Room remodel
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:37 pm
So back in February, we declared the playroom no longer necessary, and decided to make the room into the grown up living room that it was probably always supposed to be. Our house has that living room and dining room right off of the foyer, and for years the first thing you saw when you came through our front door was a mountain of toys on your left.
The first thing we did was remove the carpet and baseboards, and paint a new color. Then it sat for like two months while life got in the way. Then we ordered the hardwood floor, and waited for a month for it to come in. Then it sat while life got in the way. Then it took a month to get it completely installed (let me tell you, it's some serious labor). Then came the really tough part. We had to commit to the built-ins. We sketched and ordered door and stain samples for at least two months before submitting the order.
About a month ago, a FedEx Freight truck arrived with our library wall, completely disassembled, on three pallets. We've been assembling boxes for a couple of weeks, and this week committed to getting everything installed. We ran into several snags with the walls not being plumb, so we've still got two boxes to get hung, and then we need to figure out what we're doing about baseboard. But I'm so excited because I get to start loading them up now! The truly awesome part about this library wall, is that it's 100% customized for SCRAPBOOKS! Yep - the entire wall was designed around the bookshelves being 15.5" deep. The actual cabinet is 17" deep total. So while it's not done, here's where it's at now. The furnishings will be minimal - just two chairs and a table. Then the piano and all of Jake's guitars and amps will move in along the long wall opposite the window. I'm so excited to finally have enough bookshelves to store many more years worth of albums, and NOT having them hang all over the edge.
The first thing we did was remove the carpet and baseboards, and paint a new color. Then it sat for like two months while life got in the way. Then we ordered the hardwood floor, and waited for a month for it to come in. Then it sat while life got in the way. Then it took a month to get it completely installed (let me tell you, it's some serious labor). Then came the really tough part. We had to commit to the built-ins. We sketched and ordered door and stain samples for at least two months before submitting the order.
About a month ago, a FedEx Freight truck arrived with our library wall, completely disassembled, on three pallets. We've been assembling boxes for a couple of weeks, and this week committed to getting everything installed. We ran into several snags with the walls not being plumb, so we've still got two boxes to get hung, and then we need to figure out what we're doing about baseboard. But I'm so excited because I get to start loading them up now! The truly awesome part about this library wall, is that it's 100% customized for SCRAPBOOKS! Yep - the entire wall was designed around the bookshelves being 15.5" deep. The actual cabinet is 17" deep total. So while it's not done, here's where it's at now. The furnishings will be minimal - just two chairs and a table. Then the piano and all of Jake's guitars and amps will move in along the long wall opposite the window. I'm so excited to finally have enough bookshelves to store many more years worth of albums, and NOT having them hang all over the edge.