Bedroom Completion Checklist (Here’s What I Still Need To Do In The Room)

I’m so close to being finished with our bedroom. I have just a few more items to check off of my list before it’s finished, and I’ve reached that point of the project where it feels like a huge lull because while I’m continuing to work on these projects each day, I don’t really have exciting progress to share with you each day. So this is the point of the project where I start to get questions like, “Wait. Did I miss the bedroom reveal? Are you finished?”

No, you didn’t miss anything. It’s so close, but it’s not quite there. Here are the items I still have on my “to do” list for the bedroom.

First, I still need to hem all four drapery panels. All four panels are sewn and hanging, but they look really sloppy right now because they’re not hemmed, and I still need to attach the returns to the wall.

I generally just make all of my drapery panels for a window or a room to one specific length and then hang them, but because the floors in this particular room are the most unlevel floors in our entire house, I’ve decided that the hem in each panel needs to be pinned while hanging so that they look right for that particular area in the room. If I sewed these all to the same length, some would look right while others would look too long or too short. *Sigh* If for no other reason, I’ll be so glad to be done with this room so that I don’t have to work with these unlevel floors anymore. Once everything is finished, I don’t think the unlevel floors will be obvious, but they have sure made this project, from the trim to the draperies, so much more challenging.

The other very obvious project that I still need to do is to cover up the attic access.

This is one of those projects that I’ve dragged my feet on because I just dread it. I have no idea why, though. It will literally require me to attach three pieces of trim. That’s it. Just three pieces of trim. It will probably take me all of one hour to get this completely finished, and that includes the caulking and painting. And yet, I’ve put it off this long. I don’t know why there are projects that I dread so much even when I know they’ll be super simple to finish.

And then I need to paint my little side table. I tried a wood-look finish, but it’s still very obvious to me that it’s a metal table, so that won’t do. I’m going to paint it gold and be done with it.

That’s a simple enough project, but I really should have done that before the weather turned. So now I just have to wait for it to warm up enough so that I can get outside and paint. I hope to do that tomorrow. It’s supposed to be in the 60s during the afternoon tomorrow, so I can’t miss that window of opportunity.

But from the beginning, I’ve wanted the bird fabric to be featured more prominently in the room. I’ve been waiting to see how the room would shape up to make my final decision on just how I wanted to use the rest of the fabric. Initially, I thought I might reupholster that second bench from the breakfast room with the bird fabric and put that bench at the foot of the bed. But now that we’ve been living in this room for a couple of weeks, I’ve decided that I don’t want or need another piece of furniture in here.

Then I considered making a simple throw or small quilt with the extra fabric. But after giving it a little more thought, I finally decided to just make a duvet cover out of it. And since I want it to match the pillows — bird fabric with green trim — I had to order more green fabric to trim out the duvet cover. I have everything I need for that now, so I’m hoping to get that done in the next few days. This will be my first time to make duvet cover, but I can’t imagine that it’s difficult.

So here’s what my final punch list looks like:

• Hem the drapery panels and attach the returns to the walls;
• Trim out the attic access;
• Paint the side table;
• Make a duvet cover;
• Paint the outlet covers;
• Add trim by the door.