Mudroom/Office Part 1

If you missed our plans... Here's the link for you to take a looksee. 😊

Mudroom/Office Plans

Here's what we've done so far.... We removed the water baseboard heat. This is the last room that had still had them.

Then we took off all of the brown paneling and started to rip out the indoor/outdoor carpet.

Hubby wired the wall with all the outlets and light switches. He also wired the two way switch for the overhead lighting. Once the closets are built, we'll finish the center outlets and add switches on the closet walls.

Before we start building closets, we needed to address the ceiling. It was pretty much falling down in areas. Where the air vents were placed the ceiling tiles were sagging. Hubby's leg came though the ceiling in another area. (Oops!) Let's just say it needed work! 

As I began taking it down... it felt like it was cardboard, definitely not very sturdy. We are so glad to be replacing it!

We were looking at all the options for the ceiling. We considered drywall. I just did not want to do seams, mud and sand the ceiling. That is not fun.... We had even looked at doing a 'coffered ceiling' with beams, but no guarantee it would cover the drywall seams. The best best, and the most expensive, was installing shiplap. The real stuff, not the 'fake underlayment shiplap' that we usually do. We chose 12 foot boards that could span the entire width of the room. It was well worth it!!!

I thought taking down the "cardboard" ceiling was going to be a nightmare. I thought the insulation was all of the "fluff stuff". But it's not! It's mostly rolled insulation, so it isn't all falling on my face as I take down the tiles. It went surprisingly well.

When they installed the "cardboard" ceiling, they added firring strips to staple them to. Which worked our perfectly for the shiplap to be nailed to. 

The new shiplap is looking sooooo good! We're about 2/3 finished. Lowe's ran out, so we'll finish later.

We are past where the closets will be, so we picked up some lumber and drywall to start building closets. Yay!

I'll keep you posted.

Blessings,
Lori