The Bed room Suite Flooring Are Completed!! (Plus, The One Closet Choice That Might Make A Large Value Distinction)

Y’all, the flooring are completed!! Oh my goodness, this seems like I simply cleared a large hurdle. What a reduction! I imply, I cleared a hurdle, however it’s a hurdle on the very starting of a really lengthy race. However I’m relieved, nonetheless.

Right here’s the ultimate consequence.

The humorous factor is that, in particular person and with naked ft strolling throughout the flooring, I can inform a large distinction between the flooring earlier than sanding (i.e, the flooring that simply had two coats of the stain/polyurethane combination) and the flooring now after they’ve been flippantly sanded and polyurethaned with the ultimate clear coat of poly. These flooring are very easy now and really feel buttery comfortable underfoot. However in footage, there’s actually no distinction.

Right here’s the ground with the 2 coats of polyurethane/stain combination on the left, and the completed flooring after sanding and including that remaining coat of polyurethane on the fitting. It’s arduous to inform a distinction in footage, proper?

So I assume y’all will simply must take my phrase for it. The distinction in the way it feels underfoot is critical.

I assumed that the sheen is likely to be a bit much less after that remaining coat of satin polyurethane, however there’s probably not a big distinction. Sadly. The flooring are reflecting all the pieces — the striped partitions, the black wall, the lights, and all the pieces else.

That’s one of many principal causes I don’t like shiny finishes. The sheen distorts the true coloration as a result of it displays issues round it. And in addition, the shinier the sheen, the extra it reveals imperfections.

And there are many imperfections, primarily in the best way of animal fur and my hair getting caught within the polyurethane. I attempted to catch as many as attainable and get them out after I noticed them, however when I’ve a 100-pound canine who sheds the equal of a chihuahua about as soon as every week, it’s nearly inconceivable to catch all of them. And I vacuumed and swept twice earlier than placing that final coat of poly on the flooring. Nonetheless, it’s inconceivable to do away with all of them.

However hopefully, for the reason that flooring are darkish, and since nobody else goes to scrutinize my flooring the best way I do, nobody else will discover these few Cooper hairs which can be trapped in our flooring a minimum of for the following decade or two. 😀 General, I’m so happy with how the flooring turned out.

And eventually, right here’s a have a look at the closet — the room with little or no gentle proper now.

I’m nonetheless deciding what sort of lighting I need to add to this room, however the completed room will likely be a lot brighter than it’s proper now.

However the flooring is completed, and now it’s on to the enjoyable stuff!

And that brings me to the closet. As y’all know, I need to focus on my closet first as a result of my present lack of a closet is the factor that’s affecting my life essentially the most proper now. Matt and I are doing simply tremendous sleeping within the breakfast room. However what’s negatively affecting my life and peace of thoughts proper now could be having all of my stuff unfold out over the home. Our rest room is at one finish of the home, my garments are within the sunroom, my sneakers and purses are in my studio.

Plus, there’s the truth that I haven’t had a working dryer for the reason that center of December when the contractor unplugged my dryer in order that he might pull that wire (dryers require a 220-outlet and bigger wiring than most all the pieces else) out of the sunroom and put it within the new location. So one in every of my first priorities, as soon as I really feel just like the flooring have had sufficient time to dry to the purpose that I gained’t mess them up, will likely be to get my washer and dryer of their new areas. (Don’t fear. The flooring will likely be lined.)

So a minimum of for now, my closet will likely be my precedence. I could take a break right here and there and do a challenge for the bed room and lobby, however I hope to get the closet completed as quickly as attainable. And that brings me to yesterday and my planning for the closet.

I sat down at my desk to determine my buy record and minimize record for the closet, and I received hung up on one specific element that would have a reasonably important influence on the general value of the closet. That element is the cupboard depth. All this time, I’ve been planning on constructing the cupboards 20 inches deep. That’s the depth that’s proven right here. All the cupboards on the perimeter of the room are 20 inches deep, and the three sections on both sides wall are 46 inches vast.

But when I make one small change, these cupboards would require considerably much less plywood to construct, which can save me fairly a bit of cash. If I do 20-inch-deep cupboards, I can solely get two items out of 1 sheet of plywood. But when I modify the depth to 16 inches, I can get three items out of 1 sheet of plywood. Plywood is fairly costly today, in order that one change can add as much as fairly a saving.

I do know this can be a small element, however it’s a element that makes an enormous distinction. The hangers I exploit are 17.5 inches vast, and that’s with out having an article of clothes on it.

It’s quite common for closet cupboards to be 14 to 16 inches deep, which signifies that the hanging garments stick out previous the frames of the cupboards. In truth, I’d say that that is the commonest depth that you just see whenever you scroll via footage of walk-in closets.

That’s what I see essentially the most after I scroll via footage of closets. And actually, that depth would work out higher, and makes a complete lot extra sense, for the facet of the closet that will likely be largely cabinets. It makes good sense for sneakers, purses, and folded garments to be on cabinets which can be 16 inches deep slightly than 20 inches deep. And I’m planning on one complete facet of the closet to be nothing however cabinets and drawers. These drawers are vast, so there’s no want for them to be actually deep.

However the one factor that I preserve going again to is the concept that I could, sooner or later sooner or later, need to add doorways to the cupboards if I discover that mud is an issue. I actually can’t think about myself wanting doorways on all the pieces, however I type of dwell in that “what if“. If I make the cupboards 16 inches deep for hanging garments, that guidelines out the potential for ever having the ability to put doorways on these cupboards.

I do know it’s a small element, however it’s these particulars that make a distinction. And it’s these particulars that I regularly get caught on. So you’ll be able to inform me your ideas on that. Ought to I am going with the j16-inch depth and save a bundle of cash? Or ought to I follow the 20-inch depth for the likelihood (which actually does appear slim, if I’m being sincere) of placing doorways on the cupboards sooner or later? *Sigh* As soon as I make this resolution, I’m able to make my remaining record and buy all the provides to get this room began!

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and beautify 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You’ll be able to study extra about me right here.