When we were looking for houses a few months back, one thing we noticed was that all new construction had the option of putting a room over the two story foyer. When we decided to stay put, Stephen brought up that idea... what if we added a playroom over our foyer? It's just wasted space, anyway. I agreed. So, we got some recommendations and quotes, and bada-bing, bada-boom, we picked a contractor and got started.
Here are some pics to show the stages of construction!
By the way, in case you're wondering, the day numbers you see aren't consecutive days. (I WISH!) In total, it took almost 7 weeks!
Before:
View from the bottom of the stairs.
View from the top of the stairs, looking down.
View from the top of the stairs, looking straight.
Day 1:
View from bottom of stairs, looking in the foyer.
Day 2:
View from bottom of stairs.
View from bottom of stairs, looking up. (This is now the ceiling you see when you walk in the front door)
View from top of stairs.
Day 3:
All electrical done- outlets, lights, smoke detector and fan wiring.
Looking down the stairs (new light fixture installed above)
Day 4:
Day 5:
Inspection by the county... it passed! woohoo!
Day 6:
Day 9:
Day 10:
Day 11:
Carpet company came and measured for the new carpet.
Day 12:
Day 13:
Day 14:
Day 15:
PAINTING IS COMPLETE!
Day 16:
Day 17:
Day 18:
We have new carpet!!! It's so fluffy! (We didn't do the bedrooms, just the stairs, hallway, and playroom... and boy, am I wishing we did! Our carpet, which seemed fine before, now feels like you're walking on cement. :( )
Day 19 & 20:
Room wrap-up time! Finally! Finishing touches included installing the built-in shelves/desk, installing the smoke detector, cable outlet, door knob, etc.
Day 21:
Couch is delivered!
Day 22:
County came out... the room passed inspection! (Thank goodness, since we've kind of taken the room over already...).
We have a few more things to do, like install the tv, get the cable installed, bring all our board games in from the garage, buy some chairs for the desk, etc. But at least the big stuff is done. The long time it took to build this room out of air is definitely worth it now. The kids are digging it, and it's already filling itself up. I think that by adding this room, we are buying ourselves more time in this house of ours! (We have so much extra storage space in our house now, it is incredible!)
The. End.
HVAC redone to accommodate both upstairs and downstairs. (this is the view from the bottom of the stairs)
Day 5:
Inspection by the county... it passed! woohoo!
Day 6:
Sheet rock put up inside the room! View from top of stairs, looking downstairs.
View from top of stairs, looking to the room.
We have walls!
PS- Having the walls up makes our stairway and upstairs SO much darker... it is crazy!
Day 7:
More sheet rock! Up the stairs.
The foyer has a ceiling!
Day 8:
Foyer fixture installed.
Lights installed- this is on the ceiling at the bottom of our stairs. We also had a new light installed above the stairs which definitely helps with the new-found darkness.
Lights, fan, outlet covers, and light switch plates installed in the playroom. It's starting to come together!
Day 9:
All the spackling has been completed.
Day 10:
The plastic that had been separating the foyer from the kitchen is down! (it looks so weird, I was getting used to having a little doorway there!)
Crown molding added.
More molding.
Foyer molding.
And the start of crown molding in the upstairs playroom, where the new walls are.
Day 11:
Carpet company came and measured for the new carpet.
Day 12:
All crown molding was done, the old and new ceiling were fleshed together.
Door installed to playroom.
All tools removed... for now!
I got to dust, sweep, and mop! Finally! (No sarcasm, the grit on the floor that was being tracked from room-to-room was driving me craaaaazy!)
Painter came today- day one of the two he'll need to complete everything. All the ceilings are now painted, caulking was done, and crown molding paint was completed.
Door is painted, one more coat needed.
And the room is painted, too! I love this color!
Day 14:
Stephen installed the blinds and the curtain rod over the window.
PAINTING IS COMPLETE!
Day 16:
Handrail is bought and yours truly is painting it.
Day 17:
Handrail is hung. Can you believe Stephen hung this all by himself?
Day 18:
We have new carpet!!! It's so fluffy! (We didn't do the bedrooms, just the stairs, hallway, and playroom... and boy, am I wishing we did! Our carpet, which seemed fine before, now feels like you're walking on cement. :( )
Day 19 & 20:
Room wrap-up time! Finally! Finishing touches included installing the built-in shelves/desk, installing the smoke detector, cable outlet, door knob, etc.
Day 21:
Couch is delivered!
Day 22:
County came out... the room passed inspection! (Thank goodness, since we've kind of taken the room over already...).
We have a few more things to do, like install the tv, get the cable installed, bring all our board games in from the garage, buy some chairs for the desk, etc. But at least the big stuff is done. The long time it took to build this room out of air is definitely worth it now. The kids are digging it, and it's already filling itself up. I think that by adding this room, we are buying ourselves more time in this house of ours! (We have so much extra storage space in our house now, it is incredible!)
The. End.
