I at all times take the final week between Christmas and the New 12 months off from the weblog, however this 12 months, 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 accomplished. And as for the tasks I needed to focus on whereas they’re engaged on the bed room suite, effectively, the climate and my Amazon shipments have been uncooperative.
So quite than stress concerning the lack of progress, I’m simply going to take the subsequent two weeks to destress, spend time with Matt, watch a couple of tacky Christmas motion pictures, and prepare for the brand new 12 months. Hopefully by then, I can hit the bottom operating on the bed room suite tasks and get these knocked out as shortly as doable.
This 12 months has been…totally different. It hasn’t been totally different in a foul means. It’s been totally different in a great way. However it’s undoubtedly been totally different.
Identical to I do yearly, I began off 2024 with a Grasp Listing of Residence Objectives. You possibly can see my entire 2024 listing right here: 2024 Grasp Listing of Residence Objectives. And the 12 months began off with me tackling the studio. Right here’s the way it seemed initially of the 12 months…
And right here’s the way it seems now…
However from there, all of my different plans for the 12 months type of went off the rails. I had plans to complete the studio half tub…
And I had plans to do a couple of minor tasks within the visitor bed room…
And I had plans to do a makeover within the hallway lavatory…
However the primary factor on my 2024 listing was the beginning the addition. And one 12 months 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 severe issues issues with our dwelling 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 concept of getting to switch 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 shouldn’t be 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 adjustments.
And that’s what we did. After getting tons of enter from readers on an entire vary of concepts, and after testing about in all probability 50 totally 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 closing 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 practically as large as the unique addition, so we’ll get monetary savings.
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 capable of “see” our dwelling 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 lavatory right into a walk-through pantry for simple entry from the again door into the kitchen). I used to be capable of rethink concepts that I had beforehand written off as a result of I assumed they have been nearly unimaginable (like transferring our kitchen to the breakfast room and pantry space).
And each single day, I get increasingly 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 dwelling gymnasium flooring appeared like a tragic factor in the mean time, I believe issues have turned out simply advantageous. I like this new plan for our home even higher than all of our unique plans for that massive addition. Generally issues simply have a means of working themselves out.
So subsequent 12 months seems to be a fairly thrilling 12 months. My essential preliminary focus will probably 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 outdated 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 couple of days and watch a Christmas film or two. I’ll meet y’all again right here within the New 12 months!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework 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 possibly can be taught extra about me right here.
