A Look Back Before The Final Push Forward

It was on the finish of final yr that my mother and I cleared out all the bed room gadgets, tore down the 2 closets that flanked the window, and obtained it prepared for the contractor to do his half. So the room went from this…

And after we had been performed, it seemed like this…

My pantry, which I constructed from scratch, took me about 3.5 months from starting to finish, and it was about half the dimensions of the closet.

And my studio…nicely, that challenge took 17 months from the day I began sanding the ground to color it, to the day that it was utterly completed. It’s a a lot greater room, nevertheless it didn’t require fairly as a lot constructing since I used IKEA cupboards in there, and I simply custom-made them with trim and paint. However being a a lot greater room, it did require extra initiatives usually that had to enter that room with the intention to end it.

So I suppose seven weeks isn’t actually that dangerous. Firstly of this yr, this room seemed like this…

And on the finish of the day on March twelfth, the day I think about the official begin date of this walk-in closet challenge, it seemed like this…

And over the course of the final seven weeks, I’ve constructed all the cupboard containers…

Added all the cabinets…

Trimmed out all the cupboards…

Added all the ornamental molding and corbels…

Constructed the glass-top jewellery drawer and pull-out necklace bar…

Primed, caulked, sanded, and painted all the cupboards…

And hung the wallpaper, mirror, and sconces.

And alongside the way in which, there have been all types of different time-consuming issues I needed to do, like sanding the ground across the perimeter earlier than I might connect the baseboards to the cupboards, putting in the vent for the dryer, and so on.

Throughout an enormous challenge, it may be simple to start out feeling upset with the pace at which the challenge is progressing. I’ve form of hit that time with this closet. So I believe it’s necessary to take a minute, look again on the progress that has been made, and understand simply how a lot has been performed.

I don’t understand how for much longer this room goes to take me, however I’ve determined to remain centered on this room till it’s completed. Matt and I’ve talked over the choices, and he didn’t like the thought of me leaving the closet unfinished and beginning on the bed room in any respect. We’ve give you two different choices (primarily based in your ideas) for the place we will put his recliner — the studio or the bed room whereas I’m ending the closet. He says he could be comfy in both place, and each locations have a TV, so we’ll check out each of them and see which one he likes higher.

So so long as he’s on board with me engaged on the closet till it’s utterly completed, that’s what I’ll do. I nonetheless have fairly a listing of issues that have to be performed in right here, however the greatest and hardest half is behind me. I’d like to get it completed by the top of Might, so we’ll see how that works out. The one factor left on my listing that will throw a wrench into that plan is the island. I’ll be constructing that from scratch, and it’s been some time since I’ve constructed one thing with numerous drawers from scratch. I really feel assured that I can do it, however it might take me longer than I believe it’ll.

Aside from that, the remainder of the gadgets are fairly small as compared. However I’m going to remain centered and see simply how rapidly I can get all of it completed. In the present day is lighting day. I’ll be including all the recessed lights, eradicating the ceiling fan, and hanging the brand new chandelier. I’ll should take it down sooner or later and provides it a makeover, however I can use it as is for now to offer extra mild to the room.

So right here’s to a profitable month of Might! Let’s see if I can get this factor completed by the top of the month.

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