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Be Bold Challenge

January 27, 2014 by Cassie 37 Comments

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Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  I took Emmy and her friend to get manis and out to lunch for Emmy’s birthday (we did this in lieu of a party).  The girls had a great time!  After that it was off to Sawyer’s basketball game, followed by a National Pie Day party at the neighbor’s house.  This year the party had an “olympic” theme.  I am doing whole30, so I brought a crustless spinach quiche and called it a “protein power pie.”  Chris created a pizza pie that looked like an ice hockey rink.  There were some amazing creations such as “Ski Lime Pie”, “White Russian Pie”, and the crowd favorite, mini apple pies that were made into “Pie Medals”.  I am also proud to say that Chris and I came home with a brand new pie plate because we rocked the pie facts quiz!  (My neighbors host this party annually and I remembered the quiz from last year, so I may have looked up some pie facts before we went. 😉 ).  Sunday I spent all day with my Sweet Clover crew on what we are calling “vendor development workshops.”  Eddie of Jalapeno Photography and Oxido gave great photography pointers, and Celeste of Catfish Studios taught us all some amazing things to do with paint!  We look forward to doing more of these with our vendors!

Anyhow, today I wanted to let you know about a challenge I am partaking in….

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I am joining forces with these amazing bloggers….

52 Mantels  

Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body

House by Hoff   

Just a Girl and Her Blog 

Lovely Etc.

May Richer Fuller Be

Naptime DIY 

The Blissful Bee 

The Happy Housie 

The Wood Grain Cottage  

We will all be tackling a BOLD project!  This challenge is the brainchild of Carrie of Lovely, Etc, who explains it like this:

“The Be Bold Challenge began because I was sick and tired of not trying new projects just because I was scared of failure.  This year, my goal is to learn to fail.  To learn that it is really okay to try for something awesome and end up with something awful.  It is easy to make sure you never, ever fail at anything.  But when you do that, you miss out on pretty much everything great.  I’m done with mediocre.  I’m ready for lots of awesome.I decided it was time to change things and invited some other bloggers to be bold with me.” 

I am always up for a challenge!  The challenge is to be bold- use a tool that scares me, or paint with a bold new color, or try something new!  At first I thought I would tackle painting my fireplace black.  But then we were snowed in this week, which resulted in this…. (which is done now!)

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I felt like it would be cheating to pretend I hadn’t yet painted it. 🙂 Soooo….. I made another plan.

And let me tell you it will be bold in two ways for me.
1. I will build something.  Not anything complicated, but I will build something.  I, who paints everything, will BUILD something.  Got it?
2. I will work with Chris, my husband, on this project.  For those who know us in person, we really really love each other, but boy do we have different patterns of communication so we don’t collaborate often on house projects!  I do one thing, he does another.  This project, we will tackle together.  We could end up closer after all this being bold.  Or divorced.

So what are we building?  Well, it’s next to the fireplace!  Here is what we are working with space wise (photo from two Halloween’s ago).
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You can see we have a window to either side of the fireplace.  On the right we have made do with a little dresser there to hold our cable box, etc.  But what we have wanted to put in place….. built ins!  At first I wanted white, clean, lovely classic built ins.  However, as the room has evolved, I have decided that industrial pipe built ins are going to be perfect!  Here are some from around the web that have inspired me….

Kristen of KFD Designs explains really well how she built hers.
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And I think we have all seen and pinned Roeshel’s version!

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I think with the newly painted fireplace and the more relaxed bohemian look I am going for these shelves will look great and suit our needs as well!  Wish us luck!

And guess what?  WE are challenging YOU to tackle a bold project as well!  Get out there and do something bold, then come back to any one of the participating 11 blogs to link up your project on February 24!  See you and your big bold bad self then!
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  1. Jenny says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:31 am

    What a fun challenge! I may just have to join in! I love how you describe your DIY communication/collaboration with your husband. I can totally see where you’re going with that, and have the same experience with mine. We both have a tendency to do some – shall we say – armchair quarterbacking – when we tackle big projects together. It’s marriage building at its finest! 😉

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  2. Jennifer@The Chronicles of Home says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:36 am

    Oh, awesome! I love that you’re going to build something and think these are the perfect for your space. Can’t wait to see! And I hope you avoid divorce. Scott and I kind of work that same way, usually 🙂

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  3. Julia Konya says

    January 27, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    You know I love your fireplace and can’t wait to see your shelves. My hubby hand I don’t work well together at all. Yikes! Good luck!

    I think I have a bold project under my belt already for the year. And my chaise is next but that will probably take until next year to get finished, ha

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  4. Gretchen says

    January 27, 2014 at 1:35 pm

    ooh, a whole month to work with! I have some plans for my bathroom that are kind of terrifying me, so I should be able to get one of them done by then. I’ll be rooting for closer instead of divorced for you and Chris :). And I love that you studied for the pie quiz!

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  5. Lisa @ Shine Your Light says

    January 27, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Cassie, how exciting to tackle this with your husband!! I love your inspirations and think they will look fantastic in your living room!!! I have been trying to get Mark to build bookcases with me for a year, but like you we have different “styles” when it comes to approaching a project. (meaning he’s not sure he can handle working with my learn on the fly approach!) Good luck and look forward to seeing this project come together!

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  6. Cathy Wall says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Go girl! I think the pipe built-ins next to your fireplace are going to rock! And then so much fun to do it with your man….

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  7. Carmel - Our Fifth House says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    Fun project! Can’t wait to see how it all turns out – it’s going to be great!

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  8. Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    Oh I love those industrial pipe shelves. I know you will totally rock this project!

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  9. Bliss says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    I might be up for this. Thinking on what I can be bold about right now.

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  10. Lindsay says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    Cannot wait to see this project!!! I am so in love with that pipe built-in look. And I love the black fireplace!

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  11. Good Time Charlie says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:37 pm

    What a fun challenge! I have something in mind, now I have a reason to start it!

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  12. Dana Frieling says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    Oh, this is going to be fun and end up so, so pretty!

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  13. michelle@decorandthedog says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Oooo, sounds amazing. Don’t worry, if this leads to divorce you will always have me.

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  14. pam {simple details} says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    I love those industrial shelves, and what an awesome idea to get people to get out of their comfort zone!! Fingers crossed all goes well on the home front, Mr. Simple hates diys and anything associated with tools – perfect match, huh? 🙂

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  15. Dear Emmeline says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    love those pipe shelves! can’t wait to see how yours come out. I’m sure they’ll look awesome with the newly black fireplace.

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  16. Amber Wills says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    Be bold or divorced…seems like a reasonable outcome! 🙂 Love you. It’s going to look great!

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  17. Heather{Our Life In a Click} says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:25 pm

    This sure sounds exciting!! I can’t wait to see what you two come up with (not divorce!). 🙂

    Your pie sounded good too!

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  18. Katja @ Shift Ctrl ART says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    Your living room is so beautiful. I can’t wait to see those shelves. That is going to look so amazing!!

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  19. Mekenzie @ interiorsbykenz.com says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    What a great challenge. I think we all need to be a little bolder 🙂 I’m excited to see your fireplace all painted, and those shelves.

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  20. Rita Mireles says

    January 27, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    Such a great idea and I’m all about her quote!!! I can’t wait to see what you and Chris come up with and much luck on the communcation (Lord knows I understand completely!)

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  21. Gabbi @ Retro Ranch Reno says

    January 27, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    I cannot wait to see your build! I bet it’s going to be amazing. And I am in love with your black fireplace!!

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  22. Nine Red says

    January 27, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    The fireplace came out great! I love the black! You are so lucky to have a light filled living room! those pipe shelves are going to look great in there, I love that style. Can’t wait!

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  23. Vintage Prairie Style says

    January 27, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    Listen lady, there is so much to say after your post. I am so excited for your build ins, I can’t wait to hear about the adventures that you and Chris have. Conor and I are totally in the same boat. Funny about your thoughts on failing. I was just thinking about that the other day, being dyslexic my school years were fraught with failure and tears. But I learned so much from it and most of all not to fear it (or what others think when I fail – and I fail a lot), if anything it drives me more, unfortunately it has also made me super stubborn too, I was completely unwilling to give up and ended up getting a masters degree. All thanks to failing too many times to count! So get out there and fail and then enjoy all the success that comes from it!

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  24. [email protected] says

    January 27, 2014 at 5:22 pm

    Love the new color on the fp!! xo K

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  25. 17 Perth says

    January 27, 2014 at 5:40 pm

    Ohhh!! This is exciting!! Cannot wait to see how it turns out. Also..love the black!

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  26. sarah m. dorsey says

    January 27, 2014 at 6:15 pm

    Sounds SO fun!!

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  27. Elizabeth @ The Little Black Door says

    January 27, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Oh this will be good! You can do it!

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  28. Heidi @ Decor & More says

    January 27, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    Ooo, I LOVE a good challenge!! Putting my thinking cap on to try something bold! Good luck with your built-ins (and your teamwork!)… can’t wait to see. 🙂
    xo Heidi

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  29. lifeonhillst.com says

    January 27, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    Very cool challenge! How did you get to be a part of it with those other great blogs? Thanks for sharing their links, btw, I’m always looking for good/active blogs!

    Good luck!
    ~Amy
    http://www.lifeonhillst.com

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  30. Ali Richardson says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:06 pm

    Ooooh, awesome! Those are going to look SO great. Can’t wait to see what you two create! xo

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  31. Gwen says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:48 pm

    Dang. That’s my thing! Haha!

    I’m excited to see what you build! Go You!

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  32. Carrie @ lovely etc. says

    January 28, 2014 at 12:47 am

    Cassie, your shelves sound amazing! I can’t wait to see how they turn out. And here is hoping you and Chris make it through unscathed. My husband and I are much the same. DIY projects (and carrying heavy objects together) are pretty much the only thing we can’t seem to do together.

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  33. Laurie from Laurie Jones Home says

    January 28, 2014 at 2:04 pm

    This project will look great in your house! I’ve been leaning towards something like this myself, my husband and rarely ever fight but I gotta say we don’t work well on projects!!! Good luck, can’t wait to see how it turns out!

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  34. Lisa @ Trapped In North Jersey says

    January 29, 2014 at 4:56 am

    I dig the black fireplace 🙂 I think the pipe shelves are a fabulous idea. I have always wanted to build something from Ana White’s plans but feel daunted by our lack of tools, and it just seems scary. I look forward to seeing how yours turns out!

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  35. Shavonda@AHomeFullOfColor says

    January 29, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    Ooooh a BOLD challenge. This is right up my alley!! Idk though. I think I may have met my bold quota for a while. I think it’s harder for me to be subdued:) I can’t wait to see your project my friend.

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