Subsequent Mission – The Studio Toilet (A Look Again, The To Do Checklist, And Two Wallpaper Choices)

Right here’s what the studio lavatory seems like as of this morning…

For these of you who’re new, I wished to make a journey again in time and present you precisely how this space began. My studio was once our storage. After we purchased the home, the storage was simply studs and tar paper, so it was very darkish. Shortly after, my father-in-law got here and helped me put up drywall within the storage. So at that time, it seemed like this…

The breakfast room is thru the door on the left, and the opening on the proper is how the world in the back of my studio initially seemed. It was a really darkish storage room with a stable door resulting in the again yard.

Inside that storage room, this was the view of the world that’s now my studio lavatory. This space used to accommodate the large furnace, however I don’t have an excellent photograph of the world earlier than the furnace was eliminated.

So this space has gone by a large transformation. After I initially adorned the studio lavatory, that is what it seemed like.

I did this hand painted design on the partitions, and whereas it was a enjoyable venture and I beloved the way it turned out, this was only for me. I used to be the one one who ever used this lavatory, so I went somewhat loopy with colour and sample.

And on the time, I painted the again entry partitions this very daring inexperienced.

It was enjoyable for some time, however once I lastly received round to ending my studio, these daring inexperienced partitions needed to go. I ended up portray the partitions a special inexperienced (a customized colour that I blended myself) to tone them down a bit. This colour seemed significantly better with the floral wallpaper mural that I used within the studio, which is similar design that’s on the curtains on the again doorways.

As soon as the studio was completed, I began doing a makeover on the lavatory. I don’t keep in mind what my plan was for the partitions, however I eliminated the yellow tiles and began doing this wooden accent rather than the tiles.

I believe I received about midway completed with that, after which we modified path fully.

I imagine it was round that point that we determined to maneuver our kitchen into the world that’s now our breakfast room and walk-in pantry. After which we have been going to show this lavatory right into a walk-through pantry for straightforward entry from the carport (by the again doorways of the studio) into what can be our new kitchen (within the present breakfast room and walk-in pantry space). So I principally closed the door on the lavatory and walked away.

If all of that sounds complicated, or you possibly can’t envision what I imply by a “walk-through pantry”, don’t fear about it. Plans have modified since then. 😀 Sooner or later final 12 months, I made a decision that I didn’t need infinite transforming initiatives (and people would have been MAJOR transforming initiatives), and I used to be completely blissful protecting our kitchen proper the place it’s now, protecting our breakfast room a breakfast room, and protecting our walk-in pantry proper the place it’s. So the plans for all of that main transforming and building have been scrapped, and I breathed an enormous sigh of reduction.

So now, that leaves me with this lavatory that also must be completed. And now that our unique visitor lavatory has been subsumed into our main bedroom suite, it could actually now not be our visitor lavatory (as a result of how awkward would that be to have a visitor lavatory inside a main bedroom suite?!). So for now, this half lavatory in my studio will likely be our visitor lavatory.

Right here’s a take a look at what it seems like proper now. Once more, it’s an entire mess, so I actually do have to spend a couple of day simply getting it cleaned up. However as soon as that’s performed, I believe you possibly can see that getting this room completed received’t be a large endeavor.

I’ll have to do some restore on the partitions with drywall mud. That’s actually the toughest half. As soon as that’s performed and the partitions are clean once more, I’ll set up wallpaper, add some trim, change out a number of issues (new faucet, new ceiling gentle), after which add a number of ornamental touches.

I’m undecided but if I’ll repaint the self-importance or not. I’ll decide that after I determine on the wallpaper. Proper now, it’s a extremely darkish grey/off-black colour.

The most costly a part of this venture will likely be repairing or changing the pump that the sink and bathroom are related to. The plumbers appeared to imagine it may be repaired, however there’s a risk that it’ll must be changed. That damaged pump is the rationale this lavatory hasn’t been utilized in so lengthy.

However a number of folks mentioned that I ought to swap these and use the colourful squares within the storage closet and the floral within the lavatory. I used to be open to that risk, so I made a decision to attempt them out. Right here’s a take a look at the teal floral wallpaper with a view into the studio. Understand that the floral sample on the entrance wall of the studio can be on the curtain on the again doorways of the studio. (Please forgive the mess within the studio. I used to be like a twister by this room as I completed up initiatives for our bed room. It wants an excellent top-to-bottom cleansing now that the bed room is completed.)

Once more, I’m open to this concept, however I’m not offered on it. The doorways to the lavatory and the storage closet on this again entry of my studio are painted a deep eggplant colour. And one factor I don’t need is for my wallpaper choice to start out the ball rolling on different adjustments. I wish to keep away from the entire “one factor results in one other” lure (aka, the “should you give a mouse a cookie” lure). And I don’t love the darkish eggplant doorways with this wallpaper.

I additionally don’t find it irresistible with the floral mural within the studio. I do know I’ve mentioned that I’d cowl each floor in our home with flowers, bushes, birds, and butterflies if I might get away with it, however I’d additionally like for them to coordinate, and I don’t assume these coordinate or complement one another in any respect.

Right here’s a take a look at the colourful squares wallpaper that I truly designed for this room utilizing colours that I pulled from the floral wallpaper mural. To me, this seems way more pleasing to the attention since they coordinate and complement one another.

Each colour on this wallpaper comes from the studio, so it even coordinates with the darkish eggplant doorways.

So if I have been to determine proper this minute, this is able to nonetheless be my selection.

However once more, I’m open to having my thoughts modified. You possibly can let me know what you assume. Within the meantime, I’ll be in right here getting issues cleaned up and on the point of begin on this venture. This needs to be enjoyable, and I’m actually hoping it should go in a short time!