My Most Boring Undertaking Is Completed! (Studio Storage Closet)

So let me remind you what this closet seemed like earlier than…

And now, after some paint, trim, and a chunk of plywood to cover the HVAC unit, it seems to be like this…

In an ideal world, I’d have built-in cabinets in right here that make the most of each spare inch of house. However since this isn’t an ideal scenario, and I’ve to have the ability to simply transfer the cabinets out of the way in which if the HVAC unit wants service, I needed to stick to these shelving models on casters.

I used to be in a position to match two of them in right here. I’m not precisely certain but what I’ll be storing in right here. I nonetheless want to arrange the entire studio, and for now, I feel I’ll have greater than sufficient cupboard space. So this may be house I’ll develop into as I start to truly use the studio.

Since I didn’t wish to have a plain inexperienced wall, I made a decision to hold one among my acrylic artwork prints right here so as to add a bit little bit of coloration and curiosity to an in any other case very boring house. I like opening the closet door and seeing that colourful print.

I had initially deliberate so as to add some cabinets to the realm to the fitting, however since I haven’t even crammed the cabinets I’ve, I made a decision to carry off on that for now.

It was a ache having to work round this mass of air ducts, so I did one of the best I might. It’s nonetheless not fairly, however not less than I not have to have a look at the ugly facet of an HVAC unit. Including this piece of plywood right here, and notching out the realm for the ducts, made an enormous eyesore a bit extra tolerable.

And now, you must go into the closet and peek across the plywood to see the ugly HVAC unit.

I had deliberate to go away it because it was once I confirmed you my progress final week. It seemed like this…

However that’s one other factor my mind wouldn’t let me go away alone. I ended up protecting the plywood field with a nicer piece of sanded plywood, including some trim, and portray it to match.

I additionally ended up doing the door casing the identical as the opposite doorways.

I didn’t do that as a result of I simply couldn’t assist myself. I truly deliberate to do a a lot less complicated trim on the closet facet of the door, however because it turned out, I didn’t have the lumber available to do a less complicated trim. I did occur to have what I wanted to do that type in my scrap pile, although, so I went with it. It’s not the very best high quality lumber. It had gotten rained on and was warped, so I put it by the planer a few occasions to make it look higher. It’s wonderful for the within of a storage closet, however I wouldn’t have used it in a outstanding place in the home.

After which I did a fast and straightforward body across the wall vent.

I actually wished to simply go away it undone, however that’s simply not me. I’m okay with imperfection and never utilizing the very best high quality supplies inside a closet, however because it seems, I’m not okay with leaving tasks fully undone in a closet. Right here’s what it seemed like earlier than…

And right here it’s now. I used lumber from my scrap pile for this, too. I wished issues to look completed in right here, however I wished to spend as little cash as potential.

That is the realm the place I had initially deliberate to place up some cabinets, however I modified my thoughts since I’ve greater than sufficient cabinets for now. And I’ll discover that I want hooks to hold issues as an alternative of needing extra cabinets, so this can be a nice space for that. However for now, I don’t want any further storage.