On Friday’s submit, I made a listing of 18 issues that wanted to be finished to complete the studio. This weekend, I bought two of them checked off of the record. I lastly bought the ceiling and partitions painted, which was an enormous activity. After which the final window shade arrived on Saturday, so I bought it put in.
First up, I’ll present you ways the newly painted ceiling and partitions have modified the look of the room. For a really very long time now, I’ve been dwelling with partially painted partitions and ceiling. I began portray the areas that wanted to be painted in order that I might set up cupboards. And as soon as these areas have been painted, the progress on the remainder of the ceiling and partitions stalled as a result of (1) there was no urgent want to color these areas, and (2) portray the ceiling appeared like an enormous job, so I procrastinated so long as I might.
So the room has seemed like this for a really very long time, with a part of the ceiling white and and most of it painted blue, and components of the partitions painted Benjamin Moore Traditional Grey, and the remainder painted blue.
So this was my large mission that I used to be decided to lastly end this weekend. As soon as I bought the ceiling painted, I used to be really amazed at how a lot brighter the room seemed. The blue ceiling wasn’t even darkish. It was a really mild blue, and but the white made such an enormous distinction. I nonetheless have to put the lights again within the ceiling, so proper now, there are a ton of loopy shadows on the ceiling. However a minimum of it’s all one shade now!
And naturally, the Traditional Grey partitions now look so vivid and clear. This image makes it seem like I put in lights on prime of the cupboards, however that’s simply the ceiling mild hanging down and shining in direction of the wall. I do nonetheless plan to place lights within the cubbies, although.
Aaahhhh…simply have a look at how vivid and clear this large wall seems! Now I’m anxious to get the remainder of the trim put in. It’s going to look so good!
After which the second merchandise on my record that I checked off was putting in the brand new shade on the window that sits contained in the workplace space cupboards.
I had some frustration with this shade. I ordered my absolute favorite unlined woven shade (affiliate hyperlink) from the identical small enterprise on Amazon the place I ordered the opposite two for this room, those for the house fitness center, and the one within the grasp rest room. I completely love these shades, and among the finest issues about them is that the corporate will reduce them (width and size) to your customized measurements to suit your window.
So identical to I at all times do, I positioned my order, after which despatched them a message with the customized measurements. However in some way, this time they didn’t get my message. And by the point I spotted I hadn’t heard again from them (they at all times reply to verify receipt of the customization request), they’d already shipped the shade with out customizations.
They supplied to ship me one other one, however this one took about two weeks, and I didn’t need to wait. So I ended up customizing the width myself by slicing about 1/2-inch off of every finish with my miter noticed. I used to be about to attempt to customise the size myself as nicely, nevertheless it’s solely about three inches too lengthy, and I made a decision that it wasn’t well worth the hassle.
I used to be a bit disillusioned on the further work it took, however as soon as I bought it put in, my disappointment disappeared. Since I preserve the shades open 99.9% of the time, nobody would ever have the ability to inform that it’s too lengthy. I’m the one one who can be bothered by that, and so long as the shade is open, I’ll most likely neglect about it. I do love the heat and texture that it provides to this space!
And now I can lastly see what my panorama design seems like on the sunshine grey wall. I’m nonetheless going to have it printed bigger after which body it, however I can use this one to get an concept of what it’s going to seem like.
I attempted to tape it to the wall to get a greater concept, nevertheless it wouldn’t keep hanging straight. 😀 Then new one, which is able to embrace the plant key, will take up a lot of the area between the trim on the left and the thermostat on the suitable.
Right here’s the progress. Two down, sixteen to go.
End portray the ceiling and partitions;- 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;
- Paint black components of paint swatch cupboard white;
- End wiring electrical retailers;
- Add lights to cubbies;
- End trim on workplace space cupboards;
Set up window shade;- Reupholster desk chair;
- Make pendant mild;
- Body and dangle panorama design;
- Enhance lengthy, clean wall;
- Clear and touchup paint on ground;
- End adjusting doorways and drawers;
- Set up drawer pulls and door knobs.
I’m making an attempt my hardest to be finished by the tip of this month, however that’s only a objective. If it takes slightly longer, I’ll be okay with that.
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.
