Bedroom Remodel

In February, we finally finished our second big remodel in our house! 

When we first moved into our house, we moved our bedroom into the master bedroom on the main floor.  But, we did have a second level of our house that was dedicated to another master bedroom with its own bathroom and small closets.  So for the first 10 months or so while we did the basement remodel, the upstairs was just an empty room.

The door straight ahead in the previous picture lead to the attic space.  The doors in the wall on the left above were the small closets.  There is a bathroom opposite the attic that you cannot see (we seem to have lost some pictures).....

 The first thing we did was add a floor to the attic space that will be come the walk in closet (we covered up the old closets)

Then came walls, insulation, electrical and drywall.

Then Brian handmade the shelving for the closet.  He cut out everything and assembled it according to the plans we developed together.  

This is the after picture with it all finished, painted and closet rods are in.  The picture is from my side - so Brian also has this set up on his side as well. 

 

A few months later.......

Brian built the drawers for the built-ins.  (there are handles on them now!)

This is the view from standing in front of the bathroom facing the closet.  Notice how the old closets are gone and covered up.  Brian did make the sliding door apparatus.  It was a PAIN but they are super cool and we love them.  We feel that it makes the room feel more open. 

The view of the finished bed (like the accent wall??) and the bathroom that also has the sliding door. 

 This is the finished bathroom.  There used to be two entry ways (lost the picture) but it was really awkward and stupid.  So I re-tiled the whole bathroom and repainted.  We changed the vanity top/fixtures and added the shower curtain instead of the glass doors.  The glass doors were only 5' tall, so Brian was adamant to change them because he would get decapitated every time he took a shower if he didn't. :)

It was a lot more work than we were planning - but we LOVE it!  It's our little oasis and I'm so glad we waited to move up there until it was done the way we wanted it to be. The last step was the air conditioner addition.  Since the room is basically surrounded by attic space...it was HOT up there...so we got a portable air conditioner to add in there.  5000x more comfortable now.

Overall, it was completely worth it.  Especially since we did the majority of it the two weeks before Brian spent a week in the hospital for his lung. Yeah - he's an overachiever! Super proud of everything he made though, it looks and functions amazing!