Almost done …

Well, almost done with the master suite, that is! Oh happy day … the new top rail of our shower doors arrived today so tomorrow we’ll be able to shower in our own bathroom again! I’ll take pics of that this weekend, but in the meantime, I can finally show off our (almost) finished master suite.

Before I get to the big reveal, let’s talk trim and doors. We will be replacing all of the trim throughout the house and have already done so in the master suite. To give you an idea of the before and after, here are a few pictures.

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We haven’t yet gotten our doors, but will be replacing all of the interior doors and the front door soon. We want to replace them with solid core doors similar to these. Solid core doors are so much nicer and keep sound from traveling, which will be great.

Now, let’s review what we have done in the past 4 1/2 weeks in the master suite. We have replaced the master bath vanity (turning it from 1 sink to 2), lights (going from 1 to 2) and mirrors (going from 1 to 2). Additionally, we’ve replaced all of the hardware, pulled off all of the old trim, put on new trim and painted. What’s left to be done is just the last few steps of the new sliding shower doors and replacing the doors to the linen closet and bathroom. I’m also dying to get to Home Goods and buy a decent trash can, tissue holder, etc. but that will wait. In the meantime, here you go!

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Next up is the master closet. If you remember, we demoed the laundry room and moved it into the master closet. It is definitely a little tight but works and was worth it to be able to open up the center of the house. Last time you saw the closet, it was drywalled but not finished. Here’s the finished product. One note – when we were putting in the laundry, we went on and ripped out the carpet from the closet. Underneath the carpet was vinyl which was a hardwood look, so that’s what you’re seeing. When we carpet the bedroom we will also carpet the closet. Oh – you may also see Chloe’s crate – the closet is also her bedroom here!

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Now on to the bedroom. Again, I need to do some shopping but have been waiting for the stores to open again. I need a long bedskirt, window treatments, etc. but it’s perfectly livable as is. Here’s my vision for the master bedroom and then the actual bedroom as it is for now! The only thing we have left to do here is replace the doors and the carpet and put up the cove molding on the ceiling (which we will do this weekend if not before).

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The guest room started getting the shiplap ceiling today, thanks to our handyman having some time to come back. He also wrapped up the drywall down to the basement and ripped up the carpet going down the stairs. When we repair the flooring where we demoed the center of the house, we’ll deal with those stairs. I’m still deciding how I want to handle those, so stay tuned for a decision on that soon!

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Next is a special delivery that arrived today. I love to do Peloton rides with my co-workers during the week. It’s motivating and makes it a lot more fun than just riding on your own. I had found a free used spin bike which we brought up here and it just sucked. I could ride using the Peloton app but it wasn’t the same. So we sucked it up and this baby is now in the unfinished basement, ready for me to ride with my coworkers tomorrow at lunch!

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Last but not least, we just changed out the post light out front to go with our new front door lights. Check out the awesome new light! One note … I have since spray painted the little brass looking knob things black.

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That’s it for now! Look for a new post this weekend where I’ll update you on the latest changes here!