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A Bedroom Renovation
I piddled around with an upstairs bedroom remodel for about a year and finally got it done (mostly).
Inspired by 67ChevyRedneck's ambitious house renovation and good progress thread I thought I'd post up some pictures of how it went. Plus, I'm sitting here on Christmas morning with nothing much to do while waiting for the company to show up and trying not to wander into the kitchen and swipe bites of turkey and brisket. We live in a 45-year old house that's never been updated, so I started caterpillaring my way through the upstairs, re-doing one bedroom at a time. The second, major reason I did this room was because of a framing mistake when the house was built. ![]() That side window was so close to the garage roof they had to lop the corner of the sill off to make it fit. Over the years, water hosing down the roof had further rotted the corner off, plus you couldn't flash the wall properly. So.......I moved the window over.......... ![]() ..........almost two full stud bays, over to where it should have been in the first place. I replaced the sill ( man! That stuff is almost 10 bucks a foot at Home Cheapo ) and the brickmould, and re-glazed all the glass. ![]()
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
I should have taken better in-progress pictures, but here's the inside, with a few new studs showing. I was able to re-use the piece of sheathing I cut out and just moved it over into the old opening. Same with the window header.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
Then I blew out the rest of the room. I wanted to add some more cable TV and some CAT5, plus the old drywall had about three layers of wallpaper and four or five layers of paint on it.
![]() Amazing how much trash one room will create. Took two full sized pickup loads to the dump. ![]()
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
After some wiring and fresh insulation......onward to sheetrock.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
Taped, filled, finished and sanded.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
Retrimming the windows. I enjoy running trim. Lots of bang for your buck.
![]() Chair rail is kinda overkill in a bedroom, but what the heck.....I like it. ![]()
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
I like the triangle backer for the crown moulding. I may have to do that.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
Looks like a great job. I'll remember the trick with the crown molding.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
Looks great!
My wife opened me up to colors I never thought would look good on a wall.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
I hate doing crown molding. I like the Kant strip idea. Best thing I ever did was buy a miter saw & brad nailers. Great looking work.
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Re: A Bedroom Renovation
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The nailing strip-- I had seen several setups and how-tos where guys were attaching a small backing block at intervals. It was my experience that you always need a nail or two where the backing block isn't. Makes crown installation life a lot easier with the full-length block behind it. Quote:
Thanks Bernie. Like most everything else, if I can work on it at an enjoyable pace, it's more fun than work.
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