Nursery Room

The kitchen is not the only project that is underway in our household...we are also working on, well, EVERY other room! Priorities dictate that we handle the kitchen and Nursery room first. I mentioned before that the nursery furniture is coming in next week, so I figured I'd post up some before and after shots of that room before the furniture fills it up. Here they are (you can click on each for a bigger view...sorry about the lighting).





Here's the rundown of what we did so far:

• Ripped up carpets and removed dried up carpet padding
• Removed TILES that were beneath the carpet!
• Refinished floors (contractor)
• Removed all trim and replaced with new trim, including new door
  
• Installed new chair rail
  
• Prepared ceiling and walls for skimcoats...original wallpaper was painted over, needed to be fixed
• Skimmed the room (2 coats). Skimming, by the way, is putting joint compound (a type of putty normally used to smooth out joints in the sheetrock) all around the room. It eliminates many imperfections in the walls.
  
• Changed the electrical outlets (3-prong grounded)
• Changed dimmer switch
• Installed phone jack in wall
• Changed registers (vent grates)
• Removed doors from closets
• Primed and painted!

Wow...I didn't realize how much had been done until I just wrote it down.

Extra special thanks to my brother, who helped me so much with this room. Among other things he did the skimcoats, helped rip up the trim, and installed all the new trim. All while coming back and forth from New York...which can be a real pain in the ass on weekends! I'm sure his little niece/nephew will appreciate it. =)

There's actually a little left to do in this room:

• Ceiling light/possiblyceiling fan (I read that it helps with babies)
• Install a closet organization system for the baby (we sketched out the design)
  
• Curtains for the windows and closet (no doors for the closet).
• Paint the door and put in new hardware.
• Furniture!

Next updates/pictures will be of the completed room.