Master Bedroom Progresses

October 13, 2008, 2:49 am
Filed under: Planned Improvements

So, after much wringing of hands, we’ve got the old closet, the furniture, and the contents of the room out.

Even the crappy old carpet is gone (and the odd red strip in the back of the closet). So, once that was done, we decided the new closet needed a frame (excuse the fisheye, and the trendy macrame lamp).

Then, we decided it would be a good idea to sheetrock and mud the new walls. The plug in the back of the closet was eliminated, in favor of running through the closet walls, up around with the light (to be placed) on the inside of the closet wall. The hell of it all is that almost all of the wiring in this house (being a mid-60′s house) is aluminum. You have to put a tar-like anti-oxidizer into the wire nuts if you want to join copper and aluminum without galvanic corrosion. If I were more industrious, I would tear all that old crap out of there, but the aluminum is of appropriate gauge, and everything is in good condition, so I’ll just keep on truckin’ with what I have.

At that point, I decided it might be a good idea to add lighting and a fan to the room. The lighting comes from four 5″ cans with black baffles, and a 54″ Hunter Standford. Fortunately, I’ve gone with a somewhat more sane approach for this wiring job – a whole new branch circuit, run from the breaker box, with brand new 12-3 copper wiring.