Our internal doors appear to be original, but they’ve been painted white. We had planned to buy replacement luan doors, as they’re cheap (about $40 each) and would look just like the originals did…originally. But our doors are already here. And they fit. So we tried sanding one. It took a while, but the familiar …
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Tag Archives: bedrooms
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door restore
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master hallway
Our closet doors were painted long ago, obscuring the original grasscloth. I’d love to reinstate this, but Karen wants a cleaner look. We repainted our guest room closet, but those door panels had already been re-covered, so provided a smooth surface. Different story in our master, where the painted grasscloth is rough and brittle. We …
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light work
A while back, we ordered some colored cord samples from the (logically-named) Color Cord Company. After limited deliberation, we picked turquoise cord for our first lighting project, which will grace our (almost finished) master bedroom. Our plan was to build two matching lighting fixtures, mounted either side of our bed. We’d love Nelson sconces but …
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solar shade
We’ve been itching to install a covering for our master bedroom sliders, ever since removing our hideous outdoor curtains (yeah, you heard right). The sun beams through here every afternoon, which is great in winter, not so welcome in summer. We wanted a blind to cover the whole width, but most cost in excess of …
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first floor
Back in our master bedroom, time to tackle the floor. Neither of us had installed VCT before, but it seemed straightforward…at least on YouTube. First we removed underlay, revealing our concrete slab, in good shape. You can see where 10×10 inch cork tiles were originally placed. Cork was the Eichler-specified flooring, running throughout the house. …
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master paneling
We’ve been tackling some master bedroom projects, which I’ll need to spread over a few posts. With no need to insulate, we skipped ahead to restoring (yet more) wood paneling. We actually started this a while back, before we’d painted the ceiling beams gray. We planned to restore this wall from the start. It faces …
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master plan
Sorting our guest room created a ripple effect. It gave us somewhere to store our books, meaning we could remove an unsightly built-in bookcase. This led us to restore the living-room paneling. It also gave us somewhere to sleep, allowing us to tackle our master bedroom. This is, naturally, our largest bedroom, at about 16 …
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colored cord
Guess you’d call this a tease. An exciting (for us) delivery the other day –these colored cord samples relate to a series of future projects we’re plotting…or, more accurately, Karen is plotting. We need some wall-mounted lighting in a few areas. If money was no object, we’d buy Nelson sconces –but it is. So we’re …
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be my guest
With Christmas over, and time on our hands, we decided to tackle a room that’s been bugging us –the guest room, AKA the media room (we’d like to give it a purpose, outside accommodating rare guests). It’s decently-sized, by Eichler standards, at about 13 x 11 feet. So far, we’ve just painted the ceiling beam …
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