Remodeling the Nuclear Room

[LKTraz]

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Next project is to turn the two back rooms into one giant bedroom. That's going to be a challenge since the dividing wall is a load bearing wall. Going to have to get creative there.

Think: Rustic rough hewn beams and columns! Or......boxed in beams and columns. Opens the space and doesn't endanger the load bearing capacity.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Yep. No rustic. Don't like and it won't 'match' the rest of the house. Clean lines, modern living but not that cold steel and glass kind of look.

It's tricky because we need to figure if we want to shift the wall a little near the doorway. Two doorway's next to each other. When I unclutter all the shit lying around I'll post a pic and show you. Start a new thread even.

We're going to run into the same shit with that paneling glued to the walls

Maybe I can shift the non load bearing wall dividing my bedroom and bathroom 3 feet and make the bathroom a little bigger. Hell even 2 feet will make a huge difference. I can stuff the litterbox in there then!

[Twitchin Kitten]

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OMG the room is mudded and taped! The house is full of sheetrock dust but we're knocking that back one room at a time right now.

I'll be priming it during the week I think and then paint and trim next. I think we're going to go with the grayish white and carry the royal blue trim from the living room into this room.

Damn, two friggin years! I can't wait to get all the crap piled up back where it belongs.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Priming done!

Now there's a dilemma. I need to paint that room and I cannot find a nice gray that is not too dark that doesn't turn pink-ish or green-ish once I get the swatches home in the natural light of the room. So I finally found one color that holds but I don't want a white ceiling. I'm thinking of going with a darker ceiling and it will reduce glare and light bouncing off the walls onto the monitors.

Blue moldings as it's going to be carried around from the living room and hallway.

Once painted and woodwork done, the rug, desk and desk & closet shelving.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Paint is in the house!

Goddamn I am a dynamo of energy this week. I'm sore, exhausted and feeling quite "accomplished" for it though.

I'm going to start painting today. I planted 30 baby Rose of Sharon bushes out front to make a hedgerow with them so I can get rid of that ugly wood "barrier" holding the dirt and rocks back. I may plant some kind of ground cover between them too until the hedges grow and fill in.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Calking is worse than painting.

[Biker Dude]

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Well, I always stayed away from silicon caulk. That stuff sucks donkey dicks. Some good latex caulk, it's easy to use.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I hate it all. I'm not very good at it and I can't abide a sloppy job so it takes me forever to get it perfect.

Ceiling done! It's drying now and I've cut in all around the corners and walls. I just need to roll that out.

Then I need to get another pint of blue paint for the moldings and get some window sill bracketing for the sill I'm making. Going to make a nice wide one so the cats have it to sit on instead of my desk. I like doing trim

Then carpeting. That's going to be a huge undertaking. Looking for a remnant - something really tight like indoor/outdoor tight so chairs can roll across it nicely. Moving the Bowflex and treadmill someplace to put carpet down is going to be quite a challenge. I've no place to put them at all!

Then we build the desk and put shelving in the closet. Move the stereo into the closet and move the rest of the stuff in too.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I'm a little disappointed with the paint color on the ceiling
I wanted it a bit darker and the guy in the store convinced me to take the lighter of the two that I picked. I can't tell the difference in the light, natural or otherwise.

A few 'holidays' showed up and I need to take care of them and cut in around the window now the caulking is dry and I'm DONE painting. Woodwork next. Gotta go outside and set up a table for my miter saw and get cracking.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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OK we're in the molding phase!

I got 99% of the moldings up and painted. Well, painted first, then nailed up. What a challenge! That room, this house rather, is so old and warped I'm going to have some creative wood fill work ahead of me. Just need to trim over the "closet" nook area and window frame and sill tomorrow and I can call the room ready to lay carpet!

I shall try for pics once the moldings are all up and finished for you.

Then we go carpet shopping.

We scoped out some shelving. We're going to go with metal shelving with the wire rack stuff. That stuff they do 'custom' closets with. It's a good idea for all the electronic equipment that is going in there along with office supplies. Air circulation and all that good stuff. We thought about wood but it warps. We'll have too much weight on the shelves once we're all done.

Shelving for the walls on each side of the window above the desk most likely will be cheap stuff too. Only because it's easier to take down, putty up and patch if we ever get to sell this place. Still haven't figured out what material I am going to build the desk out of. I'm thinking of a blue stained wood top. It'll match the moldings.