I bought a lot accomplished on my walk-in closet this previous weekend, and whereas I didn’t get almost as a lot painted by the point I went to mattress final evening as I had hoped, I do lastly have some cupboards painted! However you’ll must forgive me for burying the lede, as a result of I need to again up and present you all the progress so as.
First, when you learn Friday’s publish early within the day, you might have missed that I took aside one of many leftover jewellery trays that I purchased on Amazon (these are those I purchased — affiliate hyperlink), reduce it all the way down to the fitting dimension to suit that remaining 3.5-inch hole, after which put it again collectively. So now, I’ve a totally personalized look that matches the width of the drawer completely. And I bought that personalized search for lower than $70, and about 45 minutes of my time. That beats the heck out of paying over $500 for a totally personalized jewellery drawer insert!
After engaged on that, I spent the remainder of Friday priming cupboards. I bought the remainder of the cupboards on the fitting aspect of the room primed, and all the cupboards on the left aspect of the room primed. I nonetheless have to do the corners with a brush, however all the elements I might do with a 6-inch curler are accomplished.
It’s wonderful how a lot primer alone completely modified the look of the cupboards. Earlier than, it was a sea of brown plywood with white pre-primed trim…
And now that all the pieces is similar shade, even whether it is skinny, streaky primer, it seems to be so significantly better. (I used my new favourite primer, Zinsser B-I-N shellac-based primer). As soon as primer goes on, you’ll be able to actually get a significantly better concept of how the completed cupboards will look.
After which I spent Saturday doing essentially the most dreaded, however crucial, step of all — caulking. I hate caulking a lot, however I don’t ever skip this step as a result of it makes such an enormous distinction within the completed venture. The largest ache was caulking these quick shoe cabinets. I might barely get my caulk gun in there on the appropriate angle to get caulk the place it wanted to go, however I made it work as a result of it wanted to be accomplished. You may see the massive distinction that caulk makes under.
Right here’s a shelf earlier than caulking. First, you’ll be able to see why I prefer to prime earlier than caulking. It makes all of these darkish cracks and crevices a lot simpler to see and far tougher to overlook. If I attempt to caulk earlier than I prime, I at all times find yourself overlooking areas that wanted to be caulked.
And right here’s what it seems to be like after caulking. What a distinction!
Earlier than I might prime the jewellery drawer and the necklace organizer, I needed to finalize the design on the necklace organizer. I ended up going with this quite simple design on the entrance.
I made a decision that I didn’t need to have something going all the best way throughout the entrance that will get in the best way of quick access to the necklaces, so I’ll simply use the entrance necklace bar as a pull. It took me some time to get this all found out, end the design, after which take all the pieces aside once more (i.e., take away the drawer slides, bars, and bar {hardware}) in order that I might wooden fill, sand, caulk, and prime all the pieces.
I bought all the pieces on the fitting wall caulked apart from the cupboard by the door. As soon as I completed caulking the shoe cabinets, I made a decision I deserved a reward for my perseverance. 😀 And that reward was to lastly PAINT!
I didn’t get so far as I had hoped on the portray. I had hoped to get the primary two sections fully painted whereas I waited for the caulk to dry on the shoe cabinets. However I didn’t fairly get all the second part painted. However at the very least I bought to do some portray.
For these cupboards, I’m utilizing Sherwin Williams Emerald paint in a satin end. This paint is ridiculously costly (about $115/gallon), which is far more than I’m used to spending on Behr paint at Dwelling Depot.
The colour known as Billowy Breeze, and it’s a lightweight greenish blue.
I’m used to utilizing Behr paint from Dwelling Depot, so I critically doubted that paying over $100 for a gallon of paint could be value it. However as quickly as I began portray the cupboards, I spotted that this paint is value each penny. I made a decision to make use of a paint brush for the corners and trim and a 6-inch curler for clean surfaces for all the flat surfaces. This paint goes on so easily, and it’s a dream to color with. I used to be nervous about utilizing a satin end, which is the bottom sheen that this paint is available in. Y’all know I hate shiny finishes, and I’ve at all times had an issue with Benjamin Moore’s Advance paint in a satin end as a result of it’s too shiny for my style. However this one is PERFECT!
It is going to nonetheless take two coats, and that is simply the primary coat. However simply have a look at this attractive shade! And sheen!
In reality, I really like the colour a lot that I’m contemplating color-drenching the room with it. That mainly signifies that I might paint all the pieces within the room in that shade — all the cupboards, all the trim (even the crown molding and baseboards that aren’t on the cupboards), the window trim, the door trim, and the ceiling.
The one factor areas that wouldn’t be shade drenched on this lovely greenish blue shade could be areas the place I plan so as to add wallpaper — the partitions across the washer and dryer and the one higher part within the heart cupboard on the wall on the fitting. The whole lot else could be painted Billowy Breeze.
I attempted to discover a good instance of a color-drenched room with gentle wooden floors, and I discovered this one on Instagram from Rock Creek Builders…
I believe that’s completely lovely. In fact, that room is painted Benjamin Moore Hale Navy, which is means darker than the colour I’m utilizing. Hale Navy is under on the left, and the colour I’m utilizing (SW Billowy Breeze) is on the fitting. So you’ll be able to see what an enormous distinction there may be in shade.
So my color-drenched room would find yourself a lot lighter and brighter than the color-drenched workplace from Rock Creek Builders. However the idea could be the identical (with the addition of wallpaper in my closet).
Anyway, it’s simply one thing I’m contemplating as a result of with all the greenish-blue cupboards, I’m a bit of involved that any white trim may stick out like a sore thumb. I’m typically a white ceiling type of individual. In reality, the one ceiling in our home that isn’t painted white is the hallway lavatory, which has a stained wooden ceiling.
And, after all, that room gained’t keep a rest room ceaselessly. It is going to finally be a storage closet as soon as we construct the addition with the brand new visitor lavatory.
I’ve needed to color-drench a room for some time now, and I believe this closet may be my alternative. And if I’m going to place a shade on a ceiling, what’s higher than a lightweight greenish blue? So I believe I’m going to go for it. I don’t have to make use of the costly paint for the ceiling, and if I find yourself not liking it, I can at all times return and paint it white, proper?
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You may study extra about me right here.
