It's like a man-cave, if man-caves were built for teenage girls. We got this couch that forced a piece of furniture upstairs, which forced us to turn the guest room into something else. Enter the teenager. I had to completely remodel the bathroom up there, she called it "working on her suite". She originally picked the orange color when we moved in 8 years ago, now she wanted it purple. We had to replace the carpet, move the furniture up, and hang a huge TV on the wall.
We had a recent family vacation in Pigeon Forge, TN, so I took pictures of the teen-cave to show off to the bigger family that doesn't come visit us in Raleigh. Enjoy the tour and some pictures from the vacation.
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| These stairs used to have carpet on them. I still need to paint the risers, and the treads could use some refinishing too. |
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| The landing was hardwood under carpet! Such a pleasant surprise. |
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| The remodeled bathroom. |
On my woodworking blog, I did a whole category for this bathroom remodel. We found that sink on a clearance sale at Lowe's, same with the engineered flooring ($30 and $40, respectively). I also blew open a closet, made those shelves, flushed up the wall, redid the electrical, added the medicine cabinet and 2 lights, made my own shiplap and did the accent wall back there, hung the rest of the drywall... it was quite a mess. But the finished product is really cool. The tiny bathroom up there came out great!
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| New carpet, and we moved all of her furniture up there |
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| The double recliner that spurred the whole thing |
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| The big TV mounted with the playstaion and VR |
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| The whole big family on the train at Dollywood |
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| And out on the deck at the cabin we rented |
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| the cabin was really nice |
It was a really fun vacation in TN. Morgan made it with his wife, and my parents of course, but Michael had to stay home with a sick kid. I thought the room turned out great, everyone else agreed. This was a great way to setup the holidays.
2 comments:
I recognize that room from my visit to Raleigh in 2013! That is a really cool teen cave - especially the big screen tv with the cozy recliner couch!
I visited that part of TN for Easter when I was living in Charlotte. My brother and his wife and kids spent Easter there and I came and stayed with them. We had a blast in that area. The kids were too young to hike but my brother and I got a short hike to a waterfall in after mass on Easter. That sounds like a fun family get together. The cabin looks great!
Love the teen cave - so cool! Eric has recently gotten really into wood working. I will have to check out your other blog. That cabin looks beautiful. Great view!
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