Master Bedroom Stage 3: Construction and Painting

This is a continuation of a series of posts detailing the renovation of my master bedroom.  The first week I shared the Planning Stage, and the second week I showed all our Demolition Surprises.  This week will focus on the Construction and Painting Stage. 

If you remember last week's master bedroom renovation post,  we uncovered a lot of hidden  surprises when we started to take down the old closet.  The first surprise was water damage and holes in the ceiling.  We did not want to tear down all the old plaster, so I sealed the holes up with spackling paste and then painted the ceiling with a texture paint.

  

This is what I used for the ceiling.  It is a texture and paint in one.  You can create several different textured looks with this paint.  We did not want a heavily textured ceiling, we just wanted to minimize the ceiling flaws.  So we decided to do a very subtle ceiling texture.  We simply rolled the texture on with a roller then smoothed portions of it out with a drywall trowel.

Once the ceiling was complete I could now paint the walls.  Because the bed we picked out is very dark, I decided to go with a light grey on the upper part of the walls and a bright white high gloss on the paneling.

The paint color is Pittsburgh Paints Early Evening.  I chose a semi-gloss because I thought a nice sheen on the walls would add to the glam look I was going for and it would also provide a nice contrast to the more industrial elements in the room.

Once all the painting was done it was time to put in a new floor.  I was really torn between grey wall-to-wall carpeting and laminate flooring.  We ultimately went with a Grey Stone Oak Laminate Flooring by Mohawk because we thought it went best with the faux brick wall and the industrial modern theme we were going for.

I am absolutely thrilled with this flooring and so happy we made this choice!  We even bought a little extra so we could extend the flooring into the hallway.  We purchased the flooring on sale for only $2.00 a square foot.  Isn't it absolutely gorgeous?  I love the way it looks with the faux brick wall!

The last time I showed you the faux brick wall my husband had just put it up.  Now it's been finished off with crown moulding and base boards.

The door is the entrance to the small, built in closet original to the house.

And of course Jackson has been supervising us the entire time making sure we get everything right!

Here my husband is putting the finishing touches on the faux brick wall.  He also finished off the cubby area and I gave it about three coats of high gloss paint!  I can't wait to put my grey baskets in the cubbies!  I'm super excited to have more storage space!

And now that the hard part is over,  it's time for the fun part to begin:  decorating!  The only items I bought for the room so far is the bed, light fixture, and two space rugs.  I'll show those next week.  After that, it might be a few weeks before I can share the "Big Reveal"  because I have a lot of shopping to do for art work, nick knacks, and other furniture.  We also might be custom designing our own furniture because we just can't find anything we like in our price range.  I know I originally planned to do a post every week until the room was finished, but because we now might be making our own furniture I will have to change that as it will take a lot longer.

Have a Great Day!  Amy

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Co-Hosting The Fabulous Friday Link Up with Jennie!

I'm so excited to be co-hosting the Fabulous Friday Link-Up with Jennie.  She is one of my favorite style bloggers.  Jennie not only has an amazing sense of style, but I love her because she is so supportive of others in the blogging community as well.  

I really wanted to have a nicer outfit to show for my co-hosting debut with Jennie, but I had one heck of a week!  It was a challenge just to get dressed up and have these photographs taken.  My husband and I started renovating our master bedroom and we have just been so busy.  We hope to have the flooring installed and the new bed put together this weekend.  The rest of the renovation should be a piece of cake after we had to do so far!

So this simple outfit is all I have to show you.  This is what I wore to church on Sunday, out-to-lunch, and then off to Ashley Furniture to pick up our new bed!  When we got home, we scrambled outside quickly to take pictures before the sun went down!

 It's a simple outfit of straight leg jeans with a black tee shirt, a eggplant ruffle cardigan, black over-the-knee boots and a black hat and bag.

 I did try to jazz it up a bit with a clingy necklace and bracelet and a felt hat.

Everything I have on is from last season or beyond besides the over-the-knee boots.  They are by Madden Girl and I purchased them from Famous Footwear.

My black tote is a mix of a snakeskin print and a solid black.

My necklace is a mix of clear, white, and charcoal grey stones with a hint of crystals.

I had to stand in the shade because the sun and snow were too intense.  But then my flash didn't work for some of the pictures, that's why some pictures look much brighter and more focused than others.  Like I said, we had a very busy week.  I think we took these pictures in less than five minutes.  Plus it was freezing outside and we did not want to be outside any longer than necessary.  I know, bad blogger.

And now enough about me, and onto the the Fabulous Friday Link Up!

Meet your host for Fabulous Friday, Jennie of A Pocketful of Polka Dots. ∼ Hey y'all, I'm Jennie and I am a 47 year old frugal fashionista! I am mom to two wonderful (and handsome!) sons and one very spoiled Pomeranian. After spending most of my life in black and boring clothes, I now enjoy trying new trends, am a confessed shoeaholic, believe life is too short for boring hair, and never met a polka dot I didn't like. I am also an avid photographer, reader of Jane Austen, Paleo/Primal enthusiast, and lover of DIY. You can follow me here ∼

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Jennie and I each picked our favorites from last week's link up.  My pick is Rachel from Threads of Thomas.  I absolutely loved her fun faux fur vest!  You will need to visit Jennie's blog to see her pick!

Have a Great Day!  Amy

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Master Bedroom Renovation, Stage 2: Demolition Surprises

Last week I shared with you that my husband and I are renovating our master bedroom.  In my very first post HERE I talked about our plans and the look for the room we wanted.  This week is all about the demolition phase and the little surprises we uncovered.

When we first bought our house way back in 1998 the previous owners added a large his & hers closet because the built in closet that came with the house is very small.  Even though it was a great idea to build such a nice spacious closet into the room, it took up a lot of space.  The closet only left two ways to position the bed:  on an angle as seen in the photograph on my first post, or against the wall opposite the closet which leaves you about a foot and a half of walking space between the end of the bed and the closet.  Neither option was ideal, so we always planned to remove the closet once the kids moved out of the house because we would no longer need the closet space.

Other than aesthetic reasons, the closet needed to be torn down because it was simply falling apart.  The doors never stayed closed, the shelf was falling off the wall and needed to be braced up, and my sweet little Jackson discovered how fun shredding wallpaper off the closet was and destroyed it.

So we took the closet down and discovered a huge surprise:  a damaged wall and floor, and water damage in the ceiling.

The odd shaped corner is the chimney.  Nails couldn't go through the cement so the previous owners glued the plywood to the chimney.  The huge hole in the ground is where the old heating vent was.

Because the previous owners weren't the brightest chips off the block, they destroyed the ceiling trying to find a stud to nail the top of the closet into.

The original baseboards were also removed, so now we had to replace those too.

But perhaps the worst thing of all was finding the water damage in the ceiling.  The only way to repair this was to completely tear the entire ceiling apart and re-do it.  We did not want to do that (I should note, that there is not a leak anymore.  This is just damage from a old leak).  The ceiling is so fragile that if you just touch it, it starts to fall down on top of you.  So, change of plans and back to the drawing board!  We decided to come up with a different design for the room.

 Our new plan was to cover the damaged wall and chimney with faux brick paneling and go for a modern industrial look with the forties glam touches I so love.  We picked up three sheets of paneling for about $25.00 a sheet.

 To take care of the part of the ceiling that was caving in, my husband built a book shelf that's wedged into the chimney area to hold the ceiling up.  Crown molding and a little spackling paste and ceiling texture will cover up any mess still showing.

The cubbies in the book shelf were sized to perfectly fit one large basket.  I will store items like socks, scarves, flip flops, etc. in these baskets.

Here's what the ceiling looks like with the bookshelf now in place before all the molding is added.

Once the walls were covered with the faux brick paneling and the bookshelf was complete, the crown and other decorative moldings could be added.  There's only a hint of water damage showing now, which will be covered up by spackle and ceiling texture.

Once the wall was done, it was time to work on the floor.  It had a lot of problems.  The previous owners had cut holes in the floor to access the living room ceiling below.  This created instability in the floor.  Many times I walked on the floor and it felt as if my foot would go right through.  So, we needed a new floor!  We picked out a grey laminate flooring which I will show next week.

In the meantime, my husband laid down some lauan plywood to provide more stability and even out the old floor.

Once the Lauan was laid, it was my turn to get busy.  I textured the ceiling and painted all the walls and trim.  I was covered in paint for three days!  So if you have not seen much of me on social media, that is why.  The ceiling turned out great, and I'm thrilled with the paint color we chose.  I can't wait to show you the miraculous transformation next week!

Till then,  Have a Great Day!  Amy

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