1/3 Done... More or Less

 

I was able to get the floor installed okay and was pretty happy with it. There was one trouble spot working around the door jamb to the walk-in closet where no matter what I did, short of removing the entire door and frame, I just couldn't get the plank to seat with the other (due to not being able to angle the board) without beating on it which chipped a corner. Nothing a little superglue couldn't fix but still, something I will always see whenever I'm in the area which is hopefully very little.

I reinstalled all the baseboard trim and of course, exposed unpainted wall areas. But it isn't very noticeable, especially since I won't use this room very often, and so I'm punting that job till later on. I then hung up my daughter's custom made bookshelf I made years back from her upstairs bedroom to this one. She repainted it a dark green which she likes better than the bright white I painted it back then. I also took out the ceiling fan which she didn't like and replaced it with a more modern LED light that not only can remotely adjust lumens, but also be dimmed with a remote controller. 

The closet below came with original boards and wooden dowels bracketed to the wall, circa the early 1970's. The shelves were that particle board injected with some sort of epoxy that weighs a ton but still sags easily. I have redone all our closets in the house but this one and so I deemed it time and ripped out the old closet. Fortunately more modern closets are easily designed these days. I've used EasyClosets.com before and really like their product. You just type in the dimensions of the closet and it will automatically create a design for you which you can then customize almost to your heart's content. So I customized it a bit to give her a place to hang shirts, one for longer gowns, shelving for storage and four drawers for more storage. It all came in 12 boxes shipped right to my door and with fairly decent instructions to assemble them. They actually all hang off a metal bracket attached to the studs in the wall and covered with a white plastic cover that you might have noticed. This keeps things off the floor so it is easy to sweep or a convenient place to stash more stuff.

This room didn't have any baseboard trim and at some point I will probably buy a couple pieces and finish trimming it out just for an even more finished look but I suspect it won't happen until all the other bedrooms are finished, their occupants satisfied and the remainder of the downstairs floored. Maybe later this summer when it is killing hot outside sort of project.

Now I wait for the oldest to move all her stuff from upstairs to downstairs so I can then repaint her old bedroom which will become the bedroom for our youngest daughter. Fortunately other than repairing some holes in the wall and repainting, I hope that is all I have to do for that one. Oh, and transfer her canopy bed I just made for her birthday late last year to the new location and hoping it fits.