It only took 13 months, but we’ve finally completed the bedroom that will be the baby’s room. For now, we’ve moved our bedroom furniture into the room and plan to have the baby’s furniture in there, too, while the other room gets renovated.
Thanks to a bunch of family members pitching in, we were able to finish this room ourselves, but we’ve pretty much decided that we will be doing a minimum of the work when it comes to updating the other bedroom (which will be ours again once done). We’re currently working on getting some estimates for the framing (we raised the ceiling from 7 to 8 feet; it’s a Cape Cod home so we had room to do this) and drywall work, which was the biggest bear for us. Gutting the room and putting up new insulation is a breeze in comparison.
However, we won’t be doing the flooring until both rooms are done. In the meantime, we cleaned up the old tile floor the best we could and put some area rugs over it in the “new” room. The new paint job is actually lavender, and the color is richer than it appears.
Here are some before and after pictures.
EDIT: I really didn’t think I needed to explain this, but the wood paneling is the BEFORE room. Completely out-of-date, knotty pine paneling, circa-1960. Thought the modernized drywall, paint job and updated trim in the last two pictures made it clear!
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Wow, great job! It looks really lovely. It’s such a nice size and shape too for the purposes of having the baby in there, which is a bonus. Good luck with room #2!
@Jenn: Thanks! The second floor was added on after the original home was built, so it’s a dormered room. Makes for interesting angles, and the crib/baby will be fine in the smaller area that’s empty except for a chest of drawers.
BEAUTIFUL – your home is gorgeous. I love those kinds of wooden walls!
@eemusings: The wooden walls are the “before” — I couldn’t stand them, as they’re all over the second floor (both bedrooms, the hallways AND THE BATHROOM). They would be okay in a den/library/basement, but not for an entire floor of a home.
Looks very cozy! Love the wood paneling! Did you put in work polishing them?
@Moneycone: Apparently, I need to state what I thought was obvious: the pine was the OLD room — very out-of-date, circa-1960s! Sorry for the confusion.
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