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. However it’s purported to heat up beginning tomorrow, so I hope to get again exterior and get just a few extra tasks accomplished 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 completely doc what it appears like proper now, in the beginning of 2025, earlier than I begin any work on it. So I believed I’d share this documentation with you in order that we will all see the official 2025 start line on this mission.
I’m fairly positive the doorway to the bed room suite appears precisely because it did on the finish of final yr. I beginning putting in the brand new French doorways in December, however I nonetheless haven’t completed these. That shall be the very first thing I achieve this that I can really 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 best is the doorway to the visitor toilet, which should keep right here for the close to future. When all is claimed and accomplished, the doorway into this toilet shall be moved out of the bed room suite and this toilet shall be accessible by way of 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 utterly eliminated, and I had the doorway centered on the wall of that room and opened up as excessive because it may go with out having to take away the highest plates of the load bearing wall. I’ve a imaginative and prescient for this, nevertheless it’s too laborious to elucidate with out illustrations, so y’all will in all probability simply have to attend and see it because it involves actuality.
As a result of that room shall be a closet, and I didn’t wish to have to regulate the cupboards to make room for a lightweight change, I had them transfer the sunshine change to the skin of the room. Take a look at this drywall mud state of affairs. 🙁 This is among the issues I’ll must right (or utterly redo) myself. (In the event you missed yesterday’s submit about my contractor saga, you possibly can see it right here: The Contractor Saga – The Remainder of The Story)
I completely hate doing something associated to drywall, and over time, I figured I’ve accomplished my share and I’ve paid my dues. So nowadays, I rent out something having to do with putting in or mudding drywall. So it’s fairly ironic that this is among the messes that I’ve to wash up or utterly redo. 😀
And right here’s the state through which the contractor left this room. The excellent news is that the large stuff really did get accomplished. The room has a brand new vapor barrier below the ground, new insulation below the ground, and a brand new subfloor.
I did make a minor change to my authentic plans. As a substitute of getting the washer and dryer collectively on the best 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 obtainable for the precise closet portion of the room. The washer and dryer shall be dealing with one another, and the doorways to each will open in direction of the wall. At first, I used to be involved that there could be an excessive amount of area 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 spotted that they’d really be shut sufficient to one another with solely the width of the window plus just a few inches separating the 2. You possibly can 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 spotted that I additionally want a water hookup for my dryer as a result of it has a steam operate. The dryer got here with a diversion hookup that’s purported 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 utterly separate corners, that meant that I wanted a very separate hookup for the dryer. That’s an addition to the record that I added later, and it really bought accomplished!
There are two issues for the dryer that didn’t get accomplished, 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 the way to set up dryer vents, and it appears fairly straightforward and easy, so I’m optimistic I can do this alone.
Right here’s the present view trying again in 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 accomplished, 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 utterly and open up the doorway to the ceiling.
After which I’ll offer you a fast look across the room, despite the fact that I’m fairly positive you’ve seen all of this already on the finish of final yr. 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 provides me fast and quick access to the breaker field in case of emergency. And I additionally like that retaining it right here saves me about $3000 that I can use in direction of different tasks. I’m 100% assured that I can disguise or cowl the field in a means that it received’t present whereas nonetheless giving me quick access to it. However I’ll undoubtedly 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 direction of the doorway to the bed room suite (i.e., the vestibule 😀 )…
So the primary order of enterprise in right here shall be to wash up all of the mess that was left behind not solely by the contractor, but in addition by my tasks since I used this room to make the shutters for the workshop. Second order of enterprise shall be to complete the French doorways in order that they’ll really 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 mission, and I needed to you should definitely have all of those photos documented in order that in just a few 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 possibly can be taught extra about me right here.
