I’m so grateful for all the enter this week on the main points of our bed room. I’m very happy to inform y’all that after studying all your feedback and pondering via the probabilities 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 observe. 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 underneath the hallway cupboard.
He’s the one who took out the ground and subfloor after the toilet 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 underneath the cupboard gained’t match the remainder of the hallway as a result of the brand new subfloor and the brand new flooring had been put in across the cupboard, not underneath the cupboard.
I requested him if he would be capable of take away the minimize 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 straightforward. Making repairs to tongue-and-groove hardwood flooring the place particular outdated flooring boards must be eliminated with out destroying those round them after which new ones must be feathered in to mix in with the outdated boards, is a job greatest left to professionals. I’m not saying it’s unimaginable 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 underneath that hallway cupboard.
He mentioned, in his opinion, it could be simpler and sooner to simply change all the flooring within the hallway. And you understand what? I had already been pondering 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 pondering. Contemplating the period of time it could take me to rigorously take away these minimize flooring boards with out damaging the remainder and feather within the new boards, I actually do suppose it could be simpler, sooner, and much much less irritating to simply change all of it. Putting in new flooring is very easy, easy, and much much less irritating than making an attempt to restore flooring. If we had been speaking a couple of large room, that may be a unique story. However this can be a fairly small hallway, so I feel that he may 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 utterly. It’ll be opened up all the way in which to the aspect partitions, and all the way in which to the ceiling.
Not solely will there not be a door there, however there might be no cased opening, both. He confirmed that there’s nothing there that’s load-bearing, in order that must be considerably easy. The framing for the pocket door makes it somewhat tougher than if it had been a daily door, but it surely’ll nonetheless work out simply tremendous.
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 factor to me, however it could even be difficult since, for now, I’d need to wallpaper across the lavatory doorways, after which later, I’d need to fill within the wallpaper as soon as that doorway is drywalled over. I didn’t love that concept.
So how will I separate the 2 areas? Nicely, somebody commented on yesterday’s submit and left a hyperlink to this DIY archway that these folks added to their previously nondescript hallway.
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 some other archways, and we don’t have any plans so as to add some other 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 residence. So mainly, 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 lavatory…
However on this scenario, I’ll be including that therapy to the ceiling as nicely. Think about one thing much like this arched doorway from Hambels Get Real, however with out the arch within the ceiling…
That can give the 2 areas a visible separation whereas including about ten inches of width to the doorway of the bed room. It is going to open up the 2 areas to one another, whereas not requiring me to hold the grasscloth and wainscoting into the hallway. And the trim might be cohesive with different areas of the home. I’m so excited to have a plan in place! Now I really feel like I can get began.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn 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.
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