We decided to give our upstairs a much needed facelift. We installed new windows and doors a year ago and now it was time to work on the inside. Upstairs has one “master” bedroom, a bath and another bedroom the girls share. Since the house is a bit tight on storage space, we decided to focus on smart storage. I started out by refinishing a cabinet in the hallway that we will use as a linen closet. That was about 3 days of scraping. Then I worked on the beams in the bedrooms, they were painted over but we are going for a ‘modern/rustic’ look, that was much easier to refinish. The floors are a mix of different types of wood – the previous owner certainly had an interesting design in mind for how to lay them out. We sanded the floors and they cleaned up nice. Over the top we added a natural finish.

These lights sure are fancy, someone new will hopefully love them, removed and replaced with can lights.

We hope to tear down this wall as there is a hidden room behind it, looking into have a wall shelving unit built in its place.

Next up is new paint and then we work on the bathroom, new tile, new vanity, barnwood sliding door. The girls love running around (and wrestling) in the empty space. We hope to have it all done in 2 weeks!