As I discussed yesterday, I’m virtually completed with our bed room. As quickly as I get these previous few initiatives achieved, that can imply that almost all of our bed room suite shall be completed — the lobby, my walk-in closet and laundry space, the bed room, and our lavatory. However that leaves another space that must be completed earlier than our entire bed room suite is definitely completed. I’ll nonetheless want to complete the storage room.
The realm marked “storage room” on the ground plan above is the hallway lavatory. Ever since we moved into this home, this room has been our visitor lavatory. However now that it’s positioned inside our bed room suite, this can be a very unusual place to have a visitor lavatory. So the plan is to show this room right into a much-needed storage room. For almost all of our time right here, this room seemed like this…
After which I had plans for a small makeover on this room. We had the remnant of quartz that was leftover from our grasp lavatory reduce and put in in right here. After which I used to be going so as to add wallpaper and make a brand new bathe curtain. I by no means bought to these final two initiatives (and I’m grateful for that now) earlier than we determined to show this entire space of our home right into a main bedroom suite. So for the final year-and-a-half or so, this lavatory has been on this in-between state. It has the brand new quartz countertop on the sink space, however it nonetheless has the wooden countertop (not seen on this photograph) on the cupboard reverse the sink. I by no means put the bathe curtain again up, so there’s solely a bathe curtain liner. And I poached the resin artwork to make use of in my studio some time again. So whereas it’s not horrible, it hasn’t seemed completed in fairly a while now.
However once more, I’m glad that I didn’t waste my time ending up that room (and particularly putting in wallpaper) as a result of now the plan is to show this room right into a storage room. It’ll most likely the the least thrilling undertaking I do that yr (with the potential exception of turning our ugly sunroom into a house fitness center), however this can be a undertaking that I’m very enthusiastic about. I actually daydream about this storage closet.
Matt (my husband who has M.S.) has three items of apparatus that we use for his numerous wants — an influence wheelchair, a bathe wheelchair, and a Hoyer carry. The whole time we’ve been in our home, we’ve by no means had a spot to retailer any of his gear when it’s not in use. The Hoyer carry is fairly massive, and when it’s not in use, it feels in the way in which. The bathe wheelchair stays within the bathe, which feels intrusive when he’s not really utilizing it. And when he’s not utilizing his wheelchair, it simply stays within the music room.
So the concept of getting an precise room to retailer these items of apparatus when he’s not utilizing them is extremely thrilling to me. I’ve dreamed of this for a very long time, and now it feels very shut and inside attain. So whereas I’m ending up the bed room, and passing by the hallway lavatory a number of instances a day, I’ve been imagining, dreaming, and planning simply how this storage room would look and performance.
It’s not a giant room, however I feel it is going to be a lot massive for all the things I need in there. Along with storing his gear, I need plenty of cabinets and common storage. Plus, our new scorching water heater will go in there. I feel I’ve selected an electrical tankless scorching water heater, so it should go on the wall to liberate flooring area.
However the different day, I had a thought. This room already has plumbing because it’s a rest room. So why not add a utility sink to the room as nicely? I feel it could actually be helpful to have a utility sink, and this looks like the right place to place one. I think about one thing like this chrome steel sink. This one is 20″ deep and 36″ extensive.
I’m imagining that the room shall be organized one thing like this…
As soon as all the things is out of the room, I’ll be capable of get a greater thought of simply how a lot area Matt’s gear will take up, after which I can plan round these. However even within the gear storage space, there shall be loads of room above his gear for cabinets. The underside line is that I wish to maximize this space for as a lot storage as potential. Proper now, I retailer numerous issues within the sunroom that may’t keep there, so I must assume by way of how I’ll use this a lot smaller area to retailer these objects — objects just like the vacuum, flooring mop, carpet cleaner, and so forth. I must account for all of these objects and make it possible for I’ve devoted storage for these.
Anyway, I nonetheless want to complete the bed room, after which I would like to complete the studio lavatory earlier than I may even take into consideration beginning on this storage room. However I’m so enthusiastic about this room, so I wish to have a strong plan in place lengthy earlier than I’m prepared to begin on it.
I don’t know but if I’m going to attempt to make it look fairly or if I’ll simply make it strictly utilitarian. If I make it fairly, that might be only for me since I’m the one one who will see it. It’s not like company shall be going into that storage room (except I present it to them). However I like for issues to look fairly, even when it’s only for me. However it’s the utilitarian use of the area that I’m essentially the most enthusiastic about.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You may study extra about me right here.
