In late September, we started the master closet renovation project. We actually started with two closets- one decent sized but odd shaped one that is accessed via the upstairs hallway. In this closet you can access the attic hatch. The second closet was our very shallow, not very useable, master bedroom closet. The two closets shared a wall so we decided to take it down. In a corner of the hall closet the old chimney took up a decent piece of space. When we re-roofed the back half of the house we had the roofers take the chimney down since we don't have a fireplace and it's not being used for anything anymore. Between the additional space from the chimney and the wall between the closets coming down, we were planning for a nice sized master bedroom closet.
It started by Tim taking the chimney down from just under the roof in the attic to the first floor ceiling. These pictures are very blurry but they are the only ones we have during this stage...The first two are from inside the closet looking at the chimney bricks which are covered mortar. The bricks are now in a sculptural stack in the yard.
This is looking into the larger closet from the hallway. There are two mini doors in the back of the closet allowing for access into the crawl spaces in the bathroom and bedroom walls.
The next step was the wall between the two closets coming down. This is looking from the larger closet through the lathe and plaster into the small master closet.
After the wall was down you could see the door into the master bedroom-
Looking from the bedroom into the newly expanded closet. The hole in the floor is the space left from the chimney. The natural wood door is the door from the hallway open into the closet.
You can see the footprint of the old master closet from the flooring on the left hand side.
next steps are the trim, the floor, and designing the closet space- it is much more useable than before but is still in the eaves and space needs to remain open for the attic access.
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