The Sunroom Will Have To Stay (For Now)

In case you’ve been round for some time, you recognize that this room was once the place our “laundry room” was.

However I now have a wonderful new laundry space inside my massive walk-in closet, so I not need to enter the unhappy, miserable sunroom to do laundry. (I have to get new images now that I put curtains on the window.)

I can’t even categorical to you the way a lot I’ve liked this new association. In case you’ve been contemplating a washer and dryer inside a big walk-in closet, all I can say is DO IT, particularly for those who’re an empty nester and don’t have to fret about youngsters or different relations needing to make use of the laundry space. I’ve liked the comfort of getting the washer and dryer contained in the walk-in closet a lot that I can say it could be the perfect determination I’ve made up to now in our home. If not THE greatest, it’s undoubtedly within the prime 5.

Anyway, the very last thing “everlasting” merchandise that continues to be in our sunroom that stops it from being torn down is the new water heater over within the left nook within the picture beneath.

The new water heater will quickly be moved into what’s now the hallway rest room, which might be changed into a storage room inside our master suite suite. As soon as that’s gone, the remainder is simply junk that I have to undergo and provides away or promote and my instruments and DIY provides that might be moved into my workshop as quickly as I get that organized.

However this morning, as I used to be sitting at my desk in my studio, dreaming about our completed bed room and the way that can unencumber our breakfast room for use as a breakfast room or sitting room once more, and getting enthusiastic about our home being put again so as after we lastly have a correct bed room, there was one obtrusive drawback. We nonetheless don’t have a correct place for our exercise gear. We went from having a devoted dwelling health club…

…to having most of these gadgets saved in a nook of the sunroom. I did make room for Matt’s Theracycle in my studio as a result of he can’t go with out it. He makes use of it nearly each single day, so not having that accessible to him isn’t even an possibility. I additionally put my small treadmill within the studio, however I haven’t used it recurrently as a result of regardless that the room may be very massive, my work tables take up an enormous quantity of that ground house, and every thing feels cramped. As I’ve been engaged on the draperies for the bed room, I’ve needed to stand on the treadmill to succeed in a portion of the work desk. It’s in the way in which, and I really need it out of my studio. I additionally tried bringing my rebounder into the studio so I might use it, nevertheless it’s approach too large, and I’m out of ground house for it. So it’s now leaned up in opposition to my desk.

You may see the place that is going, proper? I want these items out of my studio in order that I can really use my studio to work on tasks and have full unfettered entry to my work tables. And this morning, it dawned on me that the large sunroom, as soon as it’s all cleared out, is definitely an amazing house for a short lived dwelling health club.

I each detest the thought of spending time in that room, and on the identical time, I’m enthusiastic about the potential for having a devoted house once more for all of our train gear. However I can’t make myself really feel enthusiastic about really spending time in that room so long as it seems prefer it does now.

So I’ve determined that the close to future aim is not to get the room to the purpose the place we will tear it down. As a substitute, the close to future aim is to get the room to the purpose the place I can arrange our train gear flip it into an area that I’ll really really feel motivated to spend an hour or so in there every single day really placing it to make use of.

Clearly, I don’t wish to put a lot cash into this. I imply, I don’t wish to put ANY cash into it, if I’m being sincere. But when it seems like this as soon as it’s cleared out, I’ll really feel no motivation in any respect to enter this room. That is the image I took of the empty room after we moved in 12 12 months in the past. I don’t have any footage of the empty room since then as a result of it’s by no means been empty since then. So you possibly can add 12 years of damage and tear to this as effectively.

So I want to determine absolutely the most cost-effective approach to make the room look considerably presentable. At least, I’m considering a coat of white paint on every thing will go a great distance. I additionally wish to pull up the entire carpet. I believe there is perhaps concrete beneath it, and I’d a lot moderately have a look at concrete than outdated inexperienced carpet. After which possibly I can discover some very low-cost curtains or sheers or one thing to cowl the home windows as a result of it will get very shiny (and highly regarded in the summertime) when the daylight pours by that complete wall of home windows.

This gained’t be a enjoyable venture as a result of there gained’t be an enormous payoff on the finish with a wonderful or spectacular earlier than and after. It’ll be strictly utilitarian, and most of all, it will likely be a short lived repair to an instantaneous drawback till we will get to our long-term plans. However I believe that is the best choice for now.

It’s a bit disappointing. I can’t even inform you how typically I daydream about tearing this room down so I don’t have to have a look at it anymore. However generally we’ve to work inside our limitations on price range, house, and time. That is a type of instances for us, so for now, the room has to remain. I’ll strive my hardest to profit from it.