Renovation Progress VI

I have finally finished sorting, organizing and putting everything away!

The only thing I didn't do was put the trim on the tables. That is purely cosmetic and I really wanted to get the room functional. I will worry about making it all pretty over the next few weeks.

Renovation Progress V

The only renovation work left to do is attaching the moulding to the edges of the tables. That shouldn't take very long but it does require setting up the miter saw again.

I had already planned out where I wanted everything hung so it didn't take too long to get a few things up on the walls. The plastic boxes hold all my paper, the DVD towers store my ribbon, the cassette holder on the wall is for my inks and glitters and the red drawers are all my metal collage doo dads.

These shelves will hold all my seed beads and my sewing machine will live underneath.

The pegboard is one of the most important things and I didn't even take a picture of it before I started loading it up. It holds all my tools, my glues and tapes and all my rulers. These shelves over my table will hold everything from pens, pencils, markers and paints to rubber stamps, punches, embellishments and things to be decorated.

I'm trying very hard to be organized and make a place for everything. The whole point of this project was to make my room more functional. I can't wait to find out if it worked!

Renovation Progress IV

After we finished building the island table we started working on the other tables. They would be two 2' x 8' tables in an L configuration under the window.

Once we were done with all the cutting and sanding I had to thoroughly clean the room again. It's a hassel but with the weather here it really made more sense than trying to brave the heat and mosquitoes outside. After the cleaning we started laying the floor tiles.

I continued to lay tile while Allan took care of some electrical work. The outlets were loose, so they all got replaced along with the light switch!

We moved all the tables and the table tops back into the room and began giving them the finishing touches.

The tile I chose for the table tops is almost an exact negative of the tile on the floor, but it is a matte finish instead of glossy.

Almost done with the table tops!

I swung the island into position and arranged the shelves underneath it, 2 on each side. The shelves are from Walmart for $15 each and they will provide excellent storage on both sides of the room!

Renovation Progress III

It took 4 coats of paint over the tinted primer to get the red even but it was definetly worth it! It looks great and I am finally able to move on to the next stage.

This is the trim I picked out to go on the wall between the two paint colors.

This is the trim on the wall once I got it primed and painted!

We had to get my mom to help us haul the MDF home because it wouldn't fit in either of our vehicles. We did manage to get the 2x4's in my Jeep but I had to sit on the floor in the back on the way home.

 We set up all the power tools and got to work measuring and cutting the wood for all the tables.

This is the island work counter. It is standing height, built so that 4 small bookcases fit underneath. The top is going to be a 4' x 5.5' piece of MDF covered in vinyl floor tiles.