Abi's Room is (finally) Underway

After living in the house for 4 months...I had to finally put my foot down and insist that John get started on Abi's room.  Abi has been patiently sharing a room with her little brother.  At the age of 14 I feel she should NOT be sharing a room with her little brother...and I don't believe her little brother should have to be sharing a room with his big sister!
This is a picture of Abi's room taken before we move in, I believe it was the second time we had gone to look at the house... I asked if I could take a few pics specifically to take a pic of the attic.

Her room is going to be in the attic, but not like an attic that sits atop the entire house.  This is the second story of the cape side of the house and sits floor level with the rest of the upstairs, so while it is an attic in the traditional sense... she is right there on the second floor of the house with the rest of the bedrooms.

 Clearly it needs a lot of work and John started by ripping out all of the sheet rock ... although in retrospect, i have no clue why.  It was plenty insulated, so pulling the sheet rock off the walls/ceilings seemed like an unnecessary step.  I love the hardwood floors that are in the room already. 

Very distressed looking, after a coat of polyurethane is laid they are going to look like the floors that people pay thousands of dollars to have laid.

One of our first orders of business was putting in a skylight, for now we opted for one on the far side of the room... This will allow for the maximum amount of light to enter her room on the side that she will "live" on.   The chimney which runs floor to ceiling, almost through the center of her room, will act as a room divider. On the far side we will house her bed, dresser, TV, night stands. All the bedroom essentials. On the side closest to the camera we will build in a closet and foyer so to speak. I'm very excited. Here you can see John working diligently on the roof to cut the hole for the skylight... he has himself tied to the chimney. Can you tell he's not fond of heights. (Neither am I). I had the luxury of working from the inside of her bedroom just handing him things through the hole in the room. What fun!

OK, so I want to quickly recap and update (today's date is 7/3/12).... much has been done since I last posted about Abi's room.  Sadly, we are still not quite finished yet.  Her birthday is in 4 short days and she will return from Maine at the same time... I am hoping desperately that it will be done by then.  Here are a few pics of where we have been and where currently are:

 As you can see here John ripped out all the old sheetrock, I'm guessing in an attempt to create more work for himself...which he was very successful in doing.

I even caught him at one point trying to put up drywall without replacing the insulation that had fallen out.  That aggravated me immensely!  This resulted in him having to rip out what he had already done and putting up new insulation.

So as you can tell, when you try to cut corners DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU (and I will)!  Here in New England not adding insulation is a big "no-no" you might as well leave a big hole in the side of the house.

I love the wall color Abi picked, it was Behr Paint and Primer in one, Coral Cream.  It changes shades as you go around the room, and as the light outside changes. 

Sometimes its very coral, other times its a barely- there pink.  Its going to look great with the contrasting turquoise that she loves so much. 

Take note of the floors, we ended up hitting them briefly with a sander and adding a couple coats of polyurethane.  It looks beautiful!  A 200 year old floor...distressed perfectly.  I will add pictures of the floor when I update the end result.  John promises it will be finished tomorrow.  I'll believe it when I see it ;-)