As if we don’t have enough stuff going on around the house, we’re now in the midst of remodeling Jake’s room. I use the term ‘remodeling’ loosely. I mean, remodeling a bedroom isn’t exactly the same thing as remodeling a bathroom or kitchen, you know? Anyway, the kid’s room has been a complete mess for at least a few years–mostly due to lack of storage space. I found a really nice desk/wall unit that would be perfect for his room and should clear up the clutter. And, I’ve been meaning to get new carpeting in there for the past year. But, if we’re going to replace the carpeting, we need to replace the trim. And, if we’re going to replace the trim, we might as well paint first. And, if we’re replacing the trim, we also need new doors. So, you can see why I’m calling it a remodel.
Today, we removed a bunch of items from the room so we’d have room to work and then we ripped out the trim and doors. We took a break at one point and went to REC Carpeting in Tire Hill and picked out new carpeting. After all of that was done, we ran to Home Depot and bought some paint.
Unfortunately for Brian, the floor trim needs to be installed before the carpet can go in. It’ll be a few weeks until the carpet will be installed so he has a little time. But, I’ve been waiting 7 years (and counting) for trim in my living room and dining room, so this will be quite a feat for him. The only issue that needs to be worked out is that he is also building the doors for the bedroom. Obviously there is not enough time to do this before the carpet goes in so it will be tricky installing the floor trim without having the doors installed. Hopefully we can find a way around that.
Tomorrow I need to prep the walls for painting. If we got them painted that would be a definite plus, but I’m not counting on that at this point because I have too much other stuff to do.