This week I wanted to share some of the progress we have made on the master bedroom. For those who didn’t get to read the previous post, and see what it looked like before we let a bunch of young people tear it apart for us, you can read about our Master Bedroom Project and then come back and read where we are now if you like. Go ahead, we will wait until you get back here.

See that cute little door to what used to be called a dust porch? Well we lost the skeleton key over twenty years ago before we could even get moved into the house, so we never opened the door. Then the homeowner’s insurance decided they would drop us if we didn’t either put up railing on the dust porch, or nail the door shut permanently. So Hubby had to install molding around the door to effectively render it useless and keep the insurance company happy. We had to take photos showing that we had done the work as requested. Since we didn’t want to have to repeat the process at some point in the future and we wanted to open the room up a bit and let in more light, we chose to replace the door with a window.

See how much more light we were able to let in? You can see the old door leaning against the wall. I had the window guys save them for some reason. What do we do with them now?

Before we get too much further, let me show you the rest of the photos of the old windows.

I realize the room looks so much larger BEFORE the new windows were installed, but that is mainly due to the old windows still being in the room and taking up previously open space. For some reason I thought we should hang onto the old ones because they are the same size as about twenty other windows in our house and I hated to get rid of them, because you just never know when we might need to swap one of them out, right? Was this dumb? Could Hubby perhaps repurpose the wood and make picture frames or something from the old windows? We kept the old storm windows and screens too because we really do need to switch a few of them out and use them for spare parts, but the question is, what do we DO with them until we need them?

The door in the corner is the closet door which we fully intend to turn into a pocket door very soon, I hope. Right now we are working on getting all wiring replaced and putting in the outlets and light fixtures. During this long project, we have completely changed our minds about how the bedroom furniture will be arranged when the room is finished. Once it is in place, we won’t be rearranging it. We wanted to install reading lights above both sides of the bed, so we needed to know where the bed would be to make the final decisions.

Since we took the walls down after we had the house insulated, we are taking the time to make sure to fill any gaps in the insulation before we put the drywall up. The white stuff on the outside walls is the insulation. We are also insulating the ceiling before putting the drywall up over it. Hopefully between the outside insulation and the new windows, the room will be nice and cozy when it is finished. We are also adding insulation to the inside walls to help sound proof it a little bit.

So, what do you think about the new windows? We could only afford to do the one room and it just made sense to do it while the room was torn apart. Did we make the right decision on the door being replaced by a window? I feel like it really brings the light in and makes the room seem larger. Please feel free to leave your comments or suggestions below.