I admit that I am not a fast worker, but at my own painfully slow pace, I am gradually getting things done. All the ivory plugs and switches in my daughter’s room have been replaced with white ones to match the trim. All of her QuickPort jacks are wired up so she can have phone and internet and satellite in her room in the future. She has her clothes in her closet and dresser and she has room for her toys and stuffed animals. Her curtains are up, which not only affords her some privacy, but also helps keep her room a little cooler during the day. I still have another bookshelf and more books to move upstairs, but that won’t take very long at all.
I have installed shelves in the hallway closet which gives us even more storage upstairs. There is room for puzzles and games and some of the kid’s larger toys which will help reduce the clutter in her room. The plugs and switches in the hallway have also been replaced with white ones.
In the guest room, which is, right now, my father-in-law’s room, the shelves and rods have been installed in the closet. There is still the matter of the plugs and switches and QuickPorts, but I fully expect to finish those today.
The closet in the guest room is an awkward one because of the slope of the ceiling. After learning that there is indeed a standard height for closet rods, I was determined to get at least one installed at the proper height which I was able to do, but with limited hanging space (about 20 inches). This full-height rod is in the funky closet-within-a-closet. The rod in the main closet could only be oriented one way, and had to be installed at four feet, where the kneewall meets the cathedral slope.
The original configuration of the closet back before the renovation. The shelf in the back part is now close to the standard height.
Once again, as with the kid’s closet, I used ClosetMaid wire shelving which is very easy to install. In the hallway closet, I used the ClosetMaid Shelf Track system, which seemed to be a little more robust and gives us the ability to adjust the shelves.
Soon the last of our daughter’s stuff will be moved out of our bedroom and we will be able place the bed and furniture where we want. By then, the contractors should be returning to grout the backsplash in the kitchen, install the picture window in the living room and repair the living room ceiling. It won’t be long before we have full use of our house after more than six long years.
