The Good, The Bad, The Very Exciting (I Have A Definite Plan Now)

I’m so grateful for all the enter this week on the small print of our bed room. I’m very happy to inform y’all that after studying your entire feedback and considering via the chances introduced, 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 an excellent notice. 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 below the hallway cupboard.

He’s the one who took out the ground and subfloor after the lavatory and hallway flooded (you can read about that awful situation 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 (truly, not if, however when), the flooring below 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 below 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 somewhat and mentioned 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 Making repairs to tongue-and-groove hardwood flooring the place particular outdated flooring boards should be eliminated with out destroying those round them after which new ones should be feathered in to mix in with the outdated boards, is a process finest left to execs.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 below that hallway cupboard.

He mentioned, in his opinion, it could be simpler and sooner to only substitute all the flooring within the hallway. And you recognize what? I had already been considering that, so it was fascinating to listen to him (a professional, though not a hardwood flooring professional) say what I (only a DIYer) had been considering. Contemplating the period of time it could take me to rigorously take away these lower flooring boards with out damaging the remainder and feather within the new boards, I actually do assume it could be simpler, sooner, and much much less irritating to only substitute all of it. Putting in new flooring is very easy, easy, and much much less irritating than attempting to restore flooring. If we have been speaking a couple of large room, that will be a distinct story. However this can be a fairly small hallway, so I feel that he could be proper. I’ll reassess after I take away the cupboard.

Now on to the great. I’ve determined to open up the doorway into the bed room fully. It’ll be opened up all the best way to the facet partitions, and all the best way to the ceiling.

Not solely will there not be a door there, however there can be no cased opening, both. He confirmed that there’s nothing there that’s load-bearing, in order that ought to be considerably easy. The framing for the pocket door makes it somewhat more difficult than if it have been an everyday door, but it surely’ll nonetheless work out simply nice.

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 an excellent 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.

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 another archways, and we don’t have any plans so as to add another archways. So one random archway would appear odd to me.

However that did begin the wheels turning, and I discovered some related 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…

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and beautify 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 can learn more about me here.