Y’all, the flooring are completed!! Oh my goodness, this seems like I simply cleared a large hurdle. What a reduction! I imply, I cleared a hurdle, nevertheless it’s a hurdle on the very starting of a really lengthy race. However I’m relieved, nonetheless.
Right here’s the ultimate consequence.
The humorous factor is that, in individual and with naked ft strolling throughout the flooring, I can inform a large distinction between the flooring earlier than sanding (i.e, the flooring that simply had two coats of the stain/polyurethane combination) and the flooring now after they’ve been frivolously sanded and polyurethaned with the ultimate clear coat of poly. These flooring are very easy now and really feel buttery smooth underfoot. However in footage, there’s actually no distinction.
Right here’s the ground with the 2 coats of polyurethane/stain combination on the left, and the completed ground after sanding and including that remaining coat of polyurethane on the appropriate. It’s arduous to inform a distinction in footage, proper?
So I assume y’all will simply need to take my phrase for it. The distinction in the way it feels underfoot is important.
I believed that the sheen is perhaps a bit much less after that remaining coat of satin polyurethane, however there’s not likely a big distinction. Sadly. The flooring are reflecting all the pieces — the striped partitions, the black wall, the lights, and all the pieces else.
That’s one of many essential causes I don’t like shiny finishes. The sheen distorts the true colour as a result of it displays issues round it. And in addition, the shinier the sheen, the extra it reveals imperfections.
And there are many imperfections, primarily in the way in which of animal fur and my hair getting caught within the polyurethane. I attempted to catch as many as doable and get them out once I noticed them, however when I’ve a 100-pound canine who sheds the equal of a chihuahua about as soon as every week, it’s nearly inconceivable to catch all of them. And I vacuumed and swept twice earlier than placing that final coat of poly on the flooring. Nonetheless, it’s inconceivable to do away with all of them.
However hopefully, because the flooring are darkish, and since nobody else goes to scrutinize my flooring the way in which I do, nobody else will discover these few Cooper hairs which can be trapped in our ground at the very least for the following decade or two. 😀 General, I’m so happy with how the flooring turned out.
And eventually, right here’s a have a look at the closet — the room with little or no gentle proper now.
I’m nonetheless deciding what sort of lighting I wish to add to this room, however the completed room shall be a lot brighter than it’s proper now.
However the ground is completed, and now it’s on to the enjoyable stuff!
And that brings me to the closet. As y’all know, I wish to think about my closet first as a result of my present lack of a closet is the factor that’s affecting my life probably the most proper now. Matt and I are doing simply positive sleeping within the breakfast room. However what’s negatively affecting my life and peace of thoughts proper now’s having all of my stuff unfold out over the home. Our lavatory is at one finish of the home, my garments are within the sunroom, my footwear and purses are in my studio.
Plus, there’s the truth that I haven’t had a working dryer because the center of December when the contractor unplugged my dryer in order that he may pull that wire (dryers require a 220-outlet and bigger wiring than most all the pieces else) out of the sunroom and put it within the new location. So certainly one of my first priorities, as soon as I really feel just like the flooring have had sufficient time to dry to the purpose that I gained’t mess them up, shall be to get my washer and dryer of their new places. (Don’t fear. The flooring shall be coated.)
So at the very least for now, my closet shall be my precedence. I’ll take a break right here and there and do a undertaking for the bed room and lobby, however I hope to get the closet carried out as quickly as doable. And that brings me to yesterday and my planning for the closet.
I sat down at my desk to determine my buy checklist and minimize checklist for the closet, and I bought hung up on one specific element that would have a reasonably vital influence on the general value of the closet. That element is the cupboard depth. All this time, I’ve been planning on constructing the cupboards 20 inches deep. That’s the depth that’s proven right here. All the cupboards on the perimeter of the room are 20 inches deep, and the three sections on all sides wall are 46 inches huge.
But when I make one small change, these cupboards would require considerably much less plywood to construct, which is able to save me fairly a bit of cash. If I do 20-inch-deep cupboards, I can solely get two items out of 1 sheet of plywood. But when I modify the depth to 16 inches, I can get three items out of 1 sheet of plywood. Plywood is fairly costly as of late, in order that one change can add as much as fairly a saving.
I do know it is a small element, nevertheless it’s a element that makes a giant distinction. The hangers I take advantage of are 17.5 inches huge, and that’s with out having an article of clothes on it.
It’s quite common for closet cupboards to be 14 to 16 inches deep, which implies that the hanging garments stick out previous the frames of the cupboards. In actual fact, I’d say that that is the commonest depth that you simply see while you scroll by way of footage of walk-in closets.
That’s what I see probably the most once I scroll by way of footage of closets. And actually, that depth would work out higher, and makes a complete lot extra sense, for the facet of the closet that shall be largely cabinets. It makes good sense for footwear, purses, and folded garments to be on cabinets which can be 16 inches deep somewhat than 20 inches deep. And I’m planning on one entire facet of the closet to be nothing however cabinets and drawers. These drawers are huge, so there’s no want for them to be actually deep.
However the one factor that I maintain going again to is the concept that I’ll, in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, wish to add doorways to the cupboards if I discover that mud is an issue. I actually can’t think about myself wanting doorways on all the pieces, however I form of reside in that “what if“. If I make the cupboards 16 inches deep for hanging garments, that guidelines out the potential of ever having the ability to put doorways on these cupboards.
I do know it’s a small element, nevertheless it’s these particulars that make a distinction. And it’s these particulars that I frequently get caught on. So you’ll be able to inform me your ideas on that. Ought to I’m going with the j16-inch depth and save a bundle of cash? Or ought to I follow the 20-inch depth for the likelihood (which actually does appear slim, if I’m being trustworthy) of placing doorways on the cupboards sooner or later? *Sigh* As soon as I make this choice, I’m able to make my remaining checklist and buy all the provides to get this room began!
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