Laundry Room/Closet REVEAL!!!

The BIG day has arrived!!  Our laundry room/closet is finally complete and it was everything I hoped it would be!  It looks just like I imagined it to look, kinda beachy..kinda shacky (lol) and plenty of space for everything.  Originally I thought of making it into a mudroom, however this just made more sense to me.  It will actually become our personal bedroom closet.  So with out further ado, here is the beautiful closet my husband built for us in our mobile abode...

My mind is racing with the possibilities in store for the rest of the house!!  Now Travis is excited too!!  I always knew he could do almost anything and the more he progresses through the projects, the bigger HIS plans become...haha...

A special THANK YOU to Shane Braukman for being a huge help and to all of you for showing your interest.   Next on the agenda...sliding BARN DOOR :)

The Fabulous Braukman Brothers!!!

Greetings and salutations from the misty mountain!  It feels like a good day to create something, or at least my brain thinks so :)  But alas; I will be white-washing a ton of boards to finally put up on our walls.  That's kind of creative.....right?  Well it IS exciting, because it means the room I have waited SO LONG(haha) to decorate is READY!!

So without further ado.....here is what we got done this weekend :)  The appliances went in, and the walls have been fininshed.  Or at least the structure of the walls have been put up.  The boards still have to be done and put up, but the walls are sturdy and mold free and insulated!!!  The washer and dryer are in and work just as awesomely as they ever did :)  I first thought that I would get new appliances to put in, but the idea is to save as much $$ as possible, and these ones work just fine, so I am keeping them until one breaks down.

We had the PLEASURE of having Travis's brother come and help us with the BIG STUFF this weekend!!  It was so awesome to see the guys running around getting stuff done.  They work so well together and both have the gumption to get it done right and quickly.  Yes, I know, LUCKY :) 

 

And yes, sorry ladies, he is taken :)  I appreciate the time he has taken to help us out, knowing he is married to a VERY CREATIVE lady himself, and runs a side business with his wife.  He and his wife make very AWESOME "living" tables.  If you get the chance, you should check them out.  Their FB page is From Rustic to Recent!! 

 The appliances are IN!!!

And now to put up the white washed boards on the wall!!

This is exactly how I pictured it in my head!!!  I LOVE WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!!  I am almost SURE we will be done with this, this week!!  This whole room has been quite the learning experience and has helped us to realize what lies ahead!! 

A special Thank You to all that have followed and have been interested in our little journey...hopefully it has inspired you to do something different to your abode :)

Raise the roof...or rather the ceiling :)

So the last step to be completed before starting on the walls...was to tear out the ceiling and replace it.  This was a messy and scary project, but highly neccesary!!  We live in the forest in an 80's mobile home and believe me, the older the mobile home the less structurally sound it was built.  Since our journey in this home, we have heard many a critter in our walls, ceiling, etc. trying to get a refuge from the cold and rain.  That is what is SO GREAT about replacing all the walls and ceiling in this redo.  I also contend that mobile homes were NEVER made to work in the forest.  Too damp... the walls being made of very cheap drywall material, kinda acts like a sponge.  SO....wood it is...walls, ceilings and all!! 

  I would like to take a minute to gush over my WONDERFUL husband!!  This man has been working full-time and coming home afterwards to do another major improvement, only to make it to the couch to pass out for a few hours before getting up and doing it all over again!!  He is amazing to me and I KNEW he was going to put 110% into this remodel and that it will turn out perfectly, as he is a perfectionist :)  Not to mention, a handy man is a sexy man...to me :)

  Now, for the next step....washer and dryer install, which will require another awesome Braukman man to complete.  That should be this weekend!!!!  Finally I will get to start on the walls and organization!!!!  Our little room is coming right along!!!  Now for some pics :)

Goodbye you old soggy ceiling!!

Note the sexy safety glasses.....

So fresh and so clean....ready to white wash :)

Getting better all the time!!  Till next week.....
 

The new window!!

Good day my friends!!  What a pleasure it is to look out of my new window today and think about how this room is going to come together.  I have been going CRAZY on both Pinterest and Houzz.com studying walls and floors and organizing plans.  I am REALLY excited to be done with this room and on to the next one.  The Hubs...not so much..haha!!  So without further ado..here is the new window and wall...inner and outer views. 

Here is a picture of the window before the big install.

Ripping off the outside metal siding...

30 degrees was the high this day.

YES!!!  New insulation!!!

All done on the outside...in the future the siding will be stained and the skirting will be wood timbers that will stabilize the entire structure....

Window is OUT!!

Peek-a-boo :)

New window installed and plywood wall done....now we are ready to do our walls and get a 220 installed for the dryer and plumbing for the washer!!  Next will be the walls!!!
 
This was a COLD day...I spent most of my time keeping the woodstove going full boar all day.  It wasn't as bad as I thought.  Yay for woodheat!!  Now to prep boards for my new walls...see ya soon :)

The first cut is the deepest....

I know that most of you have heard me bragging about getting to knock down the first wall.  I have heard from many that it is the funnest first thing about remodel.  Well I must tell you as excited as I was, I was equally mortified when I discovered what was behind that wall!! 

Needless to say it was not what I was expecting.  I knew I had to get rid of it and fast!!  I got on my trusty computer and discovered tha if the mold was dry it was alot safer to remove...and it was DRY!!  So I grabbed a bandana ( I really need to get a pkg. of masks ASAP) and a pair of rubber gloves, some bleach water and a ton of throw away rags and went to scrubbing. 

There was alot to remove and alot to scrub.  But I could not sleep KNOWING that this was in my house.  I was amazed that this was even in my walls the whole time we have been living here...7 years.  Another HUGE reason I am so HAPPY to be redoing all of the walls...inner and outer...of our little abode.  NO MORE MOLD :).  So after much scrubbing and then painting the wall with KILZ...this is the end result...

Next up on our list of to-do's is a new window!!  That will be a bit of a task as we will be taking down the metal siding on the outside and putting up wood siding, re-insulating, and putting up a new inner wall!!  So excited to be moving right along.  Meanwhile, I will be cleaning and packing and alot of figuring out how to get what I want with limited funds and space...but I have to admit..I have had ALOT of fun with the figuring.  Can't wait to show off the new window soon.  Till then, may you find inspiration in the little things.

Dream Door Update.....

Well it seems we have run into our first oops!!  We bought the new door to go into the new laundry/mudroom that we are making in our little trailer, BUT....we discovered there is NO WAY that a door can go into the wall.  Not enough space :(  I love this door and did not want to take it back, so I quickly came up with a plan.  I decided to switch front doors with the one we had.  For those of you who live, or have ever lived, in a single wide....you know that the lack of windows and the small size of the windows can make a trailer seem small and dark.  That is one of the BIGGEST problems we face...almost the deciding factor in remodeling our abode!!  After much cutting (door is bigger than the previous door) and shivering( 35 degrees with the door off for 2 hours)  we got that baby in!!  I am IMPRESSED!!!  The door looks awesome as a front door and lets some much needed light into our living room(future dining room)!!!   Small delay on the laundry/mudroom...but well worth it.  Now to start tearing out walls!!  Am I too excited or what???

An Unexpected Surprise...

Last night while browsing the aisles at Home Depot after getting our supplies for the new pallet wall, I found a PLEASANT surprise!!!  A beautiful door!!  We went to the Restore prior to Home Depot and found nothing that would work for a door to our laundry/mudroom from the outside.  There is no existing door, so we have to cut the wall out and make a doorway basically.  There were plenty of doors without frames and they were over $100 for anything that looked halfway decent.  So I figured I would bide my time and start on the wall where our washer and dryer will go.  I am making a wall from pallets and need to rip out existing paneling....re-insulate...and out up plywood prior to building the wall.  So we decided to get our materials and start there :)  I decided to take a walk down the door aisle....just to look.....maybe compare some prices....and there she was....the door of my dreams!!!!  Or at least the door of my laundry room dreams :)  My husband saw the door at the exact same time and said "Bingo" and we knew it was for us.  We don't always agree on everything and this remodel has us disagreeing more than usual, so of course we got her and brought her home!! 

  On an even MORE AWESOME note.....I get to tear down walls!!!  Those who know me, know I have been DYING to do this for a while now!!!  Oh and I got some Pergo floor samples to play with too ;)