I’ve run right into a little bit of a hiccup with the painted studio ground. If every little thing had gone effectively, the ground would have been completed by the top of the weekend. The whole lot didn’t go effectively.
I did get the checkerboard ground in the primary a part of the room completed, and it seems to be nice! However what gave me hassle was the again entry. In case you’ll bear in mind, I had deliberate to cease the large checkerboard on the cased opening between the primary room and the again entry, after which paint a rug-type design on the again entry ground like I had earlier than with the black and white chevron painted floor.
I had one thing like this in thoughts.
However seeing the design in actual life versus a small mock-up made issues very completely different. First, having the massive fundamental checkerboard design simply useless finish on the cased opening regarded actually unusual and unfinished, in all probability as a result of the precise grey that I used is way lighter than the grey proven on them mock-up.
After which I bought to the design on the again entry ground, and I simply couldn’t see extra checkerboard trying good in that space. So I racked my mind (and in addition spent fairly a little bit of time on Pinterest) attempting to provide you with a design which may coordinate with the checkerboard ground. I additionally wanted to discover a option to finish the massive checkerboard design within the cased opening as an alternative of simply stopping the design, which appeared type of random.
For the again entry ground, I thought of nearly each two-color painted ground design I might consider and discover on Pinterest. In fact, I thought of stripes, however I additionally thought of so many others.
I lastly landed on a sq. two-color sunray design. It appeared straightforward, and since I used to be utilizing the identical two colours that I used on the checkerboard ground, I figured it will coordinate. And to create a stopping level the place the primary checkerboard design ended, I made a decision to do three easy stripes going the entire width of the opening in white, grey, and white.
Effectively, the stripes within the cased opening regarded terrible (I forgot to take an image), so I painted the middle grey strip white, which simply left me with one 6-inch-wide stripe. I wasn’t thrilled with that, both. After which I painted one part on the sunray design, and that didn’t look nice. So all of it appeared like a fail to me. Right here’s what it regarded like once I determined to cease.
That stripe within the cased opening nonetheless wants a second coat of white over what was the middle grey stripe. However I’ll find yourself sanding it down and doing one thing completely different altogether.
After which I made a decision to make use of my picture editor and fill in the remainder of the sunray design to get a greater thought of what it will appear like. My mock-up isn’t excellent, however we are able to a minimum of get an thought of what the completed design would appear like. I’m undoubtedly not enthusiastic about it.
So that basically took a few of the wind out of my sails. I used to be so enthusiastic about ending the ground this final weekend, after which simply as I bought the final little space, nothing appeared to go proper.
I actually can’t envision any separate ground design trying good within the again entry. The one choice I see is continuous the massive checkerboard design straight by means of from the primary room to the again French doorways. The one problem is that I undoubtedly do NOT need the checkerboard design within the studio lavatory or the storage closet reverse the toilet. So I’m nonetheless going to must discover a option to formally finish the design. In any other case, I’ll simply run into the identical downside that I had with the ground within the cased opening.
I’m wondering if doing a really skinny black prefer to “end” the checkerboard flooring may work. That will tie in with the entire different black accents in all areas of the studio. So the brand new revised design would appear like this…
However for now, I assume I have to get busy with some sanding. I’m glad this can be a small space, and it received’t want a lot sanding. I simply have to eliminate the entire paint ridges that all the time kind because of taping off a design and portray over the tape. It’s irritating that I’m having to take a step backwards, however a minimum of it’s not tough, and it shouldn’t add an excessive amount of time to this venture. This painted ground has been a fairly large venture general, and I’m glad to be right down to the final little bit so I can transfer on to different issues!
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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
