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Veronica Solomon
- May 1, 2019
- 5 min
One Room Challenge Spring 2019 - Week 5 - Count Down To The Finish Line
I get asked all the time how I get so much done. And honestly, I don't know the answer to that question other than I get up everyday ready to work, and just do what needs to be done. There is a certain energy I get from being a busy, working designer, and it fuels my passion and purpose. I consider myself blessed to wake up everyday doing what I love This week pushed the boundaries for me in a big way though. On top of my One Room Challenge master bedroom, I am also doing my
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 24, 2019
- 5 min
One Room Challenge Spring 2019 - Week 4 - It's Crunch Time
Oh boy! Nervous! Excited! Panicked! Ecstatic! Ready? Nope! This is the crazy part of the One Room Challenge, when on week 4 technically instead of two more weeks to complete your space, you really only have days, since it has to be completed and photographed; giving your photographer enough time to do post-shoot edits. It's nothing new to me. After doing the One Room Challenge six times already, I know the drill. But that still never prepares me for crunch time. It is always
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 17, 2019
- 8 min
One Room Challenge Spring 2019 - Week 3 - It's Nail-Biting Time
You'd think that after doing the One Room Challenge six times already, I would no longer stress when it gets to week three. But nooooo! I stress. EVERY. TIME! Haha. Somehow I always manage to pull it off, and I am praying that this time will be no different - although I did bite off a bit more than I usually do this time around. I keep reminding myself that Better Homes and Gardens, our media partner, chose me for a reason. I will make them (and you guys of course) very proud
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 10, 2019
- 5 min
One Room Challenge - Spring 2019 - Week 2 - It Takes A Village
Welcome back to the chaos that is my life. Haha. It really isn't chaos if you are having fun! We are already knee deep in the makeover of my master bedroom, and if you missed last week's post, check it out HERE I am actually away at High Point Market, and started this post just before I left on Saturday. I proof read a bit, but I am certain there are some typos, so bear with me. :-) Today's post is all about my amazing sponsors. I am in awe of the generosity of these kind fol
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 3, 2019
- 5 min
One Room Challenge - Spring 2019 -Week 1 - The Shocking Before
How exciting to be among the talented group of designers for this season's edition of the One Room Challenge! I just about hit the floor with excitement when it was announced by media partner, Better Homes and Gardens and Linda Weinstein herself last Fall, that I am one of the featured designers. Below is my powder room that I completed for last Fall's season as a guest participant. This was my sixth time completing the challenge as a guest participant, and so I am calling th
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Veronica Solomon
- Nov 12, 2015
- 5 min
One Room Challenge Fall 2015 – Guest Bedroom Makeover – Reveal Day!
I made it! I actually made it to Reveal Day! I am so excited to share my fabulous guest bedroom makeover with you! Thanks for joining me today to see what this room has blossomed into in just six weeks! This room embodies my personal style – eclectic, bold, quirky, collected, a bit of boho chic, a bit of crazy, but still sophisticated. I love mixing patterns and colors that immediately will seem like they don’t belong together, but work together in the finished room for luxe,
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Veronica Solomon
- Nov 5, 2015
- 3 min
One Room Challenge Fall 2015 Week 5 – Guest Bedroom Makeover
Hello, hello! And welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge! 🙂 I am literally biting my fingernails right now as I give you this week’s update of my guest bedroom makeover. I have so many things yet to be done, and I am seriously nervous! The good news is I already have my photographer and art installer scheduled for next week; the bad news is, I am not sure I will be ready for them 🙁 My daughter Courtney’s art got held up at Hobby Lobby – they are framing them for me, an
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 29, 2015
- 3 min
One Room Challenge Fall 2015 Week 4: Guest Bedroom Makeover
Believe it or not, it is week #4 of the One Room Challenge, and the reality is really starting to sink in. You would think that after three previous times, I would know not to bite off so much! Eeeek! What is the One Room Challenge you may ask? It is a design challenge created by Linda of Calling It Home Blog, where 20 designers makeover a room in their home or their client’s home and blog about the progress each Wednesday over a six week period leading up to the big reveal o
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 22, 2015
- 3 min
One Room Challenge Fall 2015 Week 3 – Guest Bedroom Makeover
Oh wow! It is already week number 3 of the One Room Challenge; I cannot believe it! This is usually where the nerves start setting in – where I am wondering what the heck did I get myself into! If you haven’t been following the progress of my guest bedroom makeover you can check out week 1 and week 2 to find out where it all started. Trust me, it ain’t pretty 🙂 And just incase this is your first time hearing about The One Room Challenge (ORC), allow me to explain. The ORC w
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 15, 2015
- 5 min
One Room Challenge Fall 2015 Week 2: Guest Bedroom Makeover
Hello again my lovelies! Thanks for stopping by today to check out this week’s update of my guest bedroom makeover for the One Room Challenge (ORC). If you didn’t catch week one, you can get caught up here. And incase you are new to The Naked Decorator and are not familiar with the ORC, allow me to break it down for you. The ORC is a design challenge created by Linda of Calling It Home, where 20 designers make over a room in their home or their client’s home and blog about th
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 8, 2015
- 3 min
One Room Challenge Fall 2015 Week 1: A Guest Bedroom Makeover
Call me crazy, or maybe I am a glutton for punishment, but I am throwing my hat in the ring for the Fall edition of The One Room Challenge once again. Despite my crazy schedule, despite my participation in the upcoming ASID Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Holiday Show House, and despite a lot of personal stuff going on in my life currently, I have decided to take on this wonderful challenge. Why? Because it is a great community of amazing designers and design enthusiasts who come to
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 16, 2015
- 3 min
One Room Challenge – Josh’s Teen Bedroom – Week 3
Welcome to week three of the One Room Challenge! I am glad you stopped by today. I cannot believe that we are already half way through this six weeks challenge. Linda from Calling It Home Blog was right to include the word “challenge” in the name when she created and trademarked The One Room Challenge a few years ago. Anyhoo, it is a lot of fun and it pushes you to get a project done in a short time frame. As Designers, we realize that is borderline insanity if we even attemp
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 9, 2015
- 3 min
One Room Challenge – Josh’s Teen Bedroom – Week 2
Thanks for checking out the progress of Josh’s Teen Bedroom for week 2 of the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda at Calling It Home. If this is your first time here to The Naked Decorator (Welcome!) or you have no idea what I am talking about, click here to find out more about the One Room Challenge and my big, ambitious plans for my son’s bedroom. Over the next 6 weeks, I will take it from messy “war” zone with zero storage, to a fun and unique teen boy’s retreat complete wi
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Veronica Solomon
- Apr 2, 2015
- 5 min
One Room Challenge – Josh’s Teen Bedroom – Week 1
I am super excited to be participating in another edition of The One Room Challenge for the third time! If you have been following The Naked Decorator for a while, you will probably remember that I completed two One Room Challenges last year. Click here and here to see the big reveals In case you are wondering what the One Room Challenge is, allow me to fill you in. It is a decorating challenge hosted by Linda at Calling It Home Blog, where a group of 20 Design and lifestyle
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Veronica Solomon
- Nov 12, 2014
- 5 min
One Room Challenge: Resources and Behind the Scenes
Now that the One Room Challenge Fall 2014 Big Reveal has come and gone, things are pretty much back to normal here at Casa Vilora Interiors. I was pretty pleased with how my Small Swanky Sitting Room turned out, and I just wanted to share with you some of my resources, and even some of the blunders that happened behind the scenes. Incase you missed the big reveal from last Thursday, you can check it out here This is how the room turned out View of the other side of the room I
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Veronica Solomon
- Nov 6, 2014
- 4 min
One Room Challenge: Small Swanky Sitting Room – Reveal Day!
Ok One and All, it is finally here! The big reveal of the Small Swanky Sitting room makeover that I have been working on for the last 6 weeks along with a bunch of other Designers and Bloggers for the One Room Challenge (ORC). Six weeks went by so quickly, but I am glad we are at the point where we get to showcase the results of our hard work. I can say that I will need a couple of glasses of margaritas or something to calm my nerves – and I don’t even drink! 🙂 All kidding a
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 30, 2014
- 2 min
One Room Challenge: Small Swanky Sitting Room Week 5 of 6
Did I literally just write week 5 of 6? Already? It’s crunch time here on the ORC with just one week to go!! Yikes! I’m not ready! 🙂 In case you missed the progress of my Small Swanky Sitting Room makeover, you can check them out here. Week 1/ Week 2/ Week 3/ Week 4 So what did I get done this past week? Should I start with the good news or the bad news? Well there isn’t any really bad news, just a bunch of waiting, hoping and praying My end table came in. Originally I plann
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 23, 2014
- 1 min
One Room Challenge: Small Swanky Sitting Room Week 4 of 6
Well it is crunch time on the One Room Challenge. This is the week where you begin to truly evaluate whether or not you can get all the goals for the room accomplished. You can check out my progress for the last three weeks: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 I am pretty nervous that the London maps that I ordered may not make it here in time. They are made to order and take about 6 weeks to arrive. I am keeping my fingers crossed. These are for the wall behind the desk. It will be the f
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Veronica Solomon
- Oct 16, 2014
- 2 min
One Room Challenge: Small Swanky Sitting Room Week 3 of 6
We are at the halfway mark for the One Room Challenge, hosted by Linda over at Calling It Home, and this is where I am wondering if I am crazy taking on this challenge at such a busy time in my life. 🙂 No matter how busy it gets though, I will make time for this, because not only am I finally getting one room done in my new home, but I am also getting to network with some wonderful Bloggers who share the same love for Interior Design as I do. In case you missed my posts for
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