I’m so grateful for all the enter this week on the main points of our bed room. I’m very happy to inform y’all that after studying your whole feedback and pondering by the probabilities offered, I’ve a really clear plan in place for the hallway and bed room. And after assembly with the contractor yesterday, I do know that my plans are literally doable.
First, I’ll begin with the unhealthy in order that we are able to finish on a great observe. The unhealthy has to do with the hallway flooring. Whereas the contractor was right here yesterday morning, I requested him in regards to the flooring underneath the hallway cupboard.
He’s the one who took out the ground and subfloor after the lavatory and hallway flooded (you’ll be able to examine that terrible scenario right here) and changed the subfloor for me. I’m the one who put in the brand new hardwood flooring. But when I take away that cupboard (really, not if, however when), the flooring underneath the cupboard gained’t match the remainder of the hallway as a result of the brand new subfloor and the brand new flooring have been put in across the cupboard, not underneath the cupboard.
I requested him if he would be capable to take away the lower items of flooring and feather in new items of flooring, and he laughed just a little and stated no. I get it. I’ve accomplished that earlier than, and it’s not simple. Making repairs to tongue-and-groove hardwood flooring the place particular outdated flooring boards must be eliminated with out destroying those round them after which new ones must be feathered in to mix in with the outdated boards, is a activity finest left to execs. I’m not saying it’s not possible for a DIYer to do it. Once more, I’ve accomplished it earlier than, however I’ve by no means accomplished it on such a big space because the one which sits underneath that hallway cupboard.
He stated, in his opinion, it could be simpler and quicker to only exchange all the flooring within the hallway. And you already know what? I had already been pondering that, so it was attention-grabbing to listen to him (a professional, though not a hardwood flooring professional) say what I (only a DIYer) had been pondering. Contemplating the period of time it could take me to fastidiously take away these lower flooring boards with out damaging the remaining and feather within the new boards, I actually do assume it could be simpler, quicker, and much much less irritating to only exchange all of it. Putting in new flooring is very easy, easy, and much much less irritating than making an attempt to restore flooring. If we have been speaking a couple of huge room, that may be a distinct story. However it is a fairly small hallway, so I feel that he may be proper. I’ll reassess after I take away the cupboard.
Now on to the nice. I’ve determined to open up the doorway into the bed room fully. It’ll be opened up all the best way to the aspect partitions, and all the best way to the ceiling.
Not solely will there not be a door there, however there will probably be no cased opening, both. He confirmed that there’s nothing there that’s load-bearing, in order that needs to be considerably easy. The framing for the pocket door makes it just a little tougher than if it have been a daily door, but it surely’ll nonetheless work out simply superb.
I’ve determined that I do need the 2 areas to be visually separated, although. I wasn’t thrilled with the concept of carrying the grasscloth and wainscoting into the hallway. Not solely did that appear like an excessive amount of of a great factor to me, however it could even be difficult since, for now, I’d must wallpaper across the toilet doorways, after which later, I’d must fill within the wallpaper as soon as that doorway is drywalled over. I didn’t love that concept.
So how will I separate the 2 areas? Nicely, somebody commented on yesterday’s submit and left a hyperlink to this DIY archway that these individuals added to their previously nondescript hallway.
I don’t need an archway to our bed room as a result of, to me, that appears misplaced in our home. We don’t have every other archways, and we don’t have any plans so as to add every other archways. So one random archway would appear odd to me.
However that did begin the wheels turning, and I discovered some comparable concepts on Pinterest that I feel would complement the trim work that I’ve already accomplished in our dwelling. So principally, in that little “hallway” entrance into the bed room, I’ll be performing some model of the partitions that I did within the water closet space of our toilet…
However on this scenario, I’ll be including that therapy to the ceiling as effectively. Think about one thing much like this arched doorway from Hambels Get Actual, however with out the arch within the ceiling…
That may give the 2 areas a visible separation whereas including about ten inches of width to the doorway of the bed room. It’s going to open up the 2 areas to one another, whereas not requiring me to hold the grasscloth and wainscoting into the hallway. And the trim will probably be cohesive with different areas of the home. I’m so excited to have a plan in place! Now I really feel like I can get began.
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