We started the master suite reno back in late February. We got possession of the house at beginning of the same month and I was wanting to tear this house apart before we even purchased it. We had a house warming party 2 weeks into home ownership and after all the guests left we started tearing off the wall paper.
As mentioned in this past post there was a small 3rd bedroom next door to the master that we decided to absorb into the master. We thought that space was too small for a normal functioning bedroom and we wanted to have more space in the master as my bedroom furniture (queen bed, 2 nightstands, and dresser, and small vanity) did not fit properly in the current space. At the time we were unsure what to do about closet space. The closer in the 3rd bedroom was a little small for us both to store our belongings in. Originally I thought I wanted a separate walk in closet, but all the drawings and ideas we were coming up with I couldn't commit to. We eventually decided to keep the space open and install an Ikea PAX wardrobe system.
You can see below the gap in the ceiling where that wall used to be between the two room.
The bathroom we removed the L-shaped closet space and used that entire portion of the room as the master bath. This allowed us to have 2 separate sinks, a toilet room, and a large walk in shower. The layout of the bathroom was created by my friend and designer Christy Biel.
My husband did all of the plumbing and electrical work with a lot of help from his father and brother. Of course we got a permit from the city and fortunately it all passed! Which we were thrilled as none of us are journeyman plumbers or electricians. They knew some trades man or have done work in the past. Darrel was also in school at the time for his trade, one of his instructors was a plumber so he would ask a lot of questions and show pictures of the progress and was given code to follow.
With the help of my in-laws we scrapped off all of the popcorn ceiling on the second level and replaced it with California knockdown texture. We were fortunate enough that the popcorn texture had not been painted over so it was easy to scrap off. We used wall paper remover blades to take off the majority of the texture, which was a very dusty and manually demanding job. Followed by several washes over with a damp/wet mop until the cloth looked clean(ish). I felt like this really helped update the entire level, and I prefer the look of it much more over popcorn.
Lauren xo
As mentioned in this past post there was a small 3rd bedroom next door to the master that we decided to absorb into the master. We thought that space was too small for a normal functioning bedroom and we wanted to have more space in the master as my bedroom furniture (queen bed, 2 nightstands, and dresser, and small vanity) did not fit properly in the current space. At the time we were unsure what to do about closet space. The closer in the 3rd bedroom was a little small for us both to store our belongings in. Originally I thought I wanted a separate walk in closet, but all the drawings and ideas we were coming up with I couldn't commit to. We eventually decided to keep the space open and install an Ikea PAX wardrobe system.
You can see below the gap in the ceiling where that wall used to be between the two room.
The bathroom we removed the L-shaped closet space and used that entire portion of the room as the master bath. This allowed us to have 2 separate sinks, a toilet room, and a large walk in shower. The layout of the bathroom was created by my friend and designer Christy Biel.
My husband did all of the plumbing and electrical work with a lot of help from his father and brother. Of course we got a permit from the city and fortunately it all passed! Which we were thrilled as none of us are journeyman plumbers or electricians. They knew some trades man or have done work in the past. Darrel was also in school at the time for his trade, one of his instructors was a plumber so he would ask a lot of questions and show pictures of the progress and was given code to follow.
With the help of my in-laws we scrapped off all of the popcorn ceiling on the second level and replaced it with California knockdown texture. We were fortunate enough that the popcorn texture had not been painted over so it was easy to scrap off. We used wall paper remover blades to take off the majority of the texture, which was a very dusty and manually demanding job. Followed by several washes over with a damp/wet mop until the cloth looked clean(ish). I felt like this really helped update the entire level, and I prefer the look of it much more over popcorn.
Lauren xo
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