Bedroom Completion Checklist (Here’s What I Still Need To Do In The Room)
I’m so close to being finished with our bedroom. I have just a few more items to check off of my list before it’s finished, and I’ve reached that point of the project where it feels like a huge lull because while I’m continuing to work on these projects each day, I don’t really have exciting progress to share with you each day. So this is the point of the project where I start to get questions like, “Wait. Did I miss the bedroom reveal? Are you finished?”
No, you didn’t miss anything. It’s so close, but it’s not quite there. Here are the items I still have on my “to do” list for the bedroom.
First, I still need to hem all four drapery panels. All four panels are sewn and hanging, but they look really sloppy right now because they’re not hemmed, and I still need to attach the returns to the wall.
I generally just make all of my drapery panels for a window or a room to one specific length and then hang them, but because the floors in this particular room are the most unlevel floors in our entire house, I’ve decided that the hem in each panel needs to be pinned while hanging so that they look right for that particular area in the room. If I sewed these all to the same length, some would look right while others would look too long or too short. *Sigh* If for no other reason, I’ll be so glad to be done with this room so that I don’t have to work with these unlevel floors anymore. Once everything is finished, I don’t think the unlevel floors will be obvious, but they have sure made this project, from the trim to the draperies, so much more challenging.
The other very obvious project that I still need to do is to cover up the attic access.
This is one of those projects that I’ve dragged my feet on because I just dread it. I have no idea why, though. It will literally require me to attach three pieces of trim. That’s it. Just three pieces of trim. It will probably take me all of one hour to get this completely finished, and that includes the caulking and painting. And yet, I’ve put it off this long. I don’t know why there are projects that I dread so much even when I know they’ll be super simple to finish.
And then I need to paint my little side table. I tried a wood-look finish, but it’s still very obvious to me that it’s a metal table, so that won’t do. I’m going to paint it gold and be done with it.
That’s a simple enough project, but I really should have done that before the weather turned. So now I just have to wait for it to warm up enough so that I can get outside and paint. I hope to do that tomorrow. It’s supposed to be in the 60s during the afternoon tomorrow, so I can’t miss that window of opportunity.
And the final big project (that isn’t really difficult) is that I want to make a duvet cover out of the bird fabric. I already have the two big pillows that my mom made for me out of the bird fabric…
But from the beginning, I’ve wanted the bird fabric to be featured more prominently in the room. I’ve been waiting to see how the room would shape up to make my final decision on just how I wanted to use the rest of the fabric. Initially, I thought I might reupholster that second bench from the breakfast room with the bird fabric and put that bench at the foot of the bed. But now that we’ve been living in this room for a couple of weeks, I’ve decided that I don’t want or need another piece of furniture in here.
Then I considered making a simple throw or small quilt with the extra fabric. But after giving it a little more thought, I finally decided to just make a duvet cover out of it. And since I want it to match the pillows — bird fabric with green trim — I had to order more green fabric to trim out the duvet cover. I have everything I need for that now, so I’m hoping to get that done in the next few days. This will be my first time to make duvet cover, but I can’t imagine that it’s difficult.
And then I have just a couple of random finishing touches, like painting the outlet covers (which are all still striped from the home gym days) and adding a piece of trim in front of the door to cover up the random cut edges of the hardwood flooring that didn’t get covered when the door was installed. Those things are all very quick and simple.
So here’s what my final punch list looks like:
- Hem the drapery panels and attach the returns to the walls;
- Trim out the attic access;
- Paint the side table;
- Make a duvet cover;
- Paint the outlet covers;
- Add trim by the door.
So the list is dwindling, and it’s almost there! I don’t know that I’ll meet my goal of finishing by the end of this month (I blame that on getting sick and being out of commission for about four days), but I’ll be very close! If everything goes as planned, I believe I’ll have this project wrapped up by the beginning or middle of next week. And then, on to the studio bathroom!
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Kristi, you are the little engine that could and does. You’re in the home stretch, you’ll get there, slow and steady wins the race. It looks so amazing and beautiful, what a wonderful retreat to go to at the end of the day.
Cheers to you, Matt and the Fur Babies!
Looks good.
The bird print fabric is quite lovely; I can see why you’d want a way to enjoy more of it.
Hi Kristi. I am in awe of you. I go to your page first thing to get my Kristi fix.
Will you be adding the beautiful curtains to both sides of the windows? I think they would showcase the beautiful headboard and be a fantastic finishing touch! I’m so happy that Matt and your fur babies love your fantastic hideaway. And I imagine that your Mom is also thrilled. Thank you for sharing your beautiful creations!
I won’t. I do think the windows would look great with two panels per window, but here’s the deal. While I love the headboard fabric and the drapery fabric, and I think they look great with some distance between them, I don’t actually like the way they look right next to each other. I think they need that distance to look good together. I won’t say that they clash right next to each other. That’s not the right word. But they don’t look right with them right together. In fact, when I made the headboard, my plan was to use the solid velvet on the cording. But when I got to that step and held the velvet next to the headboard fabric, I didn’t like it at all. But with distance between them, I think they look great.
My go-to system (which I call an “external source of discipline” although it’s coming from inside me) is to say to myself, “Self, what do you NOT want to do the most?” And I answer well, the attic access cover. So then I say “I will work on that aggravating nagging annoying bothersome piece of work for 30 minutes” and I set a timer. I’m allowed to quit when the timer beeps. Never once in all my life have I quit when the timer stopped because by then I’m either so close to done or I am done.
I used to leave the thing I most didn’t want to do until last and that makes it grow to gargantuan size. Unmanageable. Dinosaur 🦕 🦖 t-rex fighting size.
Sometimes the putting off is because I don’t have a piece of it figured out. That’s where my sister comes in (substitute your mama). That doesnt seem to be your issue here though, in this instance.
I know you have your own methods. I just wanted to give you a giggle and tell you again how much fun it is to follow you.
Love to you and your family, skin and fur alike.
XO
Hi Kristi, I know exactly what you mean dealing with uneven floors. A quick question – after you pin the hems of the panels, are you going to finish them by hand or are you taking the panels down to finish the hems with the sewing machine?
I’ll take them down and sew the by hand. 🙂
No need to think more, right? The path is clear. Just put one foot in front of the other and do it.
The ceiling hole first? Most irritating? Easy peasy. Then, the fun projects.
Get them done and you get your lollipop. 🍭 Yum.
Proud of you. All of us are.
So close!!! Sending you lots of energy to get it done!
I never have understood why you don’t buy curtains. It would save a lot of work. You seem to always dread finishing curtains. Maybe your Mom will help.🙂 Or take them to be hemmed, with the measurements, of course. You’ll get there you always do.
I don’t buy curtains because they’re either cheaply made (and never long enough/wide enough) or if they are made well, they’re insanely expensive. I don’t remember ever dreading finishing curtains. These are different because I’ve never had to hang and pin a hem before. This is not how I generally make curtains, so I find it a complete pain. But my standard way of making curtains is not difficult, and I don’t dread it, other than the fact that sewing in general is my least favorite type of DIY project to do. But since I have the ability and the knowledge, and I’m a DIYer, I’m always going to sew anything and everything that I can sew myself.
Sorry, I meant no offense. I thought I remembered you dreading hemming the pink living room curtains.
I wasn’t offended. 🙂 I dreaded everything about those pink curtains, but that’s because I used stretchy suiting fabric to make those. Terrible idea to use stretchy apparel fabric for curtains, but I was determined because the color was perfect. I’d never do that again, though. 😀