Master Bedroom expansion project

I get teased about it all the time "so what project are you working on now?" Well, this one happened to be so we could have more space for our Master Bedroom. We did not like the colors at all when we first moved into the house, so one of the things we spent some left over money on was paint for the house. We bought enough paint for pretty much the entire up-stairs and Caiden's room. In addition to that, we bought supplies to convert one bedroom into a walk-in closet and future master bathroom (babies room for now). This consisted of us sealing off the existing door way, cutting a hole in the wall between our room and this room, building another wall to create a walk-in closet, and demolishing our existing closet in the current Master Bedroom.

The reason was that our closet space in the Master was just not enough. Plus, by opening up the closet, it made the room much bigger.

I guess I'll try to just show before/after pictures as I go, or do whatever. Enjoy.

This is a previous shot of the picture you see above



The previous bedroom (this is the room we converted to the closet and future bathroom) and door (this is the door that I sealed off)



Previous shot of the closet being built



I installed recessed lighting through it all. Two in the closet, four in our bedroom, and two in the future bathroom/babies room. Patching the ceiling and matching the texture was interesting. I also removed the old light fixture (gawdy gold-finish stuff) and patched those holes, then textured/painted those areas to match







We added these dope dimmer switches to each room



New wall is sanded, textured, and ready for paint. I had never done knock-down texturing, so that was cool to learn that technique.



Alene getting her paint-on



Installing the closet pieces. We made it so we would have two levels of hanging space (upper and lower)







Left an open space on the lower for Alene to hang her dresses



My side of the closet (I don't wear dresses, so I didn't need an open space)



Here is our previously cramped closet space



After demolition it, I patched it up to make room for our dressers





The patched area with primer on the wall and the contrast color (wild honey) next to it



Here is what it looked like when I was done



New carpet was installed and I quickly started putting our bed back together.



Here is a couple of shots of our new closet, looking through to the future bathroom/babies room





Here is a video I did of the finished project



Lastly, I only have to get the base boards put in, and this room is done. I really liked the end-result. There is a lot more space in our master bedroom and plenty of closet space. We are down one bedroom now, but we can always add another one downstairs if we needed to in the future.

We still have a lot of painting to do on the upstairs, but we're going to take a little brake for now. I'm very tired and beat. This closet project took a lot out of me and took longer because I was pretty sick for a good week. I really do enjoy doing this stuff, but lately it has taken a toll on my body. For whatever reason, I just want to get through it and get it done. The only enjoyable part for me now is the end-result (which is understandable), but there was a time when I enjoyed actually doing the work. I don't as much anymore, but I'm sure I'll get my hand in some little project in the future.