Final week sort of obtained away from me. Each time I’d attempt to get some work carried out on the studio, one thing else would wish my consideration. However Saturday and yesterday, I used to be in a position to focus and spend fairly a little bit of time getting some objects examine off of my studio to-do record. And I lastly obtained the entire final particulars completed on the studio workplace space cupboards. To be clear, I nonetheless want to complete some electrical stuff. The sconces aren’t truly wired but. However so far as the precise cupboards go, these are completed.
As a reminder, that is how the cupboards began out. These are IKEA Sektion cupboards, and I purchased the Veddinge cupboard doorways and drawer fronts.
As of final week, I had gotten fairly a bit carried out. I added trim to the doorways and drawer fronts, constructed a bridge between the 2 higher aspect cupboards, trimmed out the cupboards, put in sconces, constructed a countertop, and trimmed out the window.
However I nonetheless wanted so as to add cupboard trim within the window space, decide on what to do with the wall across the window (preserve it pink or paint it the wall coloration?), resolve what to do with the backs of the cubbies (preserve them pink or paint them a special coloration?), paint the window trim, and set up the entire cupboard knobs and pulls.
I obtained all of that completed final night time, and right here is my closing choice. I went forward and painted the realm across the window the wall coloration (Benjamin Moore Basic Grey), which I feel seems to be implausible, particularly now that the small trim is put in the place the cupboards meet the wall across the window. It has such a clear, completed look, and that small quantity of wall truly being the wall coloration as a substitute of pink actually did loads to visually open up that space. After which, as a result of it was the one resolution that made sense in my thoughts, I gold leafed the backs of the cubbies in order that the pink and gold bridge made sense and flowed higher with the pink and gold doorways and drawer fronts. It simply made sense in my thoughts, and now that I’ve issues within the cubbies, the gold is nothing greater than a refined backdrop.
I do know these appeared like such small choices, however these little particulars actually do make an enormous distinction within the completed product. So I’m glad I spent a while wrestling with them and developing with an answer that I actually do love. I’m so pleased with how these cupboards turned out.
I nonetheless would possibly resolve so as to add slightly ornamental one thing to the countertop to convey some curiosity and coloration, however proper now, I’m simply having fun with the truth that the cupboards themselves are completed.
I do want that I had remembered to place the flush ceiling mild again up within the ceiling whereas I nonetheless had the scaffolding there, however I didn’t understand it was nonetheless hanging down till I used to be taking footage this morning. So I’m nonetheless undecided as as to if or not the cubbies really want tape lights.
With that ceiling mild hanging down and pointing in the direction of the cubbies, it sort of washes out these objects up there and floods the cubbies with mild. However as soon as that mild is again in place, I would resolve that the cubbies actually do want some tape lights. So I’ll make that call after I’m ending up the retailers, and after the ceiling lights are again in place.
I’m simply so excited to have this large challenge completed! And I like the way it turned out. Already this morning, I’ve gone into the studio a number of occasions simply so I may stand and stare on the cupboards for a bit. 😀
And now I’m on to the remainder of the to-do record. I’m slowly however certainly chipping away at that record and getting stuff DONE! I feel I have to give attention to getting the entire trim put in subsequent. After all, what I actually wish to do is the ornamental stuff. That’s the enjoyable stuff. However the trim actually needs to be carried out first. Or ought to it? 😀 We’ll see.
Anyway, right here’s what my to-do record seems to be like as of this morning. I had so as to add a few issues to the record that I had left off, and I moved the entire “carried out” objects to the underside. However I’m getting them carried out!
- Set up and paint baseboards;
- Set up and paint door casings on two doorways;
- Paint two doorways;
- Paint bases on work tables;
- Paint desk and add two drawers;
- End wiring electrical retailers;
- Add lights to cubbies;
- Reupholster desk chair;
- Make pendant mild;
- Body and hold panorama design;
- Enhance lengthy, clean wall;
- Clear and touchup paint on flooring;
Paint wall round window;Gold leaf backs of cubbies;End trim on workplace space cupboards;Set up window shade;Paint black components of paint swatch cupboard white;End portray the ceiling and partitions;End adjusting doorways and drawers;Set up drawer pulls and door knobs.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework 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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