Monday, April 6, 2015

Our Playroom/Storage Space is just about finished!

So this project has felt like it has dragged on FOREVER!!! I'm so happy that it's finally finished. My bonus room has felt like such a mess with boxes & things stacked up in the corner. It's so nice to have them in their rightful space once again. A space that is not dark or scary and now has lights.

Just in case you forgot - here are the before pics:







So we finally finished dry-walling. I say we because I helped, but I didn't do much. My hubby did most all of it. I just assisted in holding it up as needed.


My cousin's hubby offered to help with the mudding, taping & texturing. He also helped reinforce pieces of the drywall since the framing was spaced further apart than normal. We were thrilled. I helped with one layer of mud over the screws, my hubby helped with some of the mudding & taping, but my cousin's hubby takes the cake. He did almost all of it and it turned out great!



Looking so much better!


My little lady helped with the painting. I am cracking up looking at the pics. She was loving being able to "help". It was the perfect time to let her help since we were planning to lay down carpet and didn't care about the floor getting messy. 




We went to a carpet liquidator store and found a remnant the perfect size. My hubby did the big cuts on our deck and then moved it inside. 



I helped get the wood floor ready for the carpet by scraping off gunk. Basically I don't know if I really helped lol. 


Here's the room all painted and ready for the carpet. 



The little man wanted to copy Daddy, so sat down right next to him and started playing with all the fun toys/tools. 


The kids finally got to play in the playroom. I have loved seeing how much they're enjoying their new playroom :) 



This was his relief at finishing the other half of the carpet!


The little man helped vacuum the room. What a great helper!


The final finish work over the air duct. 

In my mind - it's finished. Since it's just a closet space, I'm not super determined to have my hubby do the baseboards or trim around the doorways.