Meanwhile in the Bedroom

In between progress in the kitchen, we cleaned out the master bedroom and started a new project. Our plan in the master is to add new flooring and paint before move in (which is now less than a month...) We added another minor part to it, relocating the 2 closets to the other side of the room, into 1 large walk-in/walk-thru closet. One reason for the closet move is for a more practical arrangement for our bedroom furniture. Secondly, both of us have always wanted a walk-thru closet that would lead to a master bath. This is the first time we have a master bath in the house we live in, and moving the closet in front of the master bath made a lot of sense in this bedroom. After the big drywall project in the kitchen and living room, doing a little closet moving seems like childsplay.

The existing drywall in the bedroom is good for the most part, just needs patching from the former closet footprint and fixing a few crummy patch jobs from the previous owners. There are also old paint runs/drips on the wall we have to scrape off before we paint our color.

Oh, and the second minor additional project. No don't worry, it's just demolition! :-) Demo work is always a nasty, dusty and dirty job. The master bath is the next big project for the house, after the kitchen and living room is mostly wrapped up and functioning. We don't have the time to get the bath room rebuilt before move in, but we knew we didn't want that demo mess in our bedroom when it comes time to attack the master bath full force. So we stripped down the bathroom, removing the wall in the middle of the room and the wall around the toilet. No more dark bathroom! And that lovely concrete & stone shower surround, took Zachary 7 hours of hammering and prying to break it apart and off the wall. The second bath has the exact same shower. Maybe it will be faster the second time around? I hope...

Stop, Hammer Time.

All ready for renovation later.

Back to the bedroom.

View as you walk into the bedroom from the hallway. That wall by the door will make a neat place for a wall hanging.

New closet.

View from the bathroom doorway, looking through the closet into the bedroom.

Another house element we have always wanted, a pocket door! This the frame for it in the closet doorway.

Zachary patching the old drywall.

Just about ready for primer paint. Needs another coat of mud and finish sanding first.