As most of you in all probability know by now, I don’t work on Wednesdays. That’s the day that I’ve lunch with my mother and brother. My brother solely has an hour for lunch earlier than he has to get again to work, however my mother and I keep and discuss till 4:00. Then I host my church group at 5:30. In order that’s why you’ll nearly by no means see me posting about precise progress on tasks on Thursdays. On a uncommon event, I would slot in a few hours of labor from 8:00pm to 10:00pm on Wednesdays, however that’s provided that I’m actually near ending one thing and I’m feeling actually motivated to get it finished earlier than I head to mattress.
Anyway, all of that to say that yesterday whereas we have been sitting in Rosa’s Cafe, my mother had some opinions concerning the doorways within the again entry of the studio. After taking a look at all the footage in yesterday’s publish, she felt fairly strongly that white was the precise colour for the doorways as a result of some other colour triggered a visible separation between the curtain panels, the place the white made them look cohesive. I’m undecided if I defined that in a means that is smart, but it surely did make sense to me the best way she defined it.
However then she identified that there was actually no motive that all the doorways needed to be the identical. The again French doorways may stand on their very own with the curtains, after which the 2 aspect doorways (i.e., the toilet door and the storage closet door) might be one thing completely totally different.
I had already briefly thought of that chance, however for some motive, I wrote it off nearly instantly. In my thoughts, for a motive I can’t clarify, all the doorways did must match. However when she talked about that, I began to contemplate the probabilities. I clearly didn’t have my pc with me, so I didn’t have a method to mock up the totally different concepts we talked about whereas we have been sitting there in Rosa’s. So I couldn’t wait to get dwelling and check out our concepts.
For the reason that Behr Black Sapphire (the actually deep, darkish blackish purple that’s on the buffet within the breakfast room) was a crowd favourite, I attempted that one first. (You’ll must fake that the French doorways are the identical white because the trim.) I like how this appears!
Subsequent up, I attempted the Sherwin William Iron Ore. I like this one as nicely!
However there was one choice I used to be tremendous excited to attempt. We stored speaking about making the 2 sides of the room cohesive. So how do I make the again entry of the studio cohesive with the entrance mural wall? Right here’s what the entrance mural wall appears like…
So if the purpose is to make the again entry cohesive with that mural wall, I don’t suppose that Black Sapphire or Iron Ore are the best way to perform that. However there’s one factor on that mural wall that looks like the apparent alternative so as to add to the again entry. Are you aware what I’m speaking about?
Wooden! That wall has a 20-foot wooden countertop and two wooden window shades. I couldn’t wait to see what wooden (significantly walnut) doorways would seem like in that again entry. In my thoughts, it might be the proper choice. So I enhancing my picture to incorporate two walnut doorways, and….I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!
I imply, I can’t even recover from how a lot I like this. I can’t cease watching it and dreaming about wealthy, darkish walnut doorways in that again entry. Listed here are the 2 sides of the room collectively. I feel that is simply good.
After citing this chance, my thoughts instantly went to, “How can I get this look?” My first thought was to make use of Retique It on my doorways, which is a primer that has wooden in it, in order that no matter you apply it to can then be stained. They’ve an entire line of stains and graining instruments that can be utilized to make nearly any floor seem like wooden. Right here’s a great instance of a darkish stain colour utilizing Retique It merchandise. If you happen to can’t see the embedded Instagram reel beneath, you can watch it on Instagram.
Whereas that’s an choice, I hesitate to leap proper in as a result of, if I’m being trustworthy, I not often see tasks finished with that venture that truly look good shut up. They could look wonderful from a distance, however shut up, they fail the visible take a look at and don’t look something like actual wooden. I might even see 1 out of fifty tasks that prove wanting respectable, and those that look very nice (as in, they might idiot you into pondering they’re actual wooden) are much more uncommon than that.
If you happen to’ve been round right here for lengthy, you realize that I can’t stand gel stain. So utilizing that isn’t even an choice. I do know gel stain is a go-to product for lots of DIYers who need to product a wooden look on tasks, however I’m simply not a kind of folks. Once more, I not often see a convincing end result (particularly when considered up shut) in terms of gel stain.
An alternative choice I thought of was swapping out my six-panel doorways (which have been pre-primed MDF once I purchased them, and have since been painted twice, I feel) for unfinished wood slab doors, which seem like this…
I may use the identical water-based walnut stain that I used on the storage cupboard in our rest room that gave me a constant look on MDF and plywood. If it could make plywood and MDF look the identical, I feel it may do wonders on an unfinished wooden slab door.
And, after all, the costliest choice can be to buy actual walnut veneer, like this gorgeous walnut veneer from Oakwood Veneer Company.
That’s the place the place I bought the walnut veneer that I used on our vanities and storage cupboard in our rest room. It’s superb high quality, but it surely’s positively not low cost! If I went that route, I’d solely buy sufficient to placed on one aspect of every door. I’d be okay with each doorways being painted white on the within. White goes with the studio rest room completely, and I couldn’t care much less about what the within of the storage closet door appears like.
However I’ve now develop into a bit obsessive about this concept. Now that I’ve seen a mock up of walnut doorways in that again entry, I gained’t be glad with the rest. I simply want to determine how you can get that look with out spending some huge cash. Both that, or I have to resolve that that is vital sufficient that I’m okay splurging and spending $550 on actual walnut veneer in order that the entryway aspect of two doorways can seem like actual walnut doorways. I’m not fairly there but.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn 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.
