Yesterday, I simply wasn’t within the temper to work on baseboards or door casings, so I made a decision to do a enjoyable undertaking. I used to be decided to determine the association for the one large, clean wall within the studio. Spoiler alert: I didn’t determine it out, and I didn’t get it completed. However I did make some progress which may make it simpler for me to determine precisely what I wish to do. Let me clarify.
A few months in the past, I bought this huge, colorful, erasable wall calendar from Kaleidoscope Dwelling. And after I say it’s large, I imply it’s HUGE. Every month is 16″ x 20″, so in case you cling all 12 at one time, the entire calendar will take up a really giant space of wall. And sure, I do wish to cling all 12 months on the identical time. I really like the influence of seeing all 12 collectively.
The calendar is printed on some fairly thick paper, however I needed mine to be extra inflexible than that. So I bought 12 items of white foam core board at Michael’s, together with some picture mount spray adhesive, and I received busy.
That is the spray I used.
I sprayed two coats of adhesive onto the froth core board, let it dry for a few minutes, after which fastidiously pressed the calendar to the froth core board.
You possibly can see how a lot thickness the froth core board added, however it’s styrofoam, so it’s very straightforward to chop.
Utilizing a metallic straight edge and a model new razor blade in my utility knife, I started chopping away the surplus foam core board.
I went by way of three razor blades to do all 12 months as a result of I needed these tremendous clear cuts. I didn’t wish to take an opportunity on the blade getting uninteresting and tearing the froth core board. However so long as the blade was new and sharp, the cuts have been clear and straightforward.
After I received all 12 mounted and trimmed, I added 4 3M foam sticky squares to the backs of every month.
And that’s so far as I received. I believed I had a plan, however then I spotted that I didn’t like my plan in any respect. My unique plan included a 55-inch TV centered on that wall between the entrance of the mural wall cupboards and the door casing (which hasn’t been put in but) on the suitable. I haven’t purchased the TV but, however that is what a 55-inch TV would appear to be on that wall.
With the TV within the center, I then deliberate to separate the calendar into two sections with six months on both sides of the TV. However the extra I thought of it and pictured it in my thoughts, the extra I wasn’t bought on that plan.
After which I questioned if I even want a TV on this room. Again after I was planning the room (method earlier than the drywall even went up, which was a number of years in the past), I deliberate for a TV on this wall, which is why there’s an outlet proper there within the center. However I simply don’t watch a lot TV anymore. I take heed to podcasts and YouTube movies nearly all day lengthy as I’m working. So now I’m second-guessing my plan to place a TV in right here in any respect.
So as a result of I don’t actually watch TV in any respect throughout the day, and I don’t actually have a necessity for it in right here, plus the truth that I can’t work out the best way to work it into the wall design, implies that I’ll most likely simply forgo the TV altogether. However then that leaves the outlet that I’ve to work round. The place of that outlet makes it very troublesome to middle the calendar on the wall.
So now I’m contemplating one thing like this association, with the calendar offset on the suitable aspect, and a few cabinets on the left to stability issues out. (Word: I don’t have two calendars. The one “hanging” on the wall is a replica and paste from the Kaleidoscope Dwelling product itemizing, which is why there are two random vegetation alongside the underside. 😀 Those lined up on the ground are the actual ones which can be truly sitting in my studio proper now.)
Out of the choices that I’ve thought of for this wall, this one is my favourite thus far. However as standard, I’m open to concepts. If not cabinets, what else? I’ve determined to not use my Spoonflower colour chart, both. Not less than, I believe I’ve determined that. It appear to be bordering on sq./rectangle overload with the calendar, the paint swatch cupboard to the suitable of the door, after which the colour swatch chart. So I’m needing another concepts.
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.
