I’m so grateful for the entire enter this week on the small print of our bed room. I’m more than happy to inform y’all that after studying your whole feedback and pondering by way of 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 notice. The unhealthy has to do with the hallway flooring. Whereas the contractor was right here yesterday morning, I requested him concerning the ground underneath the hallway cupboard.
He’s the one who took out the ground and subfloor after the lavatory 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 (really, not if, however when), the flooring underneath the cupboard received’t match the remainder of the hallway as a result of the brand new subfloor and the brand new flooring have been put in across the cupboard, not underneath the cupboard.
I requested him if he would have the ability to take away the minimize items of flooring and feather in new items of flooring, and he laughed a bit and mentioned no. I get it. I’ve completed that earlier than, and it’s not simple. Making repairs to tongue-and-groove hardwood flooring the place particular outdated flooring boards have to be eliminated with out destroying those round them after which new ones have to be feathered in to mix in with the outdated boards, is a process finest left to execs. I’m not saying it’s not possible for a DIYer to do it. Once more, I’ve completed it earlier than, however I’ve by no means completed it on such a big space because the one which sits underneath that hallway cupboard.
He mentioned, in his opinion, it will be simpler and quicker to simply substitute the entire 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 will take me to fastidiously take away these minimize ground boards with out damaging the remaining and feather within the new boards, I actually do suppose it will be simpler, quicker, and much much less irritating to simply substitute all of it. Putting in new flooring is very easy, simple, and much much less irritating than attempting to restore flooring. If we have been speaking a couple of large room, that will be a special story. However this can be a fairly small hallway, so I believe that he could be proper. I’ll reassess after I take away the cupboard.
Now on to the nice. I’ve determined to open up the doorway into the bed room utterly. It’ll be opened up all the best way to the facet partitions, and all the best way to the ceiling.
Not solely will there not be a door there, however there will likely be no cased opening, both. He confirmed that there’s nothing there that’s load-bearing, in order that ought to be considerably simple. The framing for the pocket door makes it a bit more difficult than if it have been an everyday door, nevertheless it’ll nonetheless work out simply positive.
I’ve determined that I do need the 2 areas to be visually separated, although. I wasn’t thrilled with the thought 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 will even be difficult since, for now, I’d must wallpaper across the toilet doorways, after which later, I’d must 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? Properly, 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 another archways, and we don’t have any plans so as to add another 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 believe would complement the trim work that I’ve already completed in our house. So mainly, in that little “hallway” entrance into the bed room, I’ll be doing a little model of the partitions that I did within the water closet space of our toilet…
However on this state of affairs, I’ll be including that remedy to the ceiling as properly. Think about one thing much like this arched doorway from Hambels Get Real, however with out the arch within the ceiling…
That may give the 2 areas a visible separation whereas including about ten inches of width to the doorway of the bed room. It can open up the 2 areas to one another, whereas not requiring me to hold the grasscloth and wainscoting into the hallway. And the trim will likely 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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