Master Bed, Bath, and Closet

Due to technical difficulties, I was unable to post yesterday. On Sunday, the family project was something I will be giving as a Christmas present and would not like to ruin the surprise.

I can tell you about the updates to our master bedroom though! Two weeks ago, we had finished painting the entire bedroom so then this past weekend, we were able to put the ceiling fan up. We could've done it last week but since the fan wasn't bought new (I believe it was free on Craigslist but maybe not) it was missing a connector piece. We bought the piece and got excited to put it up one evening but then we realized there was a problem with the electrical box being too high up in the drywall so we had to figure out a solution to that too. We decided to wait til this weekend when David's parents could help us more. It's up now and it looks really nice. This is the last place in the house we will have a ceiling fan. Most of the rooms have dome lights.

We also got the bathroom painted this past weekend. David and I were a little nervous to do it since it's the same color as the other upstairs bathroom and we only had a quarter gallon left of paint but it ended up being enough! The plywood to help reinforce the floor got nailed in too (we had to do this in the closet, bath, and bedroom but we had only finished the bedroom). We also painted the floor (to prep for the tiled floor). The shower surround and toilet were bought a while ago and the tub is installed but we are still trying to find a vanity. They aren't cheap!

In the closest, we put up the light (that we got for free off Craigslist!) and started putting up our shelving. Our shelves will have to be at odd heights because one of our walls has a slant that comes down about 3 feet but we've got a drawn-up plan that we think will work out. We hadn't bought very many shelves previously because we wanted to wait and see what it would look like so on Sunday (with our regular shopping), we went back to Menard's and got just about everything. I'm really excited to get our closet done.

Also this weekend and last weekend, David's dad worked on getting the door frames and doors installed for the closet, bath, and bedroom. This is one of those tasks that seems like it shouldn't take hours and hours but it does. There's a lot involved with making sure it's square and everything (so the door hangs right. The rest of our house isn't very square) that just makes it tedious. Somehow, David's dad ends up with these jobs and we get the fun things like painting.

So even though the original two dates that we thought we'd have the suite done by (end of August then end of September) have now came and went, we are still excited and there seems to be a good chance we can move in before Thanksgiving. That's my thinking but we'll see what his parents say because we still have trim, carpeting, bathroom flooring, bathroom fixtures (like toilet, vanity, and surround), and shelving in the closet. That might be everything. It doesn't sound like a lot but even just finding the right trim (we're using the stuff we saved from the original house) can be an all day project. So we'll see!