Unfinished Attic Room

Before you put up wallpaper or decorate.

Unfinished attic room.

Between the beds open shelving stores books and displays colorful accessories. Just send the kids upstairs when they re getting too rowdy for a little. It may take 2 to 3 coats to cover the new drywall. A seating area built in bookcase and cozy rug gives this attic room a homey touch.

50 linear feet of baseboard. Finishing the attic 1. An attic room must measure 10 5 foot at the ridge line and at least 50 percent of the finished space must be 7 5 foot tall or more. If you re finishing your attic insulating it to the proper r value can cause a dramatic loss of headroom if you limit yourself to fiberglass batts.

With a few ideas it is possible to create many storage spaces to make the most of these unused spaces and space and sometimes even play with the architecture of the room to create new spaces. Delineate space with it. Four sheets of inch osb oriented strand board 16 linear feet of berber carpet. Perimeter drawers cabinets and cubbies save space.

Use storage wisely recess it into knee walls. Find a diagram of common air leaks here. Step 4 measure your joists. 48 liner feet of closet shelf.

Prime and paint the walls. 400 square feet of 3 by 16 inch insulation. Instinctively eyes will be drawn to the sloped ceiling in most attics so it s a good. Look for ways to work.

Throw together a multipurpose room. Get the how to on recessing a chest of. Standard joist spacing for the installation of attic flooring materials is 16 inches on center oc meaning the distance from the center of one joist to the center of the next joist is 16 inches. Gaps in the attic or between the lower floors and the attic will let heated or cooled air escape to the great unconditioned outdoors making any insulation you add essentially useless.

Spend extra on the ceiling. To meet all three goals insulating your finished attic ventilating the roof and maximizing headroom use a combination of dense batt insulation rigid foam sheeting and air chutes. The attic offers beautiful floor space but it is often difficult to arrange the place because of the slopes of high ceilings. The sloped ceiling textured wallcovering and platform beds of this attic bedroom evoke the feeling of sleeping in a tent an especially luxurious one.

14 sheets of beadboard. An unusual baluster three than two pattern adds architectural interest to the space. Use every nook and cranny. Even awkward niches alongside chimneys and pipe chases or near low walls offer an.