On the finish of yearly, I do certainly one of these “that is what I received accomplished this 12 months” posts. To be sincere, I used to be type of dreading doing this 12 months’s publish as a result of I haven’t felt like I received a lot accomplished this 12 months. However I used to be pleasantly shocked to see that I actually did get fairly a bit accomplished!
This was the 12 months that issues beginning coming collectively. I used to be lastly in a position to transfer three rooms from the “in progress” column to the “completed” column. I completed one other space for the second time, after it was essentially torn up a bit to enlarge and sq. up one other room. I transformed a room from one use to a different (at Matt’s request). And I made fairly a little bit of progress on two different rooms, together with one fairly in depth rework. I’d say that’s an excellent 12 months!
So let’s have a look again at every space, lets?
The Visitor Bed room
Our visitor bed room was the primary venture I completed up in the beginning of the 12 months. There actually wasn’t a lot left to be accomplished since most of it had been completed in 2020, however there have been nonetheless some ending touches that wanted to be accomplished in January. And right here’s what the room appeared like once I completed it…
It seems so totally different from what we began out with…
It nonetheless seems like that “after” image for probably the most half, with a few modifications. Matt and I are quickly utilizing this room as our bed room, and can proceed to take action till we’re in a position to construct our addition on the again of the home, which can embody a big, new main bedroom. So we had been utilizing the room simply because it seems above till the spring, when Matt received the flu so badly that he needed to be hospitalized for 3 days.
After Matt received out of the hospital within the spring, his occupational therapist steered that we get an adjustable mattress for him. However an adjustable mattress wouldn’t work with the wooden platform mattress body pictured above. So now we simply have the adjustable mattress body (similar headboard), which isn’t too fairly. I’d prefer to make a bedskirt for it to cover the metallic legs that present, but it surely simply hasn’t been a precedence thus far this 12 months. That’ll go on my listing for subsequent 12 months.
Additionally, that TV stopped working, and as a substitute of changing it with the identical dimension, Matt wished an even bigger TV. So now now we have a giant TV sitting on high of the dresser. It gained’t keep there, however I simply haven’t but taken the time to rearrange that wall and mount the brand new TV on the wall. That’s one other venture for subsequent 12 months.
Apart from that, the room seems the identical. And surprisingly, I get an entire lot of use out of that little writing desk that I constructed than I assumed I might.
You possibly can see extra of the earlier than and after photos of this room right here, in addition to the person DIY tasks that went into the room.
The Hallway
I initially completed the hallway just a few years in the past, however then when Matt and I made a decision to show the unique main bedroom into the brand new grasp rest room, we determined to sq. up that room, which in flip, affected the hallway. The unique hallway rework appeared like this…
However after squaring up the brand new grasp rest room, the hallway received a bit smaller, and we closed up the unique doorway that led to that room. (We don’t want a doorway from the hallway into the brand new grasp rest room.)
At one level, all the hallway flooring was ripped out, with simply flooring joists displaying. However right here’s the way it appeared with new subfloor, the brand new wall placement, and new drywall.
(The ground was ripped out as a result of we determined to additionally deal with some water harm from a separate incident whereas this rework was additionally going down.)
And after getting this space all completed this 12 months, it now seems like this…
You possibly can appear extra photos of this completed hallway proper right here.
The Residing Room
After many tries (and lots of fails) at ending this room, I used to be lastly in a position to get the room good in 2021, and transfer this room into the “completed” column.
Whereas this room has been a very long time in progress, and I solely wanted just a few ending touches by the point 2021 rolled round, I nonetheless can’t publish that “after” image with out displaying you the way it appeared once we purchased the home ? …
That’s fairly a change, proper? ?
You possibly can see extra earlier than and after photos of the lounge right here, in addition to sources and DIY tasks that went into the room.
The Music Room
Our music room was one other room that had been “in progress” for years, so in the beginning of this 12 months, it simply wanted these ending touches that may deliver it into the “completed” column.
This room got here a good distance, too! Once more, many of the work was accomplished earlier than the start of this 12 months, and all it actually wanted was ending touches. However I nonetheless like having a look again at what we began with once we purchased the home.
You possibly can see extra earlier than and after photos of the music room, in addition to sources and DIY tasks that went into the room.
The Breakfast Room-To-Sitting Room Conversion
After coming dwelling from the hospital within the spring, one other change that Matt wished to make was to discover a area in the home the place he might have a cushty recliner to sit down in throughout the day. I had already completed the visitor bed room, the lounge, and the music room, so the one thought I might consider was to transform the breakfast room right into a sitting room for us.
After I completed the unique rework of this space, the breakfast room appeared like this…
And after the transformation of this space to a comfortable little sitting room, it seems like this…
This might be a short lived resolution, as a result of the massive addition that now we have deliberate for the again of the home will even embody a big household room/media room, with loads of comfortable seating the place we will watch TV, and the place Matt can play video video games, and the place we will have loads of seating for visiting with company. So when that occurs, we’ll get our consuming space with a eating desk again. However till then, Matt and I’ve a really snug place to hang around and watch TV.
A small change I made just some days in the past was to take away the French doorways that separated the sitting room from the pantry. I beloved these doorways, however they had been extra of a problem than a helpful characteristic.
You possibly can see extra earlier than and after photos of this room right here, in addition to the DIY tasks and sources.
The Residence Fitness center
I undoubtedly didn’t get so far as I had hoped on the house gymnasium this 12 months. I imply, I assumed I might have it completed. ? However I did tackle (and end) the insane job of portray gradient stripes on the partitions to set the background basis for the remainder of the room, which can hopefully be completed early subsequent 12 months.
The Grasp Toilet Rework
The grasp rest room was, by far, the largest venture of the 12 months, and it’s nonetheless solely about midway accomplished.
In the beginning of the 12 months, the room appeared like this…
It had been torn all the way down to the studs, flooring joists, and ceiling joists. It’s come a good distance thus far, and now it seems like this…
There’s nonetheless fairly an inventory of issues that have to be completed earlier than this rest room is completed, however no less than it really seems like a room once more! And with the bathe tiled (however nonetheless needing to be grouted) it really seems like a toilet. Clearly, this room might be precedence #1 in 2022.
In order that’s fairly a 12 months for progress! I really like taking the time to look again on the finish of every 12 months, as a result of I actually didn’t notice that it had been such an excellent 12 months for progress for me. I had been slightly discouraged about this 12 months, however now I see that there was nothing to be discouraged about in any respect!
I’m actually hoping that subsequent 12 months is THE 12 months that the remainder of the inside (the inside that we presently have, that’s) will get completed. That would come with the house gymnasium, the grasp rest room, and my studio. Then I’ll be able to sort out these nagging, unfinished tasks, after which tackle a reasonably in depth addition.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and embellish 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can study extra about me right here.
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