Payton’s Room: Update #3

The last update was awhile ago, I know, you have all been dying to know how things are going. So I can officially say that I am done! I finished it last night. Now we just have to move Payton back into the room, but we will do that when we come home from the beach. We ended with Step 11, I suppose we should pick up from there.

Before I get into that step, I need to explain three things that required outside assistance. First was carpeting, second was windows, and third was obviously the furniture. The goal was for the windows to be put in, then I could finish the accent wall. I was hoping the carpet would be one of the final pieces to the puzzle. Well….life never goes the way you want. The window guys were backed up because of the weather, then the carpet came early, but came with a defect, so they had to replace it. So yeah, the furniture was delivered the day after the carpet was installed, then the windows came. Oh well, I made it work. 

Step 12: With all of that stuff done, I got started on the accent wall. This was a ton of work. Lindsey and Payton decided they wanted board and batten, but not your standard design. Nope…they wanted this:

 And Payton decided on Mystic Sea as the color. This should be super easy, right??? I decided to draw it out, which Payton thought was amazing. I painted the wall first, then attached the top and bottom boards. Next I did vertical boards on the outside. Then I made a spacer to save time from measuring each vertical distance. Unfortunately, my math was wrong. I did the space between from the walls, but I should have measured from inside the outer vertical boards. Fortunately I did not have any boards up yet, so I was able to adjust the spacer, and I decided to just draw the boards onto the wall so I was sure they came out perfectly.

Once the vertical boards were up, it was time for the angled ones. They were actually much easier than I expected. The bad thing was, I got to a point, and I had to wait for the window guys to come (I know, I implied earlier that I started all this after those things were done, but it was really in between the carpet and windows) because I need to see how the casing around the window would look.

Windows get installed, I do the casing myself. Then I am able to install the rest of the vertical boards, and the angled boards. The tricky part was continuing the boards through the window, then making sure all of the angles matched up as if the window was not there. I am not going to lie, I am super proud of this. If you take a longer board, and place it over the window, the line up, but also the angled ones also continue where they should (there were a few spots that I had to remind myself that if the board extended through the window, the angled piece would not start where I was expecting, but sometimes lower…I know, this is confusing, haha–basically, just trust me that it was difficult, and I did a great job!).

Step 13: Now that the wall board & batten was installed. It was time to caulk. I caulked the shit of those bad boys. After it was completely caulked, I sanded the entire thing down. Once it was all super smooth, I painted the boards.

 Step 14: The closet (okay, I should probably mention that I did the closet while I waited for the window guys–but it does not make much sense for me to jump around since you were all dying to know what the accent wall looked like). Once the carpet was installed, I could do the closet.

We found a cool closet system on Wayfair (I think), and it was honestly pretty easy to install. Our first thought was to have the two pieces side-by-side, but it made more sense to turn the one (it has drawers, and we made sure to give Payton enough room to be able to open them and still stand there). Once that was installed, I did the trim inside the closet.

Step 15: Now it was time for the trim in her room. I was nervous about this as well. I have done some trim in our house (to varying degrees of success). I decided this time to learn how to do a trim return. I put up the casing around the closet as well. Spoiler alert…I screwed up. But more on that in a minute. I did a good job on the trim, if I do say so myself. Granted, it took me way longer than it would have taken my dad (he would have just measured it all, and did all of his cuts in one shot…I have to measure, cut, trim, cut another one, and build it like a puzzle, but eventually I got there!). 

Step 16: More Caulk!!!! You can hide all your mistakes with a little caulk…
Step 17: Way more caulk!!! This time it was for the closet. I had to caulk the frame to make it appear to be one solid piece. Once it was done, I painted it, and honestly, it looks good. Not like, great, but good. Nothing a closet door won’t hide.
Step 18: The closet door…
Ugh…
We bought a bi-fold barn door. The instructions were awful. But here comes my big mistake. The trim around the door, would not work with metal bar I had to install. I had to rip it out, and install a flat board. I was able to caulk it, and sand it down so it looks good.

Once that was finished, I painted the doors, then attached the rollers, and hung them up. It took a few hours of messing around, but I finally got them installed properly, and this is probably the only part of the room that I am displeased with. They look nice, but they leave too much of a gap. Also the left door brushes the carpet more than the right door. But everything is level up top. Oh well, if there is just one thing wrong, I can live with that!

So next up we have to put together her bed, and start arranging stuff, then move her clothes from Logan’s room. For all intensive porpoises, my job is done! Oh, I need to install a door stop, but that should take like five seconds.