The attic was unfinished storage when I started. I framed and insulated, ran baseboard heat, added a skylight, and pulled a permit so the square footage would actually count when I went to sell. After drywall and paint I rolled out red rosin paper, let the Lifeproof vinyl plank acclimate a few days, and laid it down. It came out as a real bedroom plus a home-office nook with lake views.
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Final inspection signed off on the building permit. The attic was now legal living space.
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During Attic painted out, vaulted ceiling done. Original plank subfloor still spattered before I covered it.
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During Set up the table saw and miter saw upstairs to cut trim where I was working.
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During Recessed lights in, walls painted, original floor still exposed before the new flooring went down.
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During Rolled out red rosin paper and let the laminate boxes acclimate a couple days before install.
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During Underlayment laid wall-to-wall. Boards staged so I could work straight off the stack.
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During Cutting in around the skylight wall. Miter saw set right in the room to keep the workflow tight.
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During Floor papered off so I could finish painting without trashing the new subfloor.
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After Finished. Vaulted ceiling, vinyl plank, and a window facing the lake.
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After Skylight pulls daylight into what used to be dead storage space.
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After Looking back across the finished room. Clean lines, no visible seams in the floor.
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After Baseboard heat run on the knee wall so the room is usable in winter.
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After Sloped ceilings worked out cleanly with the trim I cut on site.
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After Long view down the finished room. White walls, gray plank, no surprises.
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After Vaulted ceiling makes the footprint feel bigger than the framing actually is.
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After Wood-look vinyl plank at the skylight wall. Same plank runs through the whole upstairs.
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After Finished bedroom corner with the lake-view window. This used to be unheated attic.
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After Built a storage nook into the knee wall so the dormer space wasn't wasted.
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After First bed assembled in the new room. The whole point of getting it permitted as living space.
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After Second view of the finished bedroom under the slope.
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After Finished attic looking toward the skylight. Real bedroom feel now.
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After Set up the second half as a home office with a standing desk facing the lake windows.
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After Squeezed an en-suite pedestal sink into the dormer corner so the bedroom could function on its own.
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