A Master Bedroom Make Over

Brought to you by Debbie Watts

This is just part one of this makeover. We began in a small master bedroom. When I say small...I mean pretty tiny compared to what most would call a "master bedroom". At only 12' x 10' plus two 3'x2' closets, this bedroom has oddly positioned windows, a small cut out in the wall between the his and hers mini closets, and is in serious need of some paint, new baseboards, new flooring, and everything else you might find in a master bedroom!

We decided to gut the room and get started on this DIY! First up - rid the small bedroom of oversized furniture. Having a Queen bed is one thing, but having a massive Queen sleigh bed is another. When you're working with a small room you need to have furniture that can be pushed as flat against a wall as possible. Also consider the possibility of turning some furniture diagonal. We will get to that part later though. So we have removed all of the furniture. Next, we noticed that there is some pretty good looking hardwood floor in the closets so we thought we would see how the floors looked beneath the carpet. Boy were we in for some work!

The previous owner(s) of this house at some point must have replaced the carpet and had trouble lifting all of the pre-existing carpet padding. Lucky us to discover this - not. As we were removing the carpet, we came across a blue padding underneath which came up nice and easy. However, pieced together in a small portion of the room was a yellow & red carpet padding that seemed to have somehow adhered to the wood floor! With much grumbling and groaning, we googled, asked friends, and finally got to work. For hours we scrubbed and scraped and did everything we could to remove the stuck-on padding. Finally! We were able to lift all of the padding from the floor....but it left behind stains on the floor. OF COURSE! 

So far this is as far as we have gotten. The carpet + padding are all removed. Most staples are out of the floor and the room is empty. Next up - refinishing! All tips and ideas are welcome! Wish us luck!

Be sure to follow along for the progress on this DIY project to see how this room makeover turns out! "LIKE" our Facebook page and follow on twitter for play by play updates as we continue to gut and re-do this room!

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