Final week form of obtained away from me. Each time I’d attempt to get some work performed on the studio, one thing else would want my consideration. However Saturday and yesterday, I used to be capable of focus and spend fairly a little bit of time getting some objects examine off of my studio to-do listing. And I lastly obtained all the final particulars completed on the studio workplace space cupboards. To be clear, I nonetheless want to complete some electrical stuff. The sconces aren’t truly wired but. However so far as the precise cupboards go, these are completed.
As a reminder, that is how the cupboards began out. These are IKEA Sektion cupboards, and I purchased the Veddinge cupboard doorways and drawer fronts.
As of final week, I had gotten fairly a bit performed. I added trim to the doorways and drawer fronts, constructed a bridge between the 2 higher facet cupboards, trimmed out the cupboards, put in sconces, constructed a countertop, and trimmed out the window.
However I nonetheless wanted so as to add cupboard trim within the window space, decide on what to do with the wall across the window (maintain it pink or paint it the wall colour?), determine what to do with the backs of the cubbies (maintain them pink or paint them a unique colour?), paint the window trim, and set up all the cupboard knobs and pulls.
I obtained all of that completed final evening, and right here is my remaining resolution. I went forward and painted the realm across the window the wall colour (Benjamin Moore Traditional Grey), which I believe appears to be like incredible, particularly now that the small trim is put in the place the cupboards meet the wall across the window. It has such a clear, completed look, and that small quantity of wall truly being the wall colour as an alternative of pink actually did loads to visually open up that space. After which, as a result of it was the one resolution that made sense in my thoughts, I gold leafed the backs of the cubbies in order that the pink and gold bridge made sense and flowed higher with the pink and gold doorways and drawer fronts. It simply made sense in my thoughts, and now that I’ve issues within the cubbies, the gold is nothing greater than a delicate backdrop.
I do know these appeared like such small selections, however these little particulars actually do make an enormous distinction within the completed product. So I’m glad I spent a while wrestling with them and developing with an answer that I actually do love. I’m so pleased with how these cupboards turned out.
I nonetheless may determine so as to add a little bit ornamental one thing to the countertop to deliver some curiosity and colour, however proper now, I’m simply having fun with the truth that the cupboards themselves are completed.
I do want that I had remembered to place the flush ceiling gentle again up within the ceiling whereas I nonetheless had the scaffolding there, however I didn’t notice it was nonetheless hanging down till I used to be taking photos this morning. So I’m nonetheless undecided as as to whether or not the cubbies really want tape lights.
With that ceiling gentle hanging down and pointing in the direction of the cubbies, it form of washes out these objects up there and floods the cubbies with gentle. However as soon as that gentle is again in place, I would determine that the cubbies actually do want some tape lights. So I’ll make that call after I’m ending up the shops, and after the ceiling lights are again in place.
I’m simply so excited to have this large undertaking completed! And I really like the way it turned out. Already this morning, I’ve gone into the studio a number of occasions simply so I might stand and stare on the cupboards for a bit. 😀
And now I’m on to the remainder of the to-do listing. I’m slowly however certainly chipping away at that listing and getting stuff DONE! I believe I have to deal with getting all the trim put in subsequent. In fact, what I actually wish to do is the ornamental stuff. That’s the enjoyable stuff. However the trim actually ought to be performed first. Or ought to it? 😀 We’ll see.
Anyway, right here’s what my to-do listing appears to be like like as of this morning. I had so as to add a few issues to the listing that I had left off, and I moved all the “performed” objects to the underside. However I’m getting them performed!
- 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;
- End wiring electrical shops;
- Add lights to cubbies;
- Reupholster desk chair;
- Make pendant gentle;
- Body and hold panorama design;
- Beautify lengthy, clean wall;
- Clear and touchup paint on ground;
Paint wall round window;Gold leaf backs of cubbies;End trim on workplace space cupboards;Set up window shade;Paint black elements of paint swatch cupboard white;End portray the ceiling and partitions;End adjusting doorways and drawers;Set up drawer pulls and door knobs.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework 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.
