I had each intention of engaged on the entrance porch yesterday. I gathered my instruments, headed exterior, and began engaged on the porch. I totally aspiring to get the outdated, rotted fascia boards eliminated, get the brand new fascia boards put in, after which make some headway on the brand new porch skirting. However about half-hour into my work, it began sprinkling.
I’m not a “work within the rain” type of particular person, so I gathered up my instruments and headed inside. After which I sat at my desk for a couple of minutes and thought, “Properly, what am I gonna work on now?” I had three choices, as I shared yesterday. I may begin clearing out the sunroom and getting it prepared for its low finances makeover into our new (and hopefully short-term) dwelling fitness center and sitting room combo. I may begin engaged on the eating room. Or I may begin engaged on the bathroom-to-storage room conversion.
I didn’t really feel mentally ready to sort out the sunroom simply but. That room, which is getting used as a storage room (with zero group to it) felt means too overwhelming to me proper now. I want extra time to get mentally ready for that room. 😀 So I dominated that out. I haven’t give you a adorning plan for the eating room, so I’m not ready to work on that simply but. So, I headed to the hallway toilet, hammer and pry bar in hand, and began on the demolition of that room.
I hadn’t deliberate on tackling this venture simply but. I had actually hoped to get some outside initiatives completed first earlier than I begin on this venture. But when the climate isn’t going to cooperate, there’s probably not a complete lot I can do about that. It seems to be like now we have fairly a little bit of rain within the forecast for the foreseeable future. So with all different choices off the desk, it seems to be just like the bathroom-to-storage room venture is now underway.
We will formally say goodbye to this toilet. I actually cherished this toilet. It was solely the second full transform I had ever carried out in my life. It was a real down-to-the-studs transform, and after I reworked this toilet, I had solely ever carried out one different down-to-the-studs transform earlier than, and that was the kitchen in our home. So I used to be very happy with this toilet transform after I completed the primary transform over ten years in the past (in 2015).
After which I cherished it much more after I gave it this colourful makeover a number of years later (in 2019).
However as they are saying, all good issues should come to an finish. And yesterday was the official finish of this room as a toilet.
As of yesterday, the room now seems to be like this…
I assumed it could be at the least a bit of bit emotional to me tearing out this room. I put a variety of laborious work into this room, and apart from the plumbing, I did every little thing else on my own — the drywall, the tiling, the partitions and trim, and every little thing else.
However on the contrary, I felt no emotion about it apart from pleasure. That is the final space of our master suite suite that must be redone. And as soon as that is carried out, we can have an entire bed room suite that works for our particular wants.
I couldn’t be extra enthusiastic about having a correct storage space the place I can retailer Matt’s gear (energy wheelchair, bathe wheelchair, and Hoyer raise) after they’re not in use. For the final 12.5 years, Matt’s Hoyer raise and energy wheelchair have been everlasting fixtures in the primary areas of our home, seen and in the way in which, when he’s not utilizing them. And his bathe wheelchair lives within the nook of our bathe. Fortunately, now we have an enormous bathe with loads of room for it, however I’d reasonably it not be a everlasting fixture within the bathe. So as soon as that is carried out, we’ll lastly have a storage room the place all of these issues could be tucked away, out of sight, and out of the primary site visitors areas of our home, when he doesn’t want to make use of them.
I used to be particularly curious to take away the panel that I constructed on the facet of the bath. I constructed this and added it to the facet of our very cheap bathtub over ten years in the past, and I constructed it utilizing MDF. Over time, I’ve had many individuals warn me that the water would smash it, and it will be a complete catastrophe over time.
Properly, it’s in good situation. As a result of I sealed it rather well the place the panel met the bath, you possibly can see that no water ever obtained between the bath and the panel. And this was our principal toilet for years till I completed our massive, accessible toilet in December of 2022. This was the one toilet in our home that had a bath and bathe, so it was in common use from 2015 till 2022. And the bath panel held up completely throughout seven years of continuous use.
You need to know the perfect factor about this venture? Final night time, after I was completed working for the day, I simply closed the doorways to cover the mess.
I’m going to do my best possible to maintain the entire demolition and building mess contained in the room so that every day, after I’m completed working, I can shut the doorways and preserve our bed room suite trying good and tidy in order that nobody will ever know what lurks behind these doorways.
Whereas I used to be working, I used to be pondering by the entire choices of how I used to be going to complete out this storage room. Matt’s gear received’t take up the entire room, so there might be loads of room for built-in storage for different home goods. One factor I did determine yesterday is that I’m going to construct the cupboards for this room from scratch. That’s one of the simplest ways to get probably the most out of each sq. inch of area out there. And listed below are my preliminary plans.
When standing within the doorway of the room, the wall to the left might be cupboards from one finish to the opposite. That wall is 93 inches extensive, so I believe I’ll divide that into three equal sections. Every part can have drawers on the backside, after which adjustable cabinets on the highest.
After which the wall on the proper (the place the bath is correct now) will look one thing like this.
It is going to even have one narrower part with drawers on the backside, however then the remainder of the ground area might be left open. That open area might be the place I can place Matt’s two wheelchairs alongside the wall. However then that leaves loads of wall area above them for extra shelf storage.
I didn’t depart wall area for the Hoyer raise for 2 causes. First, there’s not sufficient area for all three objects to suit alongside the wall. But additionally, the Hoyer raise is the one which Matt makes use of probably the most. It’s laborious to clarify and not using a visible, however Matt principally makes use of the Hoyer raise as a type of hammock chair when he’s in mattress. So he sits on the mattress, however he leans again on the Hoyer raise sling. Because it’s adjustable, he can recline as a lot as he desires to, or he can sit up as a lot as he desires to. It’s very snug for him, it’s totally adjustable, and it’s the rationale that we determined that we didn’t want our adjustable mattress within the new bed room. I by no means used the adjustable mattress. Once I need to sit up in mattress, I simply put pillows towards the headboard. And he by no means used the adjustable mattress since he has his adjustable Hoyer raise “hammock chair”.
So when he’s not utilizing his Hoyer raise, I’ll simply put it within the storage room proper within the middle of the room. It’s on wheels (clearly), so it’s very simple to push to at least one facet or the opposite if I ever have to entry the storage cabinets or drawers whereas the Hoyer raise is in there. I believe it’ll work out completely. And for the reason that wall on the proper isn’t lengthy sufficient for all three objects, and there’s not sufficient depth between the wall on the left and the doorway to suit the Hoyer raise with out it protecting over a part of the doorway, it’s actually the one possibility I’ve. I can work with that.
Anyway, it’s lastly in progress! If now we have a day of lovely climate the place I can get exterior and work, I’d steal time away from this venture to complete up the fascia boards and skirting on the entrance porch. However for the foreseeable future, I’ll be centered primarily on this storage room till it’s completed. I’m actually excited to lastly have this venture underway!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can be taught extra about me right here.
