Mud Room

This is the last room! I am so thrilled to be finished with this room. It has been a source of stress and anxiety for me since we moved in because it just felt dirty no matter now many times I cleaned it. We have had several mouse encounters in here and one run in with the biggest spider I have ever seen IN MY LIFE! Now I can hardly even remember it's former nastiness.
I sprayed the ceiling down with water from a garden sprayer then scrapped the popcorn texture off. Then, I rolled fresh paint on the ceiling. I spent a lot of time repairing the trim with caulk and wood putty, the joints were not pretty before. I used spackle on the walls filling nail holes. I didn't float put the grooves in the panelling in this room because after doing the entire house I just didn't have the motivation to do it lol. The beige paint over the panelling actually makes a world of difference though. The work on the cabinets probably need a post all to themselves. I tore out the last section of drawers and put a piece of new paneling on the end. I used the pedestal leg from an old table as the corner support for the desk. The top is the countertop that I cut off, I just lowered it down to 28 inches. I used 1 x 6 boards for the countertop after I stained them. I painted the cabinets with paint that I picked up at an antique store near by. The brand is paint couture.  I love it! It covers so well and the color is awesome. (Sea foam or something similar, I can't remember.) It is chalk paint, which soaked up the glaze like crazy when I tested it, so I used a coat of was sealer first then I mixed clear mixing glaze with provincial wood stain and brushed it on and wiped it off. I love the Amber tent it added. The first of the two closets I put old curigated tin on the wall up to 5 1/2 feet. The coat rack board is one of my favorites.  I found it in the barn and have been waiting for the right place for it. I color washed it with teal paint and hand painted the chorus from a Bob Wills song. It's a staple in our family lol. I used metal decorative shelf brackets on the ends to fill in the space between the board and the wall on each side and put a shelf board on top. I had some wrought iron hooks I used and some buckets hang8ng on hooks for sunglasses and such. The bench I made with 2 x 4's and an old shelf board from the barn. I used some scrapbook paper that I found and mod podge to make it look shabby. The other closet is just holding some decorative pieces until we get a deep freezer to go in that space. The floor is stained concrete. I floated a layer of ardexfeather finish on the floor to cover the old adhesive. I used valspar semi transparent concrete stain  (vaquero is the color) in a sprayer first,  then I used a sponge roller and rolled it on to even it out.
I love this room so much and I am so happy to be finished with it! Ready to move on to outside projects.

Master Suite

Master suite BEFORE

 

 

Here is the master bedroom before we started working on it. All of these projects are kind of going on at the same time. Bedrooms, bathrooms livingroom and hall are racing along while the kitchen will be last, so I am trying to decide if it is better to post the room after it is all finished or in phases together: construction/remodel/repair first, filling paneling/drywall, then texture walls, followed by painting the walls then the floors.  So here is a preview of what is probably going to be my favorite room! 

 

 

 

 

These pics are taken standing at the entrance from the hall. The door on the right goes to the carport.

Sneaky lil photo bomber

 

 This counter and sink are just inside the room - or were. We took this out. The vanity knook in the spare bedroom is kind of cool.... this one not so much. The door next to the counter is the bathroom and the other door is the closet.

The bathrooms in this house had panel board walls... like in a trailer house with wall paper already on them and strips to cover the seams.... No idea why. It looks like they started to remodel and pulled up the old vinyl on the floors and the wall paper off of the panel board then stopped. 

 

Both of the shower inserts were in good shape, but we decided to take this one out and have a locker room style walk in shower.  

This became a joke - to photo bomb mom's pictures

 Behind the bathroom door is (was) a cabinet thing. with counter top only about 8 inches from the bottom of the top cabinet.... ? It is gone now also.

I outran her this time. But instead got Pawpaw

This is during the spackling phase. I discovered after doing the girls' room that drywall spackling is better than joint compound to fill the grooves in the paneling. It is more like a paste and does not shrink near as much as drywall mud. It is a little thicker and harder to work with, but after the first coat you can add water to it and do a skim coat that is much more workable. Sanding between coats is much less messy as well - spackle causes less dust YAY!

 

 

 

This is Shipp - totally unaware that he is about to be famous HEHEHE!

 

So, we had a change of plans once we got the shower inclosure out. I say we - David and Shipp - discovered a second drain in the floor, which was probably the origional. The bathroom had been extended into the closet for the shower stall and the cabinets behind the door took the space where the tub must have been. So they decided to extend the rest of the bathroom into the closet and make the shower twice as big! Two drains, two shower heads and an additional rain head from the ceiling. I am SO EXCITED!

For this room we got out the texture sprayer. That is the way to go! Much easier and thicker than you could do with a roller. The sprayer was not as messy as I anticipated. Definately worth the $60! I sprayed the texture in this room. Here's a tip: the hopper is really heavy. Let someone help you. 

 

I had been so excited to use the paint sprayer. I sprayed this room the day after the texture and I will say that I need some practice with that thing. But I am determined to be good at it. It's just going to take me a little longer on this than most other stuff. I love the color though!