Master Bedroom Closet – One Room Challenge (Week 2)
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Hey y’all…welcome to our Master Bedroom Closet – One Room Challenge (Week 2), which we can’t believe is already here! We’ve made some progress with creating a master bedroom closet, but there is still a lot to be done. As we shared with you last week, we were tired of the makeshift closet we had created on the room off the master bedroom and felt it was time to create a real master bedroom closet. Pulling together different ideas, we created the mood board below to help us design a space we’re going to love.
If you have forgotten what we were working with, here is the before photo with our rolling racks, out of date carpet, and clutter…
We got everything cleared out of the space and then got to work with pulling the carpet up. When we lifted that first corner we were really hoping for some hardwoods, but of course we couldn’t be that lucky.
Using a pry bar, we pulled up all of the tack strips, which was kind of fun. What was not fun was taking all of the staples out of the floor.
The previous owners had used bondo or something similar on part of the floor, so we had to sand this down as best as we could.
Then came the fun part of figuring out what to put down for flooring. Our original thought was doing interlocking hardwood floors, which we thought would be easy enough for us to do. But then when we realized that there would be some tricky edges we would have to figure out, as well as the overall cost, we started looking at other options. We are really trying to work with a strict budget and didn’t want to blow it all on flooring. So, on one of our many visits to the Home Depot, we found a ream of vinyl flooring that looks like wood and is a lot cheaper! The best part is that they will cut how much you need, which makes things so much easier.
We still had to make some cuts, but this is much easier than getting out the saw and cutting pieces of wood. All we needed to use was a heavy duty exact knife.
Ta-da! Here is the flooring laid down and we think it looks great if we do say so ourselves.
To us you cannot tell that it’s vinyl and really fits the look we are going for perfectly. Now don’t get us wrong, it wasn’t the easiest thing to install, but it took about 2 hours to do and that was just with one person doing it. It definitely beats putting down hardwood floors, which would have taken us some time to do.
We’re thrilled with the progress we’ve made, but we still have a long way to go. This weekend we will definitely be weekend warriors to get a lot more done off of our checklist. Also, be sure to visit Calling it Home to see tons of other One Room Challenge projects for more inspiration. Until next week!
XO – Jenn & Vicki
You guys that floor looks just like planked wood! So cool! I’m excited about the direction this space is headed. I know it’s going to be amazing. Hugs, Coco PS I hope you soaked in the magically tubby after sanding the floors and pulling up the tacks/staples. My back hurts just looking at that
We must admit that we are amazed at how closely it looks compared to a plank floor. It even has a textured feel similar to wood. We hope that we can pull this off over the next few weeks!
I love the flooring. Did you have to glue the back to your subfloor? I was thinking this might be great for my craft room.
Hi Ann – Yes…we used a double-sided tape meant for vinyl flooring. Very inexpensive, This flooring would be ideal for a craft room, easy clean up.
I love your plan! And the floor came out great! Good job this week 🙂
Thanks so much Denise! We are really loving the flooring!
I know this was a lot of work, but well worth it.
You know it was JJ!
The new flooring looks beautiful! Here’s to another productive week!!!
Hey Kristi – We can’t thank you enough! You are a seasoned pro at this…we feel like we are just now finding our groove LOL.
The floors look awesome! I have this in my basement and whenever people come over they are like I love your hardwood floors and I’m like yea they’re vinyl! I love your mood board! Looks like the space is going to rock!!
Hi Laurie – We appreciate it so very much! The vinyl really was a great decision for this space. It looks great, and you really can’t tell that they are not wood floors!
Love the new flooring ladies!! So excited to be in this ORC together! And I love the window in your closet… good luck this next week!!! xo
Thanks Kendra – We need all of the luck that we can get! We knew the ORC was fast and furious, but whew! LOL…good luck to you as well.
Jennifer and Vicki I adore the direction that your room is headed towards! You did SO much better than I did in my room this week.
I would love for you to share this post at Thoughts of Home on Thursday. I think our readers would really enjoy it!
Good luck in the upcoming week!
Hi Laura – Thank you. This is our first ORC and we have been a little ill prepared! Your space is great! We will head over and link up and thanks for the invite!
Totally inspiring! You make me feel like I could redo the flooring in my house, too. I like that vinyl, it looks so great. Thanks for sharing!
Melissa
Hi Melissa – Thanks so very much! We are so happy with this vinyl flooring. It looks like real wood planked floors but so much easier to install.
Nice job getting in your flooring!! I really like the look of it – it looks like real wood to me!
Hey Jenny – Thanks, we really appreciate it. The flooring really does look like wood planks and we are loving it!
you guys, that looks amazing!! love the color and i love how tiles now take on the appearance of hard wood floors but more practical. great job!
Hi Yuni – you are so kind! Thank you so very much. We are very happy with how the floors turned out!
That vinyl flooring looks amazing! I can think of so many positives for using this material. Cost and upkeep are just two that quickly come to mind. Great job. I can’t wait to see the completed space, but I already know it’s going to be terrific.
Bambi
Thank you Bambi! This was a serendipitous flooring choice. I really wanted wood but this vinyl looks great in the space. Hopefully the closet will look like the vision in my head!
Speaking of organization, you guys look like the queens of it! I am impresses by your challenge you guys are really going all out . I love all the pics on the moode board Good luck Maria
Thanks so much Maria! We hope we can get the closet to look like our mood board LOL. Cheers to a great week!
The floor looks great and I can’t wait to see the finished product!
Thanks Darrielle! We are working hard to get the closet finished 🙂
Wow great progress! This is going to be an awesome space.
Hey Jordan – We hope we can pull this off LOL. thanks so very much!
Wow! Amazing! I love this product, what a great idea for a closet. Gosh, its such a great space to begin with…can’t wait to see how it all turns out.
Hey Deb – Thanks so much! We think our flooring option turned out to be a great one. It looks like real wood! We hope we can pull the rest of the room together and get it done on time LOL