We converted an unused 5th bedroom in our house to a master bedroom retreat.
Bill and I did all the work ourselves. We are very happy with the
results, and even happier about all the money we saved.
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4/24/2004
The room emptied and ready to go. |
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4/24/2004
Inside the room. |
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4/25/2004
Destruction begins. The new fireplace is brougt in. |
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4/25/2004
The closet getting ready for its makeover. |
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4/25/2004
More demolition. |
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5/1/2004
We tear down one side of the wall to determine how the wiring runs. |
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5/1/2004
Tearing a hole in the closet ceiling for easier attic access. |
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5/1/2004
One of the famous ladders. |
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5/1/2004
Finished for the day. Rerouted the electrical, cable, and phone lines. |
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5/1/2004
Planning for tomorrow’s work.
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5/1/2004
A view of the new wiring. |
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5/2/2004
Begin to building the fireplace surround. |
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The Ward-Flex gas line coming in to supply the fireplace. |
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5/2/2004
Closing up the attic. |
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5/2/2004
The wiring for the canned lights is installed. |
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5/2/2004
We tied into the furnace line for the gas supply of the fireplace. |
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5/2/2004
A view of the fireplace surround. |
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5/8/2004
We begin to build the niche for the fireplace. |
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5/8/2004
The niche is framed. |
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5/8/2004
The fireplace is vented out the side. |
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5/8/2004
Ready for sheetrock |
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5/8/2004
Cut it twice and it's still to short! |
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5/8/2004
We are adding an arch to the top, so the back piece will work fine. |
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5/8/2004
Finished for the day, and all cleaned up. |
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5/9/2004
The wall between the rooms comes down. Look out, that's Bill with a Saws All!! |
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5/9/2004
The arch is in on the fireplace, and the bullnose trim starts going on. |
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5/9/2004
The old doorway gets framed for sheetrock. |
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5/9/2004
The first coat of joint compound goes on. |
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5/9/2004
Done for the weekend. |
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5/9/2004
Bill is happy with the niche, as am I. |
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5/9/2004
Now we have a long dark hallway. |
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5/14/2004
Applied second coat of joint compound |
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5/14/2004
The inside doorway is closed off, and taped. |
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5/15/2004
Putting on the last of the joint compound. |
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5/15/2004
And doing a lot of sanding. |
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5/15/2004
More joint compound please. |
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5/23/2004
All done taping, now the texturing starts. |
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5/23/2004
Wall texture everywhere. |
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5/29/2004
Finally done sanding, and the painting begins. |
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5/29/2004
The first coat of Brazilian Ruby goes on the new wall. |
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5/29/2004
We used some leftover satin finish for the first coat. |
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5/30/2004
I start on the cabinetry while Bill finsihes the painting. |
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5/30/2004
The shell for the bottom cabinets. |
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5/30/2004
The final coat of Brazilian Ruby. |
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5/31/2004
The rest of the walls get their final coat of paint. |
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5/31/2004
The finished niche. |
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5/31/2004
The bottom cabinet gets installed. |
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6-7-2004
The desk area is added to the cabinetry. |
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6/12/2004
Starting on the top cabinetry. Good thing Bill doesn't care about getting dust in the house. |
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6/12/2004
Cutting dados for the angled shelving unit. |
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6/12/2004
Gluing up the 45 degree angle shelving unit. |
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6/12/2004
The finsihed carcas for one of the shelving units. |
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6/13/2004
The other 2 units are done. |
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6/13/2004
Much to Bill's dismay, I had him apply the stain to the bottom cabinets. |
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6/13/2004
...And the shelves. |
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6/20/2004
Dry fitting the upper cabinets to make sure all the trim pieces line up. |
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6/20/2004
Looks pretty good to me. |
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6/27/2004
I helped Bill apply the finish to the top cabinetry and shelves. |
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6/27/2004
...And all the trim pieces. |
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7/3/2004
The top cabinets get installed. |
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7/3/2004
The canned lights are wired in. |
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7/3/2004
The shelves are added. |
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7/3/2004
A happy coincidence that the router edge flows right into the arch. Almost like it was planned that way. |
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7/3/2004
The grommets are installed. |
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7/4/2004
Laying out the cherry flooring. |
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7/4/2004
The flooring gets installed. |
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7/4/2004
Finishing up with the hardwood floor. |
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7/4/2004
The old carpet pad gets resized and reinstalled. |
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7/4/2004
It almost looks like a room again. |
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7/4/2004
A view of the flooring. |
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7/5/2004
Bill reinstalling the old carpeting. |
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7/5/2004
At last, our new chair has a home. |
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7/5/2004
Looks good to me. |
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7/5/2004
The cabinets with the lights on. |
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We took a weekend off to go camping, and got back to work on
7/24/2004
Making drawer boxes to hold CDs and hanging files. |
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7/24/2004
2 drawers of CDs, videos, and dvds. |
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7/24/2004
One drawer for files. |
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7/24/2004
The tile is installed on the fireplace. |
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7/25/2004
The tile is grouted and cleaned. |
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7/25/2004
The drawers are installed. |
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7/25/2004
A closeup of the fireplace tile. |
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8/14/2004
Bill starts to work his magic, and adds some of the finishing touches. |
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8/14/2004
He tackles the shelves. |
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8/14/2004
Meanwhile, I start working on the cabinet doors, and drawer faces. |
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8/28/2004
The drawer faces and cabinet doors are built and finished. |
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8/28/2004
The desk is put in order. |
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8/28/2004
The electronics are hooked up. |
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8/28/2004
The drawers are ready to be loaded. |
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8/28/2004
A desk chair is added. |
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8/28/2004
All the paint is touched up. |
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8/28/2004
The artwork is hung (until it gets moved) |
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8/28/2004
And finally, after 4 months, we are calling it done. |
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