The Great Castle5000 Bedroom Remodel

You might remember that Mrs.5000 and I spent a lot of time this winter finishing up a remodel of the Castle5000 upstairs bathroom -- a remodel that had, in fact, been chugging along off and on for years. And you might well suppose that having polished off that heroic task, we would just call it good and go rest on the fainting couches or something.

Bedroom ReModel 2010: The Before Pictures

But no! We are prolonging the winter housework season into spring this year, so that we can create some order and the semblance of a cared-for environment in the North Tower. Our boudoir has long been in a vaguely romantic state of shabby decay. Note, if you can see it, the dirty, cracked paint job, and the chunks falling off of the ceiling. (The floor isn't as bad as it looks here, with a dropcloth over newish carpeting.)

Even one of our own architectural alterations of the Castle, the his 'n' hers matched closets, are sealed (and only semifinished) behind these semifinished doors and walls.

The last attention paid to the room likely came during the 1960s or early 1970s, by my guess.

These built-in shelves combine a certain student-apartment functionality with an almost total lack of aesthetic appeal. We're going to make it all handsome (knock wood) and put in shelves that don't sway under the weight of books.


And we'll replace this with something a little a little less -- how to say it? -- elderly aunt-ish. Which, oddly, makes me feel a little sad, because it reminds me of lower middle class life in the 1970s. But it's time to move on.



So To Work!!

So, starting with the ceiling, we've been tearing into the project with characteristic vigor and zeal.

More updates on this exciting project as events unfold.