Room remodel

[TheGrey]

I am keenly interested in the way you have the closet laid out. Can you find out from your wife what kind of shelves those are, and where she got them? I have a closet that may possibly be redeemed by shelves on the end like that.

Bully for you for doing the floor! Respect. I tried to do the kitchen floor with vinyl planking, and it was nearly the end of me.

We used the green frog tape when we repainted a wall in the kitchen, and it didn't remove any paint when we took it off. Do you know what kind of tape you used?

You did a good job- and I like the shade of flooring.

[Irving]

I asked about the shelves and she just said "Big Lots," so it could be anything. Fortunately I still have a box laying around. I will say that like most other composites that one has to assemble, these seem pretty fragile, where the paper backer is required piece to hold the whole thing together. With them tucked into the corner like that, I'm not too worried about them. The floor is really pretty easy, just need to take your time and pay attention to small details and make sure all your trim is off before placement. I had to remove the door jamb in the closet to make sure I wouldn't have a gap when finished. I did NOT do that in the other room, and as a result have ugly gaps that just scream (First time DIY!) when you look at them. We have the vinyl planks (with the sticky tongue and groove) in the kitchen, and while I didn't personally do that one, it seems more difficult with less margin of error. Let me grab a picture of that shelf box for you.

[fportmen45]

I hope you have sampled for asbestos.

Those look like asbestos tiles.

[brutal]

I asked about the shelves and she just said "Big Lots," so it could be anything. Fortunately I still have a box laying around. I will say that like most other composites that one has to assemble, these seem pretty fragile, where the paper backer is required piece to hold the whole thing together. With them tucked into the corner like that, I'm not too worried about them. The floor is really pretty easy, just need to take your time and pay attention to small details and make sure all your trim is off before placement. I had to remove the door jamb in the closet to make sure I wouldn't have a gap when finished. I did NOT do that in the other room, and as a result have ugly gaps that just scream (First time DIY!) when you look at them. We have the vinyl planks (with the sticky tongue and groove) in the kitchen, and while I didn't personally do that one, it seems more difficult with less margin of error. Let me grab a picture of that shelf box for you.

Whomever did the wood floor in our kitchen/hall/bath was a doofus. Same person apparently that also did the tiles in the upstairs baths. Instead of undercutting the door casings and trim, they fit the wood to the jambs. Sorry if you did that once and feels are hurt.

It looks great from here!

P.S. They also didn't pull the kitchen cabs or add a riser to the countertops that were resurfaced (with effing ceramic tile - yuk). Hence, replacing the dishwasher (twice now) has been a royal PITA and required a cutout of the bullnose. Looks like ass but I can't afford to redo.

[TheGrey]

Big Lots! I never even thought about Big Lots. Thanks for checking on the box.

I'm sure the backing is cheap-cheap-CHEAP, but I'd be securing them to the inside side wall of the closet, so that's not too much of a concern for me.

[Irving]

Whomever did the wood floor in our kitchen/hall/bath was a doofus. Same person apparently that also did the tiles in the upstairs baths. Instead of undercutting the door casings and trim, they fit the wood to the jambs. Sorry if you did that once and feels are hurt.

It looks great from here!

P.S. They also didn't pull the kitchen cabs or add a riser to the countertops that were resurfaced (with effing ceramic tile - yuk). Hence, replacing the dishwasher (twice now) has been a royal PITA and required a cutout of the bullnose. Looks like ass but I can't afford to redo.

No hurt feels here. Not doing an undercut was exactly the problem. I didn't know any better at the time and was just trying to get it done. As a result, it looks terrible and I'm thankful that it's toward the end of the room, so I'll only have to tear up the closet to access the bad parts for a repair in the future.

Bad job.



Better job

Big Lots! I never even thought about Big Lots. Thanks for checking on the box.

I'm sure the backing is cheap-cheap-CHEAP, but I'd be securing them to the inside side wall of the closet, so that's not too much of a concern for me.

As for the tape, I used the green Frog tape in the other room, and it removed paint. I ran out of that tape and bought blue Frog tape, and that removed paint as well. From what I understand, "Edgelock technology" means "removes new paint."





I didn't build the closet around the shelf, it just happened to fit in a happy coincidence. I wasn't sure what I was going to do about the closet, and I wasn't looking forward to spending a lot of money trying to build a custom closet, so this worked out fine.

[brutal]

Did you have CLEAN/DRY walls prior to paint?

No dust, dirt, grease. TSP everything first to get some bite.

Your follow up work looks awesome!

[Irving]

I'm sure that my issues with the tape pulling paint have everything to do with my lack of painting experience, and less to do with an issue with the tape. I dislike painting so much that I find it difficult to even look up tips to do a better job.

[TheGrey]

That closet shelving looks exactly like what I've been thinking about for the closet in the office. Thank you for the pics! Now I just need to take some measurements to see if that will fit.

[Irving]

Okay, last picture. This door opening is about 49". When framing everything, I was concentrating on having each side of the wall be the same size, and thought I had measured about 48". I wasn't too worried about it because I figured doors would have some overlap. Well, it turns out that doors made to fit a 48" opening are ranged where 48" is the max, and the next step up is something like 56". So, as you can see, there is about a 3/8"-1/2" gap on either side. Bummer. Also, while I like the mirror doors, they are VERY cheap. I knew I was buying contractor grade (the name is even something like Contractor's Glass), but they were the "middle" grade. I knew they were cheap, but was still disappointed when I got them out of the box. They're just fine for a rental I suppose.



Anyone have recommendations on a brand of blinds? I'd like cloth, honeycomb style blinds. Nothing too fancy, but not looking for regular plastic blinds.