Original Condition

My Fixes

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Wish List

Master Bedroom Wish List by Vendor

www.amazon.com

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Nest Protect S2001LW	Wired smoke and CO detector, white	S2001LW	1	$99.00	$99.00
  Lutron MA-FQ3-WH	Maestro 7-speed Digital Multi-Location Fan Control Kit, White	MA-FQ3-WH	1	$81.58	$81.58
  Total					$180.58

www.lowes.com

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Pass & Seymour 1595NTLTRWCC4	Tamper-resistant GFCI receptacle with built-in nightlight, white	1595NTLTRWCC4	2	$17.86	$35.72
  Total					$35.72

Totals by Vendor

• Vendor	Total
  www.amazon.com	$180.58
  www.lowes.com	$35.72
  Total	$216.30

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Below are some of the purchases I've made for the master bedroom.

Master Bedroom Purchases by Category

Electrical

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Lutron MSCL-OP153M-WH	Maestro occupancy-sensing dimmer, white	MSCL-OP153M-WH	1	$34.97	$34.97
  Lutron MA-RR-WH	Maestro companion dimmer, white	MA-RR-WH	2	$19.97	$39.94
  Pass & Seymour 1595NTLTRWCC4	Tamper-resistant GFCI receptable with built-in nightlight, white	1595NTLTRWCC4	2	$17.86	$35.72
  Allen & Roth W27113-904-U	2-gang rocker wall plate, antique pewter	W27113-904-U	3	$7.99	$23.97
  Allen & Roth W27108-904-U	single-gang wall plate, antique pewter	W27108-904-U	7	$5.97	$41.79
  Total					$176.39

Totals by Category

• Category	Total
  Electrical	$176.39
  Total	$176.39

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Master Bedroom Purchases by Vendor

www.homedepot.com

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Lutron MSCL-OP153M-WH	Maestro occupancy-sensing dimmer, white	MSCL-OP153M-WH	1	$34.97	$34.97
  Lutron MA-RR-WH	Maestro companion dimmer, white	MA-RR-WH	2	$19.97	$39.94
  Total					$74.91

www.lowes.com

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Pass & Seymour 1595NTLTRWCC4	Tamper-resistant GFCI receptable with built-in nightlight, white	1595NTLTRWCC4	2	$17.86	$35.72
  Allen & Roth W27113-904-U	2-gang rocker wall plate, antique pewter	W27113-904-U	3	$7.99	$23.97
  Allen & Roth W27108-904-U	single-gang wall plate, antique pewter	W27108-904-U	7	$5.97	$41.79
  Total					$101.48

Totals by Vendor

• Vendor	Total
  www.homedepot.com	$74.91
  www.lowes.com	$101.48
  Total	$176.39

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Master Bedroom Purchases by Date

July 19, 2014

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Pass & Seymour 1595NTLTRWCC4	Tamper-resistant GFCI receptable with built-in nightlight, white	1595NTLTRWCC4	2	$17.86	$35.72
  Total					$35.72

Someday

• Part	Description	P/N	Qty.	Unit Price	Total
  Lutron MSCL-OP153M-WH	Maestro occupancy-sensing dimmer, white	MSCL-OP153M-WH	1	$34.97	$34.97
  Lutron MA-RR-WH	Maestro companion dimmer, white	MA-RR-WH	2	$19.97	$39.94
  Allen & Roth W27113-904-U	2-gang rocker wall plate, antique pewter	W27113-904-U	3	$7.99	$23.97
  Allen & Roth W27108-904-U	single-gang wall plate, antique pewter	W27108-904-U	7	$5.97	$41.79
  Total					$140.67

Totals by Date

• Date	Total
  Jul 19, 2014	$35.72
  Someday	$140.67
  Total	$176.39

Master Bedroom Diary

• January 1, 2024
  
  • I finally got around to removing the pant hanger from the wall. It was mostly broken when I bought the house, so I only used it to hang belts. But the tangs had sagged so much that it wasn't great for that purpose. But I need a place to hang belts, so I scavenged the 11 remaining tines from the pant hanger to make a belt hanger. I cut the tines to about 4". I cut and routed a 1" thick piece of 3.5" wide oak, then drilled holes for the tines. The tines will be angled upward slightly. I drilled the holes on the drill press with a 5/8" Forstner bit since the tines are 5/8" dowels. I also drilled countersunk holes to mount it using toggle bolts. The sanding and initial finishing of the oak piece is done and I glued the tines in place. It'll need some polyurethane after the glue dries.

    I'm probably going to make some similar pieces to hang some of my baseball caps. Mostly to utilize the small bit of space still available in the closet, above where the new belt rack will be bounted.

• November 21, 2017
  
  • I'm now patching the remainder of the oversized hole for the electrical box that houses the cable and satellite coax in the master bedroom. To me it looks as if the hole for this box was created with a claw hammer. It's a mess but I'll get it fixed up.

• November 20, 2017
  
  • I continued patching the oversized hole for the electrical box that houses the cable and satellite coax in the master bedroom.

• November 19, 2017
  
  • I finished installing the two cat6a runs to the master bedroom and tested the runs for basic connectivity. They're both working.

    I also started repairing the oversized hole for the electrical box that houses the cable TV and satellite cables. I started with joint compound just to get a good hard base to cling to the gypsum.

• September 10, 2016
  
  • I installed a Lutron timer switch for the master bedroom closet light. I've left this light on all day on more than one occasion. I'm never in the closet for more than a few minutes, so it made sense to install a timer switch. It's currently set for 5 minutes.

• September 4, 2016
  
  • I installed a 24" square, 4250 lumen, 4000K LED light panel in the master bedroom closet. It's SO much better than the original light fixture. I can now tell the difference between navy and black slacks in my closet. It's brighter than the original 2-bulb fixture, and since it's so colse to the ceiling, it does a better job of lighting the top shelves.

• November 14, 2015
  
  • Knowing that some of my smoke detectors are ancient, I finally bought two Nest Protect hardwired smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. I installed the most important one, right outside of the master bedroom. The second will be installed outside the third bedroom on the second floor. I will need more: one for the 2nd upstairs bedroom (hardwired or battery?), one for the first upstairs bedroom (hardwired), and one for the kitchen (battery). The setup and installation of the first one went flawlessly once I updated the Nest app on my iPhone. This Nest Protect is named protectmb on my local network, and I updated DNS and DHCP configurations for it.

    It's a bonus that it's a combined smoke and carbon monoxide detector. As I install Nest Protect devices to replace my smoke alarms, I can remove the ugly CO detectors from my walls and patch the holes.

• August 16, 2015
  
  • My second attempt to rescreen one of the window screens in the master bedroom was successful.

• August 6, 2014
  
  • I installed two more of the Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets with nightlights (1595NTLTRWCC4) in the master bedroom. I thought I might get away with just one more, but I like having light all the way around the bed.

• August 1, 2014
  
  • One of the Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets with nightlights (1595NTLTRWCC4) that I bought today will go in the master bedroom. Technically I want another one in here too to bring the total to four, but I'm buying these slowly due to needing to spend money elsewhere.

• July 19, 2014
  
  • I installed two Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets with nightlights (1595NTLTRWCC4). One is next to the door to the hall, the other is next to the door to the master bathroom. I will be installing more of these in this bedroom so I have the option of disabling the occupancy-sensing dimmer for the lights on the ceiling fan. I need at least two more to cover the other side of the bedroom.

• July 12, 2014
  
  • Of the six Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets with nightlights that I ordered from Lowe's, two will go in the master bedroom. I may add more here later, and I'm definitely going to put some in the bedrooms on the second floor.

• June 14, 2014
  
  • I bought some Zep carpet shampoo and some Febreze in a large refill bottle from Home Depot, to try to get rid of the pet smell in the bedroom.

• June 13, 2014
  
  • I ordered some Behr paint samples from Home Depot: Parchment Paper for the walls, Innocence for the trim and Bavarian Cream for the doors.

• March 17, 2014
  
  • I installed a Lutron Maestro MSCL-OP153M-WH occupancy sensing dimmer in the master bedroom, along with a pair of companion dimmers. I'm not sure I'm going to keep this setup indefinitely, especially since I don't know if tossing and turning in the bed will set off the sensor. Regardless, I will definitely keep the companion dimmers, and would only replace the occupancy sensing dimmer. These dimmers are much nicer than the contractor-grade switches they replaced.

    It took me hours to complete this work due to an unlabelled or color coded 4-way switch on the wall and trouble with the wall plate and el-cheapo fan switch near the bed. It also doesn't help that the original contractor used drywall screws to mount switches, ruining the threads in the switch boxes for normal switch mounting screws.

• February 11, 2014
  
  • I stopped at Home Depot on the way home to pick up another Lutron Maestro companion dimmer for the master bedroom. Unfortunately, they don't have them at the Auburn Hills location. I picked up another Cree BR30 2700K LED bulb, to replace the one Philips bulb I have in the kitchen. The Philips bulb will be moved to the basement stairwell, since the CFL there now is VERY dim, especially in cooler temperatures.

• February 10, 2014
  
  • I finally replaced the three very dim bulbs in the master bedroom ceiling fan. They were 25W candelabras, and as the primary lighting in the bedroom, they were nearly useless. I installed three 60W candelabra bulbs, so now I have sufficient lighting in the master bedroom and can actaully effectively use the dimmer. I replaced the glass dome, which had been sitting in the closet since July.