Bunk Room Intro

August 12, 2018 Courtney Foster Shearer

We are in the finishing stages of the bath remodel, you know, the stage where I agonize for days/weeks/months (please no) over the final details. While we work on bringing that all together, we have simultaneously moved on to the bunk room aka Croix's Big Boy Room!

Before we get into the plan and progress so far, let me give you a little back story on the space.

You may remember the bedroom sits right outside the bathroom, and served as our work zone for all things tile cutting, wood chopping and staging for that project.

But before it became our work zone it served as a guest bedroom.

A guest bedroom with two queen beds. Yes, the room is big. When the people did the remodel/addition to this house back in 2007 they split the entire second floor between the master suite and this bedroom. So, yeah it’s a big room for a little boy which is why we plan to turn this space into a bunk room/playroom for Croix + sibling(s).

So, here is our proper Before, empty and as it was the day we moved in.

The space was one of only 3 areas left with carpet. When we moved in the entire upstairs had carpet, but we had hardwoods installed in the upstairs hallway and our bedroom before moving in. So, this room + our closets were the only carpeted areas that remained. Until now that is....

Step one of this project was to remove the carpet and have hardwoods put down. We went with 5” white oak that we got from Floor & Decor. We bought hardwoods from them back in 2015 as well but went with 3 1/2” boards that time around, that size was unavailable this time, but we figured as long as all was stained the same color, it didn’t matter if the width changed in a bedroom. We had a small bundle of the 3 1/2” boards left from last time so we decided we wanted to add a “Herringbone Rug” in the little hallway within the bedroom.

It’s a small little detail, at only roughly 24” wide x 48” long, but we knew it would be a great little feature to greet you as you walk through the space. The installers weren’t thrilled to execute this idea, but they made it happen and we really love the way it turned out.

It’s amazing what a difference the hardwoods make. The room already has white-ish walls and gets GREAT natural light with 5 windows in the bedroom 1 in the closet, so the hardwoods were just the icing on the cake for an awesome backdrop to built-out Croix’s new room.

Next up....the bunks!! We have been scheming for this part of the project for months and we're really excited for the concept. Brent drew out the whole thing on Sketch-Up (his skills know no bounds).

Here is a sneak peek of our final plan...

We have enlisted help from our Dad’s and Brent’s brother Phillip, so hopefully by this time next weekend this portion will be done!

All photos are my own.