By finally finishing the install of the new oak flooring. That is how. We now have 3 of 4 bedrooms actually usable for beds and such items as are generally found in bedrooms. (The fourth is currently acting as office storage space.)
This has been a long time in coming. It took over 3 years to get the floor laid, and this past weekend we got the last floorboard nailed down, the floor sanded, and the finish put on. All that's left to do is to install the toekick on the baseboards once the finish dries on the quarter-round. So nice and shiny it looks. See for yourself:
We also installed the new clothes poles in the closet, giving me 10 linear feet of hanging space, and six shelves. Woohoo! I can now consolidate my clothes, shoes,and bags from the 2 closets, 1.5 dressers, random boxes, and one of the spare beds into a single wonderfully large space. It will make getting dressed in the morning that much easier. No more wandering up and down the hall trying to find the bits of my outfit.
Of course, there are still some cosmetic items to finish, such as actually installing the light fixture, rather than leave it hanging by wires, as it has been. And installing the pleated shades while I roam in search of draperies. And eventually moving the guest room furniture into that room to coordinate all.
But all in all, it was a very satisfying project to have finished. I can now open the door to that room, and let the light spill through the windows and into the hall, rather than trying to sneak past the door and not acknowledge what lurked behind it.
Although, as we will soon embark on a remodel of the upstairs bathroom and master bedroom closet, I now have to incorporate that 10ft of hanging space and the shelving into the sketch. Else, what is a girl to do with all her clothes?
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