I’m lastly to the purpose in my painted studio ground venture the place I really feel like I’m making good progress. I’m having to work in sections, and the part I’m engaged on proper now’s about 19.5 toes by 14 toes. So as soon as this space is painted, and I give it about 24 hours to dry, I’ll cowl it, transfer every part to this aspect of the room, after which work on the again part of this room, which is nineteen.5 toes by 7.5 toes, plus the again entry, half toilet, and storage room.
This weekend, I lastly bought to the portray. After the entire prep work (sanding, sanding, and extra sanding, plus wooden filling, sanding once more, priming, and extra sanding), I used to be able to get to the enjoyable half. The portray! I did one coat of primer, and two coats of porch and ground paint. I made a decision to do the grey coloration as the bottom coloration, after which I’ll return and do the white checkerboard design over the grey.
So that is the darker coloration of the 2. That is as darkish as the ground will get. And I used to be amazed at how clear and shiny this gentle grey even seemed in opposition to the unique ground. I knew the white would look actually clear and shiny in opposition to it, however I wasn’t anticipating the sunshine grey to be such a distinction.
In the present day, I’ll be prepared to start out taping off the design and portray the white checkerboard sample on the ground. This would be the enjoyable half seeing the ground go from a plain strong coloration to a enjoyable design.
However there’s a small drawback. I’ll be prepared to start out taping and portray this afternoon, and but, I nonetheless haven’t fairly determined precisely how I wish to do the ground. I do know I need a checkerboard ground. That a part of the plan is solidified in my thoughts, and I received’t be doubting it or altering my thoughts. However what I’m nonetheless not set on is whether or not or not I need a border across the wall (I actually suppose I do), and if I do a border, does the border simply observe the wall? Or does the border observe the wall and the cupboards?
Right here’s what the ground would seem like if I simply do a easy checkerboard design in your entire space. It appears slightly busy to me, though in actuality, it most likely wouldn’t be because the precise white and grey that I’m utilizing are rather more delicate than the colours I used on this image. And clearly, the pink areas are the place my cupboards will go. This most likely isn’t precisely to scale.
I actually like the concept of a border, although. And I like the concept of utilizing the 2 colours to make the completely different areas distinct. And ever since deciding on a checkerboard ground, I’ve had it in my thoughts {that a} border would observe the partitions and the cupboards, like this…
However now I’m second-guessing. Maybe the border shouldn’t observe the cupboards, however ought to solely observe the wall. The issue with that’s that on your entire entrance wall of the room (the wall with the 2 home windows and the wallpaper), the border could be misplaced fully if the border follows the wall.
So I may make the border observe the cupboards on that wall, because the cupboards can be wall-to-wall with no areas, after which in the remainder of the room, the border would observe the wall. Meaning I might lose a number of the border below the cupboards on the aspect wall, however it might make the entire ground design really feel extra symmetrical.
*Sigh* I simply don’t know. The nice factor is that I can go forward and begin on the checkerboard design, since I’ll be beginning within the heart of the room, after which see if I get readability as I progress. However be happy to let me know your opinion on these ground design choice.
EDIT:
On the image displaying the border following the partitions and the cupboards, the world across the aspect door on the fitting seemed very small and squished. So I went into the studio, measured, and taped off what that space would truly seem like with a border following the entrance cupboards, the wall across the door, and the aspect cupboards. Within the precise room, there’s far more room in that space for the design to “breathe”.
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