This room initially caused us the most confusion. It began it's life as some sort of landing type room and was the only access to the bedroom-turned bathroom. It was also filled with furniture and parts and pieces of furniture. This is the door to the back porch and some of the stuff that was in the room.
Once we had a plan, the wall had to come down to be rebuilt. We tore out the plaster and the doorway, rebuilt the wall, filled in the opening and made the weird landing room into a 4th bedroom. It was the same 16x16 that all of the other rooms were, but we added a hallway to get to the main upstairs bath and now the total room is only 12 x 10.
Have we mentioned how much fun it is to tear out plaster? Demo, we have to admit, is fun, but the mess is almost unbearable! Seth and Ben had fun tearing down this wall.
Karen came over a few times that first summer to help out. She had seen this crazy old house and loved it, but didn't want to take it on herself. So, she came armed with hammer and screw gun and lended a hand. Here, she and Seth are working on the closet wall.
With the list so long and Teddy having a room to share with Bailey, more work was slow in coming. But with Bailey's birthday approaching, she decided that she wanted her own room and we got to work again. Sam has access to a beautiful, wonderful, incredible, professional floor sanding machine and brought it over to work on this floor.
I am absolutely in awe of the floors that exist under 140 years of muck, mire and layers of paint. Can you believe the difference this machine(and our friend) are making? I actually got teary eyed and kept thinking- 'someday, this house is going to be so beautiful.' It has been about two years since we first walked threw the doors and decided to make this into a home.
Here is the almost finished floor. While much of the flooring will be covered with a layer of walnut stain, which was the original finish, this floor is going to just get some polyurethane. I really can't believe how beautiful it is.
The barnwood wainscoating was taken from the barn. Crown molding was added and all of the wood took several coats of the red paint. Doors and trim will someday cause someone to say, "What were they thinking?" But for now, this has got to be one of the cutest little boy rooms ever. We are at about 90% finally on this room.
The little bed was an old single that Sam helped modify to a modern twin size. I still need to get a cover of some sort for the box spring. We are going to leave the doors off the closet and put his toys in here, but it is SO CUTE! Just what I always wanted my little Teddy to have!
