Bedrooms 1 and 2

The basics: Refinish the wood floor, add the crown molding, In BR1, the casing was installed backwards on the sliding glass door. Wrong casing on BA1 door. Drywall seams are showing; other drywall repairs needed, mostly in BR1. (Refinish the patch on the fireplace wall, for one thing.)

The baseboards are simple quarter-round at top with a quarter-round shoe--maybe replace with the 1x4 used in BA1?

Windows. Replace (2) windows: Awning over fixed. 34" W x 43.75" H. I'd prefer hopper, or hopper over fixed, but that's harder to find. Awning has problem with interior screen, and at BR2 it sticks into deck airspace. Casement has the same problem. Hopper, while solving the screen issue, conflicts with interior window treatments.

Windows to remain are aluminum-colored (like the north-facing windows), making it hard to replace the east-west windows with white vinyl.

Both bedrooms have southern exposures--I think the window treatment needs to be blackout-ready. (On the other hand, that doesn't show up in an open house, and buyers can easily imagine adding blackout curtains.) Color panels over white sheers (voile), floor to ceiling, looks good. Panels can be patterned--shades of blue on a white background, perhaps.

These are actually blackout curtains. Designer: Clarissa Hulse

Doors. The doors in BR2 are single panel, old-fashioned, but original. Replace them with newer 6-panel doors to match the rest of the house? Replace door handles to match matte black lever "standard?" (Kwikset Halifax square bezel, Schlage Latitude round bezel). 

The closet sliding doors in BR1 are clunky slabs, too wide at BR1a and too narrow at BR1b. Seattle Custom Closet Doors. Mirror doors for BR1a? 63" W is harder to find.

Closets. The BR2 closet is tiny, dark and old fashioned. The BR1 closets are similar, except that BR1a is large. All three closets are cedar-lined. Painting the cedar eliminates the benefit, but it's gloomy.

Provide wired-in, motion or door-activated lighting in all three closets. Ikea Oversidan strips are 38" long.

BR1a: Replace shelf and pole with some kind of organizer--stack of shelves, full-height pole and double row of shirt poles. Shoe organizer. Can we do better on the doors? Milk glass sliders like Ikea? Bi-fold? Internet suggests incorporating Ikea dresser into closet scheme. Also, driftwood grey looks better than bright white, I think.

Could widen the opening if I want--leave a 4x4 at either side, add a new 4x8 header. Existing door: 63" W (32 5/8" panels). The closet is 86.5" W, so the opening could be 79.5".

BJÖRNÖYA doors from Ikea--79"x79

BR1b: Pole is hanging from ceiling, no shelf. Shelves over brick are impossible to get to, and the rough wood is unsuited for fabric, like folded sweaters. White melamine would be a big improvement. Need lighting.

Door is 41" W (21.5" panels). Replace with swinging door (41" is too wide, though). White bifold with 3 panels would mimic look of 6-panel doors. Need two 1' 8" doors.

BR2: Shelf and pole are in good order. Leave them for authenticity? Need lighting.

Note on closet poles: Leave as natural wood, since any paint will rub off. Ikea has vertical oval (racetrack) poles--less bearing area for easier sliding. Natural wood is cheapest, easiest (cuts to length) and fits with "Coastal."

Lighting. Rewire so switch controls lamps--1/2 hot, not full. Add outlets, not downlights or boob lights.

On door handles. Maybe we could use what we have now, instead of going to matte black straight levers. Kwikset Commonwealth in Satin Nickel in 3 places (all were installed upside down, which is maybe why I don't like them).