Winter has formally hit central Texas, so my work on the workshop has come to a grinding halt over the previous couple of days. I’m bummed about it as a result of I used to be actually on a roll with these tasks, and I used to be feeling extremely motivated to proceed. However my motivation couldn’t push me to work exterior within the 30-degree temps, particularly when it’s windy. I attempted, and I simply couldn’t do it. But it surely’s imagined to heat up beginning tomorrow, so I hope to get again exterior and get a couple of extra tasks performed on the workshop earlier than I formally flip my consideration to our main bedroom suite.
However talking of our bed room suite, I needed to totally doc what it seems to be like proper now, in the beginning of 2025, earlier than I begin any work on it. So I assumed I’d share this documentation with you in order that we will all see the official 2025 place to begin on this venture.
I’m fairly certain the doorway to the bed room suite seems to be precisely because it did on the finish of final 12 months. I beginning putting in the brand new French doorways in December, however I nonetheless haven’t completed these. That will probably be the very first thing I achieve this that I can truly shut the doorways and maintain Cooper and Felicity out of this space of the home because the work begins. Proper now, they’ll each simply push the doorways open and get into this space.
To the appropriate is the doorway to the visitor lavatory, which should keep right here for the close to future. When all is alleged and performed, the doorway into this lavatory will probably be moved out of the bed room suite and this lavatory will probably be accessible through a hallway on the opposite aspect of the toilet.
To the left, simply contained in the bed room suite, is the doorway to what would be the massive walk-in closet and laundry room combo. I had the door fully eliminated, and I had the doorway centered on the wall of that room and opened up as excessive because it might go with out having to take away the highest plates of the load bearing wall. I’ve a imaginative and prescient for this, however it’s too onerous to clarify with out illustrations, so y’all will most likely simply have to attend and see it because it involves actuality.
As a result of that room will probably be a closet, and I didn’t wish to have to regulate the cupboards to make room for a light-weight change, I had them transfer the sunshine change to the skin of the room. Try this drywall mud state of affairs. 🙁 This is likely one of the issues I’ll should right (or fully redo) myself. (In case you missed yesterday’s publish about my contractor saga, you’ll be able to see it right here: The Contractor Saga – The Rest of The Story)
I completely hate doing something associated to drywall, and through the years, I figured I’ve performed my share and I’ve paid my dues. So as of late, I rent out something having to do with putting in or mudding drywall. So it’s fairly ironic that this is likely one of the messes that I’ve to wash up or fully redo. 😀
And right here’s the state wherein the contractor left this room. The excellent news is that the large stuff truly did get performed. The room has a brand new vapor barrier beneath the ground, new insulation beneath the ground, and a brand new subfloor.
I did make a minor change to my authentic plans. As an alternative of getting the washer and dryer collectively on the appropriate aspect, I had the hookup for the washer positioned within the again proper nook…
And the hookup for the dryer positioned within the again left nook…
I did this to maintain as a lot room as doable accessible for the precise closet portion of the room. The washer and dryer will probably be dealing with one another, and the doorways to each will open in the direction of the wall. At first, I used to be involved that there can be an excessive amount of house between them and it could be fairly a trek to get the garments from the washer to the dryer. However as soon as I marked out the size on the wall, I noticed that they’d truly be shut sufficient to one another with solely the width of the window plus a couple of inches separating the 2. You’ll be able to see my marks on the wall exhibiting the place the entrance of every one will land on the wall.
However after I made that change, I noticed that I additionally want a water hookup for my dryer as a result of it has a steam perform. The dryer got here with a diversion hookup that’s imagined to divert water from the washer hookup. However that diverter solely works when the 2 home equipment are side-by-side. With the 2 home equipment in fully separate corners, that meant that I wanted a totally separate hookup for the dryer. That’s an addition to the listing that I added later, and it truly obtained performed!
There are two issues for the dryer that didn’t get performed, although. First, I’ll want to put in the outlet for the dryer. Fortunately, the wiring is already there, so I simply want to connect an outlet. And second, the vent for the dryer nonetheless must be put in. I’ve been watching movies on YouTube exhibiting how one can set up dryer vents, and it seems to be fairly straightforward and simple, so I’m optimistic I can do this by myself.
Right here’s the present view wanting again in the direction of the door of the walk-in closet. It’s a large number proper now.
And the remainder of this actually hasn’t modified since I confirmed you final. Nothing has been performed, and nothing has modified within the bed room portion of the suite. Right here’s the doorway into the bed room the place I had them take away the door fully and open up the doorway to the ceiling.
After which I’ll provide you with a fast look across the room, although I’m fairly certain you’ve seen all of this already on the finish of final 12 months. As I mentioned, I don’t suppose something has modified in right here over the past three weeks.
I did determine to maintain the breaker field on this room. I don’t love the concept of getting the breaker field in our bed room, however I do like that this offers me fast and easy accessibility to the breaker field in case of emergency. And I additionally like that holding it right here saves me about $3000 that I can use in the direction of different tasks. I’m 100% assured that I can disguise or cowl the field in a method that it received’t present whereas nonetheless giving me easy accessibility to it. However I’ll positively be transferring the attic entry out of this room and into the hallway. (By the way in which, a few of you had the concept of calling that space the “vestibule” now, and I actually like that concept. That sounds higher than “hallway”.)
And eventually, right here’s the look again in the direction of the doorway to the bed room suite (i.e., the vestibule 😀 )…
So the primary order of enterprise in right here will probably be to wash up all of the mess that was left behind not solely by the contractor, but additionally by my tasks since I used this room to make the shutters for the workshop. Second order of enterprise will probably be to complete the French doorways in order that they are going to truly shut and keep closed to maintain our animals out of this portion of the home whereas the work begins. After which after that, I can get began putting in the flooring.
It’s going to be an enormous venture, and I needed to be sure you have all of those footage documented in order that in a couple of months, when it’s all completed, we will look again at the place it began in the beginning of 2025.
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.
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