The Total Cost Of My Bedroom To Walk-In Closet Conversion

However simply to recap, I went from this bed room…

…to this walk-in closet with a laundry space.

This was a reasonably in depth venture as a result of it began with the entire previous flooring and subfloor being eliminated and new subfloor and flooring being put in. That added fairly a bit to the price of the general venture. After which I stained and sealed the ground…twice. However originally of the yr, as soon as the previous flooring and subfloor was out, and the brand new subfloor was in, the room appeared like this…

That contractor additionally did the plumbing and a few of the electrical rough-in for me earlier than I fired him. (You can read about that here.) However I did pay him some for the work he did on this room.

Contractor charges: $500.00

Then I employed out the set up of the brand new hardwood flooring, after which completed the ground myself. I’m so glad that I redid these flooring! Are you able to think about my closet with these darkish flooring?

I truthfully suppose these darkish flooring would have made the entire room so darkish and drab. I had them coated whereas I used to be constructing the closet cupboards, however as soon as I made a decision to redo them, I uncovered them and sanded across the edges. I can’t discover any photos with the stable darkish flooring with the cupboards, however you may get an thought of what the darkish flooring would have appeared like right here…

It was quite a lot of work, however I’m so glad I went again and sanded down these flooring and redid them with the Bona NaturalSeal and Bona Site visitors HD. So the flooring price for this room consists of the precise hardwood flooring, the set up, and the ending and refinishing (together with the rental payment for the sanders and the sandpaper for the sanders).

Flooring Price: $2581.83

The associated fee for the plywood and trim that I used for the island was included on this, so this price covers the entire plywood, trim, molding, and many others., for the entire perimeter cupboards plus the island.

Lumber price: $3141.80

And, in fact, there have been quite a lot of little prices that added up alongside the best way — nails, screws, sandpaper, wooden filler, and many others.

Provides price: $290.38

After which there was the price of the primer, paint, and paint provides. I most likely may have lowered this price by about $150 had I not bought 100 paint samples. 😀 However I had such a tough time deciding on a paint colour for the cupboards. Keep in mind the entire colours I examined out?

I don’t suppose I’ve ever examined out this many samples for some other room. However I actually struggled with this one.

I’m so glad I went with a blue. I can’t even think about the room being coral. And the colour I went with — Sherwin Williams Billowy Breeze — ended up being good. I adore it a lot! However Sherwin Williams paint isn’t low-cost. And neither is the primer I used — Zinsser B-I-N shellac-based primer. I used to be a bit shocked on the whole price of the paint and paint provides (brushes, rollers, curler trays, and many others.). These expensive primers and paints, plus the entire provides, added up actually fast.

Paint and paint provides: $1145.91

I put the entire {hardware} for the room into one class. This consists of the brushed gold closet rods…

Plus the entire drawer and door pulls, drawer slides for the island, and many others.

This was one other class that provides up actually quick. Drawer pulls and gentle shut ball bearing drawer slides aren’t low-cost!

{Hardware} prices: $641.48

After which there’s the principle lighting for the room. I went from having one dimly lit ceiling fan within the middle of the room to having a great deal of flush ceiling lights on dimmers.

Good lighting makes all of the completely different in a room, and I particularly needed my closet to be very gentle and brilliant. However I additionally put the entire lights on dimmers. So this price consists of the brand new lighting (not together with the ornamental lighting fixtures), the entire new wiring that the brand new lights required, dimmer switches, cowl plates, and many others.

Lighting Prices: $633.46

The subsequent class is the entire fairly stuff. And my closet wouldn’t be my closet with the beautiful stuff.

This class consists of the wallpaper, sconces, mirror, glass for the jewellery drawer, garments hamper, step ladder, and many others.

The beautiful stuff: $1375.48

And eventually, I put my chandelier in its personal separate class.

As soon as I added the numbers, I noticed that it price greater than I assumed it did. However it’s nonetheless a fraction of what the inspiration chandelier price!

Chandelier price: $388.54

And that’s it! In order that brings us to the grand whole for turning a bed room right into a walk-in closet and laundry room…

• Contractor charges: $500.00
• Flooring: $2581.83
• Lumber: $3141.80
• Provides: $290.38
• Paint and paint provides: $1145.91
• {Hardware}: $641.48
• Predominant room lighting: $633.46
• The beautiful stuff: $1375.48
• Chandelier: $388.54

GRAND TOTAL: $10,698.88

I’ve to confess that I didn’t understand it price that a lot. Was it value it? Nicely, I suppose solely I can reply that query. And for me, the reply is a powerful YES!