to layout the room is going to work based on the furniture pieces I bought. Where the longest part of the sofa is currently will be a desk, a media console and then another desk. I like the idea of splitting up the desks in case 2 kids are working on homework at the same time. Less of a chance to bother each other, you know?
7. Add drapery rods and panels – I found the old curtain panels that I bought for the room when we first moved in almost 3 years ago. I’m not sure if I still want to use them or if I should just add a nice solid pair of panels instead? You can see those below…still in the packaging. Haha!
8. Add art – I was thinking about doing a gallery wall behind the sofa since that wall will now be one of the first ones you see when you walk in and not the giant TV. I love ordering digital prints and having them framed, so I am going to look through some of my favorite shops and see what jumps out at me. 
9. Add an accent wall – I started thinking about the accent wall a little more this week. I was thinking that maybe I would add vertical shiplap or board and batten on the desk and media wall about 6 feet up the wall and then add removable wallpaper above it. I found a couple of wallpaper options I liked on Etsy and I added them both into the design board just to see how they felt. 
10. Add other new furniture – I bought the media console and it was delivered today. I also purchased the desk chairs today, as well as a couple of square ottomans for extra seating and to be used as foot rests. I think I still need to find an accent chair for in the corner of the room and maybe some other storage piece as well.