I can’t even categorical how a lot I hated engaged on this challenge. 😀 However I’m so glad to have it completed! I needed to chop corners so badly. I attempted to get away with not putting in door casing on the bottom of the doorway, and never portray the bottom of the door, and never framing out the vent within the wall. However in the long run, my thoughts wouldn’t let me get away with that.
So let me remind you what this closet regarded like earlier than…
And now, after some paint, trim, and a bit of plywood to cover the HVAC unit, it seems to be like this…
In an ideal world, I’d have built-in cabinets in right here that make the most of each spare inch of house. However since this isn’t an ideal scenario, and I’ve to have the ability to simply transfer the cabinets out of the best way if the HVAC unit wants service, I needed to stick to these shelving items on casters.
I used to be in a position to match two of them in right here. I’m not precisely positive but what I’ll be storing in right here. I nonetheless want to prepare the entire studio, and for now, I believe I’ll have greater than sufficient space for storing. So this is likely to be house I’ll develop into as I start to truly use the studio.
Since I didn’t need to have a plain inexperienced wall, I made a decision to hold certainly one of my acrylic artwork prints right here so as to add just a little little bit of coloration and curiosity to an in any other case very boring house. I really like opening the closet door and seeing that colourful print.
I had initially deliberate so as to add some cabinets to the world to the appropriate, however since I haven’t even stuffed the cabinets I’ve, I made a decision to carry off on that for now.
It was a ache having to work round this mass of air ducts, so I did one of the best I might. It’s nonetheless not fairly, however a minimum of I now not have to take a look at the ugly aspect of an HVAC unit. Including this piece of plywood right here, and notching out the world for the ducts, made an enormous eyesore a bit extra tolerable.
And now, you must go into the closet and peek across the plywood to see the ugly HVAC unit.
I had deliberate to depart it because it was once I confirmed you my progress final week. It regarded like this…
However that’s one other factor my mind wouldn’t let me depart alone. I ended up protecting the plywood field with a nicer piece of sanded plywood, including some trim, and portray it to match.
I additionally ended up doing the door casing the identical as the opposite doorways.
I didn’t do that as a result of I simply couldn’t assist myself. I truly deliberate to do a a lot easier trim on the closet aspect of the door, however because it turned out, I didn’t have the lumber readily available to do a less complicated trim. I did occur to have what I wanted to do that type in my scrap pile, although, so I went with it. It’s not the very best high quality lumber. It had gotten rained on and was warped, so I put it via the planer a few instances to make it look higher. It’s nice for the within of a storage closet, however I wouldn’t have used it in a outstanding place in the home.
After which I did a fast and straightforward body across the wall vent.
I actually needed to only depart it undone, however that’s simply not me. I’m okay with imperfection and never utilizing the very best high quality supplies inside a closet, however because it seems, I’m not okay with leaving initiatives utterly undone in a closet. Right here’s what it regarded like earlier than…
And right here it’s now. I used lumber from my scrap pile for this, too. I needed issues to look completed in right here, however I needed to spend as little cash as attainable.
That is the world the place I had initially deliberate to place up some cabinets, however I modified my thoughts since I’ve greater than sufficient cabinets for now. And I could discover that I want hooks to hold issues as an alternative of needing extra cabinets, so it is a nice space for that. However for now, I don’t want any extra storage.
Anyway, this was so boring to work on, and I actually had a tough time protecting myself motivated to complete it. However now that it’s completed, I’m so glad that I’ve this clear, organized house to make use of! That is a type of initiatives that’s been hanging over my head for much too lengthy. It feels good to lastly have it completed.
Aspect word: I lastly bought a brand new laptop computer laptop and I’ve spent the final two days getting the brand new one arrange, transferring all of my recordsdata, and putting in my applications. After months and months of utilizing a laptop computer with a keyboard that wouldn’t work usually (the W, L, Okay, O, and a couple of/@ keys would solely work intermittently, and generally under no circumstances), I lastly have a brand new laptop computer with a keyboard that truly works. So hopefully that signifies that my posts any further will comprise about 99% fewer typos than what they’ve had over the previous couple of months. 😀
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.
