I nonetheless want to color the baseboards, however so far as the ornamental parts on the massive studio wall go, these are lastly completed! I used to be decided to get all of these things completed this final weekend in order that I may transfer on to one thing else this week (like portray my work tables or giving my desk a makeover), so I put in some lengthy days to get it executed, and I had such a great time doing it.
First, let me remind you what the wall appeared like on Friday after my day of fails. Eleven of the twelve months of my calendar had fallen off the wall. I had made my TV body method too massive. I wished to do a makeover on the clock, however I couldn’t determine what I wished to do. And the cabinets have been giving me issues.
However every thing is completed now, and that is what the wall appears like. I’ll in all probability transfer the TV up on the wall about three inches (if I can, however it’ll depend upon the outlet behind the TV). However aside from that, the ornamental gadgets on this wall are completed.
The star of the wall is the massive print of our panorama design. I can’t even rely the variety of instances I’ve walked into this room and simply stood and stared at this stunning print. I like with the ability to see the plant key and simply discover these vegetation on the plan. I discover that just about inconceivable to do once I’m wanting on the plan on my laptop.
Mounting and framing a print this measurement was no easy job. I imply, it wasn’t tough in any respect, however it wasn’t fast. It took a number of days to get it executed, however I’m so extremely pleased with the way it turned out.
Beneath the TV, I wished so as to add cabinets. I had initially deliberate to make my on cabinets, however then I discovered these cabinets on clearance at Lowe’s for $12 every, so I opted for the straightforward route.
However in the long run, I didn’t like how prime heavy the narrower cabinets made that part look, so I went again to my authentic thought and I made my very own cabinets to suit the width of the obtainable house. I feel these match so significantly better and make the realm look extra balanced. I’ve one other thought for the Lowe’s cabinets. They’ll make an look in a special room.
I made these cabinets in the very same method that I made the image ledges for the breakfast room with one distinction. On the breakfast room cabinets, I used 1-inch lumber (which is definitely 3/4-inch thick).
I like how these turned out, however I wished the studio cabinets to be extra just like the Lowe’s cabinets that I purchased, and people are made out of 1/2-inch materials. So earlier than placing the studio cabinets collectively, I ran all the boards by way of my planer twice to aircraft them right down to 1/2-inch thick. However aside from that, the remainder of the method was the identical.
Once I determined to place cabinets beneath the TV, I didn’t know precisely what I wished to make use of them for, however I knew two issues. (1) I wished the cabinets to carry one thing helpful, and never simply be image ledges to carry ornamental issues, and (2) I wished the cabinets to carry one thing very colourful.
It is a studio, and once I consider colourful gadgets which are utilized in a studio, my thoughts goes to color. I’ve cabinets full of latex paint within the sunroom, however to ensure that that paint to suit onto slim cabinets, I’d should switch all of that paint into jars. However then the jars wouldn’t maintain all the paint, so I’d nonetheless be left with gallon containers that should be saved, after which the jars of paint would actually solely serve ornamental functions. That appeared like a waste.
Then I considered craft paint. I’ve an enormous field full of bottles of craft paint. However they wouldn’t actually be fairly displayed out within the open since they’re all completely different manufacturers, completely different sizes, and many others.
After which I took one other have a look at my cabinets within the sunroom, and the reply grew to become apparent. Spray paint! I LOVE spray paint, and in relation to shopping for colours, I nearly at all times purchase one model. About 98% of the time, I’m fairly loyal to Rust-Oleum Painter’s Contact from Dwelling Depot. (I enterprise out to different manufacturers in relation to metallic paints or specialty paints.)
All the Rust-Oleum Painter’s Contact cans are uniform in measurement, I’ve a ton of colours, I take advantage of spray paint recurrently, and so they look fairly lined up on cabinets. No less than they do to me! That possibility simply appeared to take advantage of sense to me. So I made the cabinets particularly to carry my assortment of spray paint, organized in rainbow order for essentially the most half. And also you higher imagine that I took this chance to make a visit to Dwelling Depot and purchase spray paint colours that I wanted to fill within the holes within the rainbow assortment for my cabinets. 😀
After which there’s the TV body. I ended up having to remake the TV body not simply as soon as, however TWICE!! I don’t know what my drawback was, however I simply stored messing up on the measurements. Thank goodness I stored making it too massive, so I may minimize down what I had.
The TV body I made for the studio wall is sort of a bit smaller than the opposite ones I made. The one for the breakfast room wall is fairly thick, and I feel it matches completely with the image body ledges full of colourful art work.
However for the studio wall, not solely did I not have room for such a thick, chunky body, however I additionally simply wished one thing a lot thinner and understated.
The clock is one which I bought on Amazon. You can find it here (affiliate hyperlink). The clock initially appeared like this…
I wasn’t in search of a farmhouse fashion clock. That’s probably not my fashion. However I purchased this one as a result of I knew I may work with it. I appreciated the scale and the routed Roman numerals. And no, I couldn’t have made this myself. Or possibly I may have, however it could have taken me two days to purchase the plywood, minimize the right circle, after which strive my hand at utilizing my router to route these good Roman numerals into the plywood. I in all probability would have tousled on at the least the primary one, which implies re-cutting the circle, and beginning over. So paying $45 for another person to chop the right circle, route the Roman numerals, and embrace the precise clock mechanism within the worth, appeared very affordable to me.
However what I wished wasn’t rustic farmhouse. I wished coloration. So I eliminated the clock fingers, sanded the face of the clock with 150-grit sandpaper, and painted it Rust-Oleum Solar Yellow. Then I topcoated it with Rust-Oleum clear gloss spray. I had initially deliberate to color the routed Roman numerals white, however by the point I had it thus far, I cherished how refined the Roman numerals have been, so I made a decision to maintain it this manner. I did paint the clock fingers white, although.
And eventually, there’s the calendar. In spite of everything however one month fell off of the wall when the 3M sticky squares failed, I went to Dwelling Depot and bought Command Image Hanging Strips. I spent about 90 minutes including 4 image hanging strips to every month, after which rehanging all the months on the wall. After which they began falling off of the wall AGAIN.
Y’all, I used to be so annoyed. I’ve used Command Image Hanging Strips many instances, and I don’t ever bear in mind them failing. I’ve precise framed footage, with frames, glass, and all, hanging in my home with Command Image Hanging Strips. The frames on the gallery wall contained in the door of our house gymnasium are hung with Command Image Hanging Strips. The photographs on the entryway wall in our home are hung with Command Image Hanging Strips. I’ve used these 100 instances, and none of them have ever failed. And but, they weren’t holding these paper calendars mounted on foam board to the wall. I used to be baffled.
I like image hanging strips as a result of they’re a two-piece system that match collectively like Velcro and mean you can take away the image from the wall. However I simply couldn’t get them to stay for some purpose. So I ended up going again to Dwelling Depot and buying some T-Rex Tremendous Glue Tape to tape the image hanging strips to the again of the froth board, after which tape the image hanging strips to the wall. And that stuff is SUPER sticky! I don’t see any method that these will fall off of the wall once more. So in the long run, what ought to have been a one-and-done challenge needed to be executed thrice. Discuss irritating!
And since they stored falling off of the wall, a few of them now have dinged corners. You don’t have any thought how arduous it was for me to place this out of my thoughts and transfer ahead. I wished so badly to order one other calendar and redo the months with dinged corners, however I compelled myself to maneuver on. I’m the one one who will ever be bothered by these corners, and I must cease obsessing about these tiny issues. (The checkmarks have been to suggest which months had the T-Rex tape. I forgot to return and wipe off these checkmarks.)
In order that’s it! The ornamental a part of this large wall is finished. I’m going to maneuver the TV up a bit if I can (once more, I’ll should see if the outlet will permit for the TV to be moved up), after which I want to complete portray the baseboards. However then I’m on to a different challenge in a special a part of the room. Slowly however absolutely, I’m getting the ultimate initiatives checked off of my “to do” checklist for this room!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance 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.
