Signing Off For The Yr

I all the time take the final week between Christmas and the New Yr off from the weblog, however this yr, I’ve determined to take these subsequent two weeks off. Issues are simply transferring so slowly on the bed room suite. I had anticipated the contractor’s half to be completed two weeks in the past, and right here we’re two weeks later and barely something has been performed. And as for the tasks I wished to focus on whereas they’re engaged on the bed room suite, nicely, the climate and my Amazon shipments have been uncooperative.

So quite than stress in regards to the lack of progress, I’m simply going to take the subsequent two weeks to destress, spend time with Matt, watch a number of tacky Christmas films, and prepare for the brand new yr. Hopefully by then, I can hit the bottom working on the bed room suite tasks and get these knocked out as shortly as attainable.

This yr has been…completely different. It hasn’t been completely different in a foul approach. It’s been completely different in a great way. But it surely’s undoubtedly been completely different.

And right here’s the way it seems now…

However from there, all of my different plans for the yr form of went off the rails. I had plans to complete the studio half bathtub…

And I had plans to do a number of minor tasks within the visitor bed room…

And I had plans to do a makeover within the hallway toilet…

However the principle factor on my 2024 record was the beginning the addition. And one yr in the past, that is what I envisioned the addition wanting like…

However then issues went fully off the rails once we began having some critical issues issues with our residence gymnasium flooring. I had solely completed the house gymnasium 17 months earlier, and we have been getting a ton of use out of the room. So it was extremely discouraging to search out that the ground in that room was ruined to the purpose that it was buckling so badly that I’d journey over it.

The thought of getting to interchange flooring (and subfloor) in a room that was pretty not too long ago completed despatched me right into a tailspin. I known as off the addition that we had deliberate for the final eight years, and I went again to the drafting board. In any case, changing the ground and subfloor in a pier and beam home isn’t a small factor. So if we have been going to have to do this anyway, then this was the time to reevaluate our plans and make any wanted modifications.

And that’s what we did. After getting tons of enter from readers on an entire vary of concepts, and after testing about most likely 50 completely different flooring plan concepts, we’ve lastly settled on this flooring plan for our home…

It was a really lengthy and circuitous path to get to that last flooring plan. And ultimately, did we actually accomplish something? I imply, we’re nonetheless going to construct an addition, though the brand new addition isn’t almost as massive as the unique addition, so we’ll lower your expenses.

However I’m truly very proud of this new course. After spending months wrestling with these selections, and getting enter from so many readers, I used to be in a position to “see” our residence and our flooring plan with new eyes, so to talk. I used to be provided concepts that I by no means would have considered in one million years (like turning the studio toilet right into a walk-through pantry for simple entry from the again door into the kitchen). I used to be in a position to rethink concepts that I had beforehand written off as a result of I assumed they have been virtually unimaginable (like transferring our kitchen to the breakfast room and pantry space).

And each single day, I get increasingly more enthusiastic about our new bed room suite the place we’re turning the house gymnasium into our bed room,

…and turning the visitor bed room into our walk-in closet and laundry room.

So whereas that ruined residence gymnasium flooring appeared like a tragic factor in the intervening time, I believe issues have turned out simply high-quality. I like this new plan for our home even higher than all of our authentic plans for that vast addition. Typically issues simply have a approach of working themselves out.

So subsequent yr seems to be a fairly thrilling yr. My fundamental preliminary focus will likely be our bed room suite — bed room, closet, and hallway. After that, I’ll flip my consideration to our new kitchen, after which as soon as the brand new kitchen is completed, I’ll tear out the previous kitchen and switch it right into a eating room. In order that’s a preview of what I believe 2025 holds. However for now, I’m going to take it straightforward for a number of days and watch a Christmas film or two. I’ll meet y’all again right here within the New Yr!

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.