Bedroom Planning, Evaluating the Situation, Problem Solving

Brown areas are what remains after removing the cabinets

This project is so slow. Neither of us want to be doing this project now. We are so burned out from our last project that we don't have the energy for this one...but it has to be done and it has to be done NOW! Plans and floor plans are developing as we survey the space and the possibilities.

The raw brown areas are the raw  never
painted wall board areas on the
walls, ceilings and floors

Removing the cabinets exposed some pretty horrendous wallboard. The previous owners never even painted the wall board, they just nailed in the cabinets over raw sheet rock and called it a day. The wallboard is stained, brown and disintegrating because it had no paint on it. It has to go. This is what I mean by formulating plans as you go. When you work in an old house you just never know what is going to turn up, a problem, a relic, a piece of animal remains. It is the great mystery of restoration of an old building. Much of it makes no sense and makes problem solving a priority. Now we are evaluating the problems.

windows at different heights, electric outlets up at counter top height

Problem number one the creepy stained wallboard, has to go. The paper is disintegrating under finger touch, so it will not...repeat not...be able to take Spackle. Sooo all the wallboard must come out. Translation, a demolition twice the size of what was intended is about to commence. No choice, just is. Lots more time needed for the project.  We knew the cabinets were history, not the wallboard. Removing the wallboard does open an opportunity to solve another problem. Many of the outlets in the room are at counter height. Counter height sockets look strange in a bedroom. They will be replaced and moved lower on the wall once the wallboard is removed. They will be installed at proper height from the floor and new wallboard will go over them.

"newer" floor is raised up over the original

The windows in the room are all at different heights...three windows. Two of the windows can be seen in the top photo of this posting.  Window #1 is small and was over a sink (left window with air conditioner in photo), it must be made to match the window opposite it on the same wall (top photo, window on the right)...so that means the two windows on that wall will be replaced so that they match each other and will be symmetrical. The third window in the room will likely be replaced too because it is going to fall inside the enlarged bath area, it will have to go.
This room seemed like a small        project.... ha ha ha.

before: mismatched peel and stick tiles, what do you think of this combination?

The floor is raised up over the original. We were assured by the previous owners that there was nothing wrong with the floor underneath, they just wanted a uniform surface to install those beautiful, mis-matched peel and stick floor tiles. Well, only half of that appears to be true. The floor is not level under the newer raised up floor. So the "newer" floor is going to stay because it is somewhat more level . It lowers the ceiling height several inches, but hey, just how much are you going to do to make this bedroom? So, the floor is staying and we will have to figure out what to put over it. Carpet is not a choice, hardwood would lower the ceiling even more, and peel and stick tiles is not even an option. Maybe laminate would do...we'll see. What do you suggest?

More next time..see ya.