Right this moment is Could 1st. I formally began engaged on this closet on March twelfth. That signifies that I’ve been at this venture for seven weeks. The entire bed room suite has been underway for longer than that, clearly. It was on the finish of final yr that the overall work started.
It was on the finish of final yr that my mother and I cleared out the entire bed room objects, tore down the 2 closets that flanked the window, and received it prepared for the contractor to do his half. So the room went from this…
And after we have been performed, it appeared like this…
Then I handed it over to the contractor to do his half. After having contractor issues (which I wrote about right here) and needing a while to regroup, I turned my focus to my workshop for some time. Once I was lastly prepared to show my consideration again to the bed room suite, I employed out the set up of the flooring within the bed room suite. So this room, and the entire bed room suite, has been below development for the reason that finish of final yr.
Seven weeks looks as if a extremely very long time to me, so it might be simple to be disenchanted with my progress. However I knew going into this venture that this may be my greatest construct but. Once I look again at different massive tasks that I’ve performed, seven weeks doesn’t appear to be very lengthy compared.
My pantry, which I constructed from scratch, took me about 3.5 months from starting to finish, and it was about half the dimensions of the closet.
And my studio…effectively, that venture took 17 months from the day I began sanding the ground to color it, to the day that it was utterly completed. It’s a a lot greater room, however it didn’t require fairly as a lot constructing since I used IKEA cupboards in there, and I simply custom-made them with trim and paint. However being a a lot greater room, it did require extra tasks on the whole that had to enter that room in an effort to end it.
So I assume seven weeks isn’t actually that unhealthy. At first of this yr, this room appeared like this…
And on the finish of the day on March twelfth, the day I contemplate the official begin date of this walk-in closet venture, it appeared like this…
And over the course of the final seven weeks, I’ve constructed the entire cupboard bins…
Added the entire cabinets…
Trimmed out the entire cupboards…
Added the entire ornamental molding and corbels…
Constructed the glass-top jewellery drawer and pull-out necklace bar…
Primed, caulked, sanded, and painted the entire cupboards…
And hung the wallpaper, mirror, and sconces.
And alongside the best way, there have been every kind of different time-consuming issues I needed to do, like sanding the ground across the perimeter earlier than I may connect the baseboards to the cupboards, putting in the vent for the dryer, and so on.
Throughout a giant venture, it may be simple to begin feeling disenchanted with the pace at which the venture is progressing. I’ve type of hit that time with this closet. So I believe it’s necessary to take a minute, look again on the progress that has been made, and understand simply how a lot has been performed.
That’s why I at all times encourage individuals to take photos alongside the best way. Take numerous photos earlier than and through a venture. When you’re doing a giant venture like transforming a kitchen, take numerous photos, as a result of I can nearly assure you that you’ll hit a degree throughout that transform if you marvel if issues are literally getting achieved, and if the venture will ever come to an finish. It may be an encouragement to look again at precise photos (slightly than relying in your reminiscence) to the very starting and be capable of see the precise progress by way of a collection of photographs.
And whereas I’m very able to be performed with this closet, and I may very simply be disenchanted that it has taken this lengthy to date, I’m additionally extremely inspired once I examine how this room appeared at first of the yr and what it appears to be like like now…
I don’t understand how for much longer this room goes to take me, however I’ve determined to remain centered on this room till it’s completed. Matt and I’ve talked over the choices, and he didn’t like the thought of me leaving the closet unfinished and beginning on the bed room in any respect. We’ve provide you with two different choices (primarily based in your recommendations) for the place we are able to put his recliner — the studio or the bed room whereas I’m ending the closet. He says he might be snug in both place, and each locations have a TV, so we’ll check out each of them and see which one he likes higher.
So so long as he’s on board with me engaged on the closet till it’s utterly completed, that’s what I’ll do. I nonetheless have fairly a listing of issues that must be performed in right here, however the greatest and hardest half is behind me. I’d like to get it completed by the top of Could, so we’ll see how that works out. The one factor left on my record that will throw a wrench into that plan is the island. I’ll be constructing that from scratch, and it’s been some time since I’ve constructed one thing with numerous drawers from scratch. I really feel assured that I can do it, however it could take me longer than I believe it would.
Apart from that, the remainder of the objects are fairly small compared. However I’m going to remain centered and see simply how shortly I can get all of it completed. Right this moment is lighting day. I’ll be including the entire recessed lights, eradicating the ceiling fan, and hanging the brand new chandelier. I’ll should take it down sooner or later and provides it a makeover, however I can use it as is for now to offer extra gentle to the room.
So right here’s to a profitable month of Could! Let’s see if I can get this factor completed by the top of the month.
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Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You’ll be able to be taught extra about me right here.
