Wednesday Decor // Upstairs Remodel Update

About 3-4 ish months ago we tore up the carpet in our upstairs bedroom and the old living room of the house in hopes of turning our home into a 3 bedroom house.  First off...how amazing will it be to have 3 bedrooms?  We don't need three bedrooms, but boy there will be so much room for activities!  

The upstairs sans carpet before all the walls:

I'm standing with the dining room behind me looking down our long empty space.  The bifold doors on the right are the laundry doors (it's just a closet type deal) past that is our old bedroom.

While Zach was off at the end of last year, he had our contractors come in and help him tear out a wall, replace some vents, and map off where the new door to our old bedroom would be.  We had to move our bedroom door in order to fit a hallway in front of it.  When you come up our stairs to the second floor the kitchen is in front of you  Right now, we're leaving that alone but when you turn to the left there is our dinning area.  We are expanding that to be bigger and putting a wall up to frame the closet of the 3rd bedroom.  Along the wall where the bathroom and laundry room is will be a wide hallway.

In the image above, to the left is the beginning of the laundry table deal.  It is across from the laundry room and we really needed more storage for cleaning supplies etc.  We'll move that into cabinets above the counter (which could be used as a mini command station!) and put a stacking washer and dryer in the laundry room to free up space for a linen closet type deal.  The right image is the walling off of the closet to our new room and our room.  The laundry counter thing sticks off the outside of the side wall of the closet.  Where the ladder is in the images above is the inside of the closet and on the other side of the door is our room.  These two images were taken from the same angle and the ladder only moved a couple of feet towards the outer wall.

Standing a few feet back from where I was standing in the first image you can see the dry wall is covering the wall that is the back of our closet.  It is also the back wall (or front wall?) to our dinning room.  The hallway me made was huge - to make sure we can fit the furniture around the sharp corners and to give room for someone to walk by with the laundry doors open.  Right behind that wall is our closet and the laundry counter thing is behind it as well.  If you go down the hall and turn left at the end you'll enter our bedroom.  If you go down the hall and turn right you'll end up in our old bedroom.

Behind that leaning drywall is the laundry counter thing.  Our new bedroom is on the left and then our old bedroom is on the right.  The third bedroom will be slightly bigger and we'll move in here once it's all said and done.  There will be a small walk in closet as well.  All in all we're finally getting some work done on the place.  Man do I hate the work part!  Can't wait to share it with you!

xoxo, Moe

Wednesday Decor // A Sneak Peek into our Home

So FINALLY our house is getting put together.  Are you kidding? It's taken this long to get drywall up? Yes, yes it has.  After finding contractors that were willing to do the work & not ask us why it's so important to get this done we're on our way!  I'm here today to just give you some sneak peeks into what's going on in our downstairs area.

The Living & Office Area

Right now, as we speak (er, type?), there are two lovely gentlemen installing more drywall! The ceiling is completely done & the wall with the windows is being covered!  There are holes for plugs & light switches.  Ceiling light boxes have been installed & it all looks just amazing.  Finally!! FINALLY! 

This picture was before we installed the subfloor & before we mapped out the lights & plugs.  In front of you, there used to be a giant (and ugly) closet with sliding doors.  We ripped that mess out, no question!  Now, the long bowling alley room will be divided into a living area & office.  The above picture has you looking at where Zach's desk will be.  Mine will be to the right, off center from the window.  To the left is the spare bedroom & behind that wall is the utility room under the stairs.  We've taken down the florescent lights & now have track lighting to mount above the desk area and a light with ceiling fan to light the center of the office.  Laminate hard wood flooring will be laid down (and I hope I can convince Zach to agree on a rug!) in the office & then giant bookshelves will separate the living & office area.  The living area will be carpeted & lit by five can lights.  We'll also have tall lamps with reading lights.

The Spare Bedroom & Wall of Doors

These aren't the most up to date pictures.  I tried to snap some earlier but the floor is filled with spare tools & drywall stuff.  But currently the subfloor is in both the bedroom & the closet and drywall is hung in the bathroom, closet, & bedroom.  When we bought this house, this was considered the second bedroom.  However, to be considered a bedroom, this room needed to have a closet off of it so we had to add one.  Unfortunately, the only place to add one was on the wall adjacent to the stairs.  I don't have a before picture, but imagine the wall above with one door.  This door opened to a sink, then on the  right was the water heater, furnace & water softener and to the left a shower stall & toilet.  Not only did that room creep me out but it was also cramped as heck!

We moved the wall about about two feet & added three doors!  The pinkish one opens to a bigger bathroom with a vanity opposite the toilet.  The small, middle door, opens to an itsy bitsy closet (but it's still a closet!).  The next door opens to the utility room under the stairs & it's pretty big! Wish we could store things in there!  The final door is the door to the office area & living area.  The plan for this room is just to be a spare bedroom to house my bed & dresser.  I hope to turn part of it into a place to take product photos!  There is a corner that is just perfect!

I'm not sure if this would be a great bedroom for a child....too many doors monsters could be behind.  Both Zach & I are soooooo damn happy this is progressing.  I'm thinking of making the guys we have working on the house some cookies or something.  Seriously, this is like..... unbelievably awesome!  So awesome we've begun to talk about flooring, carpet & curtain colors!  I'm rooting for teal curtains.........keep your fingers crossed for me!

So there's a little catch up on our situation.  I can't wait to show you more!

  

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