Studio Ground Progress — On The House Stretch!

Since I wasn’t in a position to utterly filter the studio and do the complete flooring at one time, I’ve needed to do the painted flooring mission in levels, which has made it a bit tougher than it ought to have been. However that’s okay! I’m making it work. As I confirmed you final week, I got about 2/3 of the floor in the main room finished…

So earlier than I may begin on the opposite sections, I lined this a part of the ground with paper…

The paint that I used is extremely sturdy, so I wasn’t worries about rolling my tables onto this a part of the ground. In reality, I’ve already needed to roll the tables onto the painted flooring twice. However I needed to cowl it in order that it wouldn’t get all dusty from the sanding I needed to do in the remainder of the room. This part is all neat and clear, and I needed to maintain it that means.

As soon as I had it lined, I moved the whole lot over to this aspect of the room to start out on the again areas.

I obtained the remainder of the principle room sanded utilizing my handheld belt sander and 80-grit sandpaper…

There are a number of causes I didn’t lease a flooring sander for this mission:

1. I knew this mission would span a number of days, together with some days (like Wednesdays and Sundays) after I wouldn’t have the ability to work in any respect, so renting a sander in the course of the mission would have break the bank.
2. Ground sanders are very highly effective and would have taken off an excessive amount of from the ground. I simply wanted the floor roughed up a bit. I didn’t want the entire paint and stain eliminated.
3. An enormous flooring sander would have been lower than ineffective within the small areas just like the storage closet and the toilet, and it might have been troublesome to maneuver within the small again entry as nicely. So I’d need to do these areas with a hand sander anyway.

After weighing the professionals and cons of renting a flooring sander, I made a decision to only keep on with my handheld belt sander. It’s a contented medium between a flooring sander and somewhat 5-inch random orbit sander, like one that you just may use to sand a desk prime. The belt sander could be very highly effective, so it will get the job accomplished. The down aspect is that I’ve to be down on my knees to sand the ground. {That a} particular “professional” to the ground sander. You arise to make use of a flooring sander. However to me, being on my knees to sand the ground was a small worth to pay for avoiding the trouble of a giant flooring sander and avoiding the price of rental for over every week.

I nonetheless need to sand the again entry, which is the one space that has already been painted. However once more, I don’t must take away the entire paint. I simply must eliminate any ridges the place the design was taped off and painted, and the place the painted “rug” meets the whitewashed flooring.

Sanding the toilet flooring would be the hardest half just because I’ll want to maneuver the bathroom and the self-importance out of the room utterly. That’s going to be an actual ache, however it must be accomplished.

Nevertheless it’s getting there! I’m hoping that by the top of the day right now, I’ll have the complete flooring sanded, vacuumed, cleaned, and primed. If issues go completely, perhaps I may even paint it, however that is likely to be pushing it.

As a aspect observe, I’m very enthusiastic about giving this lavatory somewhat makeover. I’m going to alter the partitions, the tile, and the self-importance shade.

I don’t have my plans utterly nailed down simply but just because no matter I do on this lavatory relies on what I do within the again entry. I must resolve on that first, after which make plans for the toilet. However the self-importance shade wants to alter as a result of I’ve a sense it’ll be too near (however not fairly the identical as) the colour that I’ll be utilizing on the studio cupboards. They’ll be comparable however off simply sufficient in order that it’ll appear like a mistake fairly than a coordinated resolution.

Talking of the again entry, I do assume I’ve decided on that. I’m going to make use of the wallpaper in that space, however as of proper now, I plan to wallpaper the higher partitions and do wainscoting on the decrease partitions. I believe that’ll give them sufficient sample and shade, whereas retaining them from wanting too busy (for me). They’ll be simply busy sufficient. 😀

I’ve additionally determined to maintain the blue ceiling in the principle room. I like the thought of a flower backyard on the principle wall and a ceiling the colour of the sky. However the partitions will nonetheless be white. So I simply performed round with the thought of bringing that blue into the again entry. That’s not a agency resolution but. I simply needed to see what it’d appear like.