The Bead Board is Capped

Ugh, the room that will not die is one step closer to completion. The cap is on the bead board, which means that caulking and painting the trim is the last step in the process.

We've already painted the interior of the doors and the bead board itself to cover up the seems and nail holes, which really made everything look much better. It's definitely motivation to finish the rest of the project.

It's a beadboard bonanza around here!

You may recall all of two posts ago, that I vowed to get the mudroom done by June 30th.  Josh knows that it kills me to have unfinished projects waiting for me. I love completion! That's why, being the best husband ever, he helped me pound out some major mudroom progress this past weekend!!!

We cut and installed all of the base molding and bead board and put a new door casing on the door that goes from the mud room to the kitchen.

Before:

With paint, base molding and new door casing:

With bead board:

The bead board is still very rough. I've used caulk and wood putty to fill the holes and seems but will go over them one more time to make it all look as clean as possible.

Once everything is sufficiently patched, I'll go over the boards with a pure white in satin and the trims in a pure white semi-gloss. Then I'll add the chair rail to the top and add a piece of flat trim to the long wall for coat hooks.

Josh is taking a class on electrical work for homeowners, so hopefully after his lab this week he can switch out that handy dandy nipple light for one of these:

 I also have to figure out what kind of shelving and storage I want. That part might be finished after my self imposed deadline.

Mud Room Progress

The mud room was high on the priority list when we moved in - well, half of it was. We had ordered our new washer and dryer (GE Profile front loaders) to be delivered the weekend we moved in, so life would be substantially easier if we finished the area behind it prior to their arrival.

Josh didn't really understand why I cared what the mud room looked like, but my personal view is that every room in our house should be presentable. Also, you must pass through the doorway to the room to get to the downstairs bathroom, so it would definitely be seen by guests.

My goal for the room is for it to eventually be pretty and functional. At this stage, it's neither.

Here is where we started:

Confession: I took this photo after we started, but wanted to include a shot of the original wallpaper.

The wallpaper was pretty terrible - it had to go along with the curtains and the cabinet. In its place I'm indulging my love of molding and charm in general and putting up bead board. For the wall color, I decided to go with something dark, since the laundry room seemed like a good place to take a risk. We (okay, I) went with Behr Ultra Starless Night.

So, two months later half of the room is done:

Half of the room is sitting, taunting me: 

The goal is to finish this room by the end of June. That means painting the other side of the room, putting up the rest of the trim and bead board, painting the door, installing coat hooks into the bead board, adding open shelving above the utility sink and changing the light fixture out. 

Fingers crossed for an on-time finish and note to self to tidy up before taking the next set of pictures!