All the way through a part of 2019 and 2020, Matt and I moved our mattress into the breakfast room quickly whilst I labored on and completed the visitor bed room. I ended that room in 2020, and we’ve been the use of that as our bed room ever since.

The previous day, as I used to be about to begin operating at the hallway ground, I were given to eager about how a lot more uncomplicated it might be to do the entire ground on this space of the home — hallway, closet/laundry room (aka, the present visitor bed room), and our new bed room — unexpectedly.

I were making plans on putting in the ground within the hallway and bed room first, which would come with renting the massive sander after which staining and sealing the ones flooring. After which as soon as the ones have been carried out, I used to be going to do the entire large tasks within the bed room — wainscoting, wallpaper, trim — after which shall we transfer into that room whilst I end up the ornamental portions.

As soon as that room was once carried out, then I’d get started at the closet/laundry room. That room may be getting new ground and subfloor, in conjunction with vapor barrier and insulation, in order that way I’d have to hire the massive sander as soon as once more. That doesn’t appear to be the best procedure. I do know I’m usually now not a “paintings smarter, now not more difficult” more or less individual. I generally tend to love my tasks as sophisticated and convoluted as conceivable. 😀 However even to me, this plan was once beginning to appear overly sophisticated.

Plus, it simply appeared love it was once about to get truly uncomfortable for Matt to be spending maximum of his days in the course of consistent building, noise, and mud. So we mentioned it, and determined that we’re going to transport our mattress again into the breakfast room once more in order that I will do the entire flooring on this complete space unexpectedly. That suggests renting the massive sander simply as soon as. That suggests doing a complete blank up after sanding simply as soon as. That suggests doing the entire staining and sealing on the identical time. That makes so a lot more sense to me.

And best possible of all, that implies that I will set up the ground instantly thru from the tune room cased opening (i.e., the soon-to-be new doorway into our bed room suite) throughout to the a long way wall of the bed room all at one time, together with the closet and laundry space.

That implies that the ground from the hallway into the closet/laundry space can be steady as soon as once more. After we purchased the home, the entire hardwood ground was once steady right through. But if I needed to redo the hallway ground after the unlucky flooding incident (you can read about that here), I didn’t need to must feather in forums to make the ground steady into that room, so I finished up slicing the ground forums within the doorway instantly after which including two perpendicular forums as a transition strip.

Finally, that labored out simply high quality, particularly since I finished up portray the ground within the visitor bed room. So with the hallway ground being stained and the bed room ground being painted, there was once no continuity anyway. I will’t to find any photos of the 2 flooring assembly within the hallway after each have been carried out, however you’ll be able to believe how this painted ground met the stained ground within the doorway with a kind of transition items being painted, and the opposite transition piece being stained. It truly did glance great. I used to be happy with it.

However with this room changing into the closet and laundry space, I don’t plan on having a painted ground anymore. And with this ground and subfloor being changed, I now have the option to eliminate the ones transition items and feature one steady ground once more, simply love it was once after we purchased the home. The ones little main points excite me. However it may well best occur if I do the entire ground on the identical time.

It simply so occurs that my contractor is to be had subsequent week to begin in this room — disposing of the ground and subfloor, vapor barrier, insulation, new subfloor, and in addition doing the plumbing and electric for the washing machine and dryer. He can get started Monday, in order that implies that I’m in fact going to have a VERY busy following couple of days. I’ll nonetheless find time for circle of relatives and rest day after today, however lately and this weekend, it’s complete steam forward.

I began the day before today by way of clearing out the breakfast room. That’s the place the ground for this finish of the home has been saved ever since I purchased it.

So I needed to get the ones moved to the opposite finish of the home. I nonetheless have about 4 containers left to transport. Then I’ve to get the chairs out of there and saved someplace. As soon as the room is cleared out, I will transfer our mattress (and Matt) into the breakfast room.

Then I’ve to filter out the remainder of the bed room. I’ve so as to add transient garage within the sunroom for my garments and footwear. I’ve to transport out the remainder of the furnishings. After which I want to take out the closets. I need the ones taken out in some way that the plywood can also be salvaged and reused, so I need to do this myself.

And all of this must be carried out earlier than Monday. 😀 So lately and this weekend can be busy and worrying, however I feel it’ll be price it ultimately. As soon as the flooring are carried out, I’m nonetheless going to concentrate on our bed room first earlier than I flip my focal point to the closet/laundry space. However the great point is that by way of that point, the hookups for the washing machine and dryer can be on this room, so I will pass forward and no less than get the ones moved into their new house. That’s lovely thrilling to me! After they’re in there, it’ll give me a greater thought of ways the entirety else will are compatible into the room.

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I proportion my DIY and adorning adventure as I transform and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is not able to do bodily paintings, so I do the vast majority of the paintings at the space on my own. You can learn more about me here.