Since I haven’t been in a position to get something achieved on our bedrooms suite (and I’m in all probability about to fireside the contractor, however that’s a narrative for an additional day), I’ve determined to show my consideration to one thing enjoyable to maintain myself from stressing out about one thing I can’t management. And that enjoyable challenge I made a decision to give attention to proper now could be my workshop.
We had this constructed nearly three months in the past, and whereas I find it irresistible and I’m so grateful to have it, the workshop is trying a bit unhappy and drab and plain proper now. That is the facet that faces in in the direction of the again yard.
The constructing sits perpendicular to the home and in keeping with the carport behind my studio, so that is the view of the storage door is the one I see essentially the most.
So I’ve began engaged on the primary challenge to make this workshop appear like a cute little cottage in our again yard. I would like it to match our home, so we had it painted the identical shade (Conscious Grey and Additional White from Sherwin Williams). So this week, the primary challenge I’m tackling is to make the shutters. I did a bit of mock up of the workshop with shutters, window bins, a coral entrance door, and a few particulars added to the storage door.
What lacking from the mock up are (1) skirting across the backside of the constructing, and (2) wooden steps to match our entrance porch. However these are within the plans for the constructing.
I gained’t have the ability to get the shutters fully completed this week as a result of all the hardwore that I ordered (the ornamental hinges, shutter canine, and ring pulls) gained’t be right here till the tip of the week or subsequent week. However I can at the least get the shutters constructed, painted, and put in. Up to now, I’ve the fundamental shutters put collectively for the entrance home windows…
So now I simply must get these painted, put in, after which paint and fasten the battens.
Whereas I used to be ordering the {hardware} for the shutters, I additionally ordered some magnetic {hardware} to decorate up the storage door. It’s simply so plain proper now, and whereas I do know that including lighting to the constructing (which I’ll do after we run electrical energy to the constructing) and including landscaping across the constructing will go a good distance, I’d additionally like to decorate up this plain-looking storage door.
So I ordered the magnetic hinges and handles to make it appear like a carriage door, and whereas I used to be trying on the customer-submitted photographs and buyer rankings, I got here throughout one image specifically that I believed was actually lovely. So I’m going to make use of that as inspiration so as to add fake home windows to the highest of the storage door. When all is alleged and achieved, the storage door will look one thing like this…
I’m nonetheless making an attempt to work out my plan for making these prime sections appear like home windows. I do know they’ve these magnetic fake home windows, however these don’t look actual to me. Home windows are glass and needs to be reflective, so I’ve received a few concepts on how to try this. However anyway, this gained’t be achieved this week, both, as a result of that magnetic {hardware} gained’t be right here till subsequent week.
So for now, I’ll think about the shutters and getting the entrance door painted. Hopefully I can at the least get these tasks completed earlier than I’ve to show my consideration again to the bed room suite.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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