Spa Room Transformation, Part 2: Our New Study

We've finished the room previously known as the "Spa Room". New sub-floor, insulation throughout, new electrical, sheetrock, lighting, paint, and carpet. For the first part of this room's makeover, click HERE. Take a look at some of the final steps in creating our new study/office/craft space!

The little guys helped me paint. They did a great job!

He had so much fun painting, he didn't want to quit!

I'm loving how this paint color looks, especially with the bright white trim!

We used plain boards for the mop-board and window trim, and also for the wall corner and ceiling trim. 

The new lights and ceiling fan are just right!

It's looking so good! 

We opted for an inexpensive variety of commercial carpet tiles and glued them down.

With the kids still being little and messy, we thought this would be the most economical, since the carpet would likely need to be replaced in a couple of years. 

I still need to make some curtains that fit these windows a little better, but I really like this room so far!

It's the most-completed room in our whole house! I love it! 

Spa Room Transformation, Part 1

I think the last time I really talked about the "Spa Room" is when we were planning on turning it into a baby room, when we were expecting Baby W.... which was all of five years ago. 

Obviously, time and life had other plans, and that spa room has sat there untouched these last few years. Finally this year, we hit it hard.... and finally got it DONE! 

I'll be posting this in two segments, one to show the work-in-progress, and one to show the finished project. These posts will be pretty picture-heavy. 

Beneath the old tile floor was the original wood floors,

but part of it was rotten from an old water leak under the whirlpool tub. 

Plywood was screwed down directly onto the original floor.

Little I loves to help!

The new wiring going in nicely. 

I'm pretty happy with my first time hanging insulation. It was much easier than I expected. 

Sheet-rock going up. This is always the part where we discover just how NOT square this old house is. 

We left this wall in the original siding. This was the outside of the house at one time. 

Mud is drying. 

Handy Husband took his time making sure the sheetrock looked really good.

Lots of mud, sanding, mud, sanding. 

Adding the window trim and sills.

Eventually we still plan on replacing these windows, but there's no hurry. 

Another look at the old siding on this wall. 

In PART 2, we'll see the new lighting, paint, and carpet go in.