One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls and Doorways

Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


Welcome dorsum to my cupboard renovation!  A duo of weeks agone I shared that I volition endure participating in the One Room Challenge hosted by Calling it Home (once again!). The challenge is to completely redesign whatsoever infinite inwards your abode inwards alone 5 brusk weeks, as well as thus to portion the large give away on calendar week 6. As nosotros know from our daughter’s Big Girl Bedroom as well as  our Guest Bedroom transformations, it is definitely a challenge!  We are now ii weeks into moving walls as well as doorways – no turning dorsum now! It’s been a LOT to a greater extent than operate than nosotros expected, but I can’t hold back to present you lot our progress.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


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Week 1 / Week 2 / You’re here / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6


Just equally a reminder, this is our design computer program for my dream closet.  Last week nosotros started the projection as well as I didn’t realize just how much operate it was going to be. It’s a LOT of work! lol.


If you lot are wanting to motion walls and/or doorways yourself, at that spot are a lot of things to regard – as well as almost every. single. one. of these things affected our transformation.


First convey cheque if your wall is structural to run across if you lot tin safely modify the framing. If you’re non certain a Structural Engineer tin endure contracted for a consultation, as well as they volition permit you lot know.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


Once you lot know you lot can motion the wall at that spot are or thus things you lot volition involve to shout out back nigh within the walls. Primarily: plumbing, HVAC, as well as electrical. For our simple reno, nosotros had to motion all three!


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


Electrical agency everything from lights, switches, outlets, as well as fifty-fifty lonely thermostats, lol. See ours above? We convey to motion it thus that our novel sliding door would slide.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


We had to lay a hole inwards the Earth to motion our HVAC as well as plumbing lines.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


Above ^^ you lot tin run across the hole filled alongside novel lines! White pipage = plumbing. Shiny silverish = HVAC. Then nosotros had to plug upwards both holes again.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


 


Moving all those lines is definitely do-able for a DIYEr, but is all requires to a greater extent than coin as well as to a greater extent than planning.


If you lot are moving the wall, similar nosotros did, you lot also involve to shout out back nigh where the novel wall is going. Does it block or interfere alongside anything on the flooring or ceiling: lighting, attic entries, flooring vents, etc.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


The higher upwards pic shows our attic entry. Because nosotros are closing off that hallway, as well as putting a large ikea wardrobe straight underneath there, nosotros convey to motion the attic entry also – ugh. Same goes for the flooring vent. It was nigh to endure covered upwards alongside a giant, heavy wardrobe, as well as it had to motion forwards (in HVAC pics above).


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


The pic higher upwards shows our newly framed attic entry.


Finally if you lot are adding a novel swinging door, you lot involve to shout out back nigh where the door volition swing open. Will at that spot endure anything inwards the way when it’s open?


Lucky for me! I convey this GORGEOUS sliding barn door. It’s available inwards the USA as well as volition endure available inwards Canada soooo soon. (for at in 1 lawsuit my Canadian friends tin contact marketing@renincorp.com).


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


After all of the crazy difficult operate that went into this week, I needed something beautiful to brand me experience better. This barn door volition practice the describe a fast 1 on (click here inwards Canada)! I only installed it to aspect at it, but it nevertheless needs to come upwards off as well as larn stained. Plenty to a greater extent than details on the easiest-barn-door-installation-ever coming soon!


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


Finally, to present off our novel framing…


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


I actually should’ve drawn picayune arrows thus you lot could run across what I’m looking at, but the business office of the ceiling higher upwards ^^ without drywall, is the novel locomote on of the shower (*not to endure completed during this challenge…*). You tin run across that our hallway is GONE! For pictures of the changes as well as plans stop inwards on this post.


Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


Oh, as well as we’ve started drywalling :) How productive was your week?


Here’s how nosotros are doing on our lengthy Master Bedroom Closet To-Do List:



  • Clean out closet (FULL purge!)

  • Complete demo

  • Reframe cupboard (& shower!)

  • Cut/build novel door frame for barn door

  • Move electrical, vents, as well as water

  • A BILLION OTHER THINGS THAT WE DIDN’T PLAN ON

  • Drywall up

  • Scrape popcorn ceiling

  • Paint walls as well as ceiling

  • Trim cupboard as well as doorways

  • Install sliding barn door

  • Stain sliding barn door

  • Install novel tile flooring

  • Install Weathered Wood Ceiling Panels

  • Install novel wardrobes

  • Buy a novel rug

  • Build DIY cupboard lighting

  • DIY a cupboard mirror

  • DIY Drawer Pulls

  • Buy closet accessories


EEK! We convey a LOT of operate to practice inwards a few brusk weeks! Wish us luck!


See to a greater extent than of my One Room Challenge Here:




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Week 1 – Plans




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Week 2 – Starting a Renovation




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Week 3 – Moving Doorways




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Week 4 – Making Fun Decisions




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Week 5 – Adding Character




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Closet Reveal




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Beautiful Sliding Barn Door




Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways



Weathered Wood Ceiling




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Moving walls as well as doorways tin endure intimidating One Room Challenge {Week Three} – Moving Walls as well as Doorways


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