Issues are transferring proper alongside on my DIY walk-in closet. I bought fairly a bit executed over the weekend, however I solely barely bought began on the thrilling half — the paint on the left facet of the room. However a minimum of I bought all the not-so-exciting stuff executed on that facet (which I understand is on the appropriate facet within the photograph beneath 😀 ).
I bought all the corners and trim primed (i.e., the half that needed to be executed with a brush). And I bought all the pieces sanded and caulked. I did all the sanding by hand utilizing 220-grit sandpaper simply to verify all the pieces was as clean as potential and prepared for paint. As soon as all of that was executed, I solely had about 45 minutes left final night time earlier than bedtime, so I used that point to get a minimum of just a little little bit of the portray executed.
I’ve an entire uninterrupted workday forward of me, so my aim at present is the get the left facet fully painted with two coats of paint. And if I’ve time left on the finish of the day, I’d like to get my hanging bars put in. This facet of the closet is far simpler as a result of there are far fewer cabinets on this facet. So barring any unexpected circumstances, I’m fairly certain I can get it executed.
I can add some cabinets later if I would like them, however for now, I made a decision to only cling some fairly art work, add some ornamental lighting, and be executed with it.
I preferred that concept loads, however the considered having to make or purchase new art work and lighting was actually irritating me. I had searched on-line for varied varieties of lighting, and all the lighting that actually appealed to me appeared to be a minimum of $200 or extra per gentle. The concept of spending $400 for 2 ornamental lights actually had me feeling pissed off.
In some unspecified time in the future throughout each huge mission or room transform, I hit a wall with my spending. I simply get to a degree the place I believe, “I’ve spent sufficient cash, and I don’t wish to spend any extra money on this room.” I’m properly previous that time on this walk-in closet, so I couldn’t make myself push that “checkout” button on any of my lighting picks. And whereas I like making art work, I’d fairly put time into making art work for our bed room or the lobby, not for my walk-in closet. I wish to wrap up this mission as rapidly as potential and transfer on to these different areas.
After which this previous weekend, I used to be standing on the sink within the kitchen, watching this wall like I at all times do once I’m standing on the sink.
I began occupied with my future plans for the breakfast room, which can ultimately be our new kitchen, and the way that meant I might now not use these two items of art work or these lights in right here anymore since this entire wall will ultimately be eliminated.
I like these two canvases that I made. They record the fruit of the Spirit from the Bible verse present in chapter 5 of the guide of Galatians — love, pleasure, peace, endurance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. I made this art work throughout a time period again in 2021 once I was actually struggling emotionally, and my struggles had been having a really unfavorable impact on my perspective. And my perspective was affecting the way in which through which I used to be treating Matt and coping with his day by day struggles with MS. It was an entire unfavorable snowball impact. So I made these canvases so that they could possibly be front-and-center as a day by day reminder that I might meditate on often. And you recognize what? It helped me tremendously as I walked by that tough season in my life. (I shared extra about that right here.)
Considering that I’d ultimately not have an area for them type of made me unhappy. However then it dawned on me. I would like art work for my closet! And I would like lighting for my closet! May these probably work in there? I introduced one in every of them in to see how they might look with the wallpaper, and…I LOVE IT!!
There’s something to be stated for conserving a shade palette constant from one room to a different. It’s so helpful when you may merely transfer issues from one room to a different and so they nonetheless work since you at all times appear to be drawn to variations of the identical colours all through the home.
I may need to do one thing else with the frames. Proper now, they’ve very skinny black frames on them. I’ll both paint them at midnight navy blue that I used on the trim within the wallpapered cupboard part, or I’ll substitute them with skinny gold frames (or gold leaf these frames). I haven’t determined but. And I’ll make the lights work within the closet with a few coats of white spray paint. So for little or no cash (simply the price of spray paint), I’ve art work and lighting for the closet! And I get to maintain this very significant art work in a spot the place I’ll see it often.
You’ll discover that I very conveniently left the canvas within the breakfast room that listed “self-control”. Maybe that’s the one I actually ought to have introduced in right here as a result of…properly, my self-control solely partially held out this weekend. 😀 I discussed final week that I used to be anxious to get my purses and sneakers in right here and on their cabinets, however that may be a extremely dumb factor to do since I nonetheless must sand the ground. I hoped that my self-control would maintain out over the weekend.
I made myself maintain off on the sneakers. I’ve far too many sneakers to usher in right here solely to must take them out once more earlier than I sand the flooring. However I simply couldn’t wait on the purses. 😀 Luckily, I don’t have almost as many purses, so these solely took two journeys from my studio to carry all of them in right here. However I used to be manner too curious to see what they might all appear like on the sunshine blue cabinets subsequent to the wallpapered part to carry out any longer.
I performed round with a few alternative ways to rearrange them, however then made myself cease and deal with getting the remainder of the cupboards completed. I might simply waste away a whole day on any such enjoyable stuff, so my self-control lastly kicked in once more, and I bought busy with the actual work.
However talking of flooring, I bought some irritating information. As I’ve talked about, the rationale I didn’t do the flooring first (which might have been the logical factor to do) is as a result of one of many merchandise I had ordered was on backorder. I hoped to make use of a product referred to as Bona Crimson Out that reduces the pink undertones in pink oak flooring, making them look extra like white oak. Proper after I ordered it, I used to be instructed that it might be a couple of days late due to the shortage of availability from Bona. However on the finish of final week, I bought one other e mail saying that Bona doesn’t know when the Crimson Out will likely be out there. *Sigh* I might proceed to attend, with no delivery date out there right now, or I might cancel my order.
I made a decision to cancel my order and do the flooring with out the Crimson Out. The excellent news is that all the pink oak flooring I noticed completed with the Bona merchandise (the flooring that satisfied me to go along with the Bona Pure) had been executed with out the Crimson Out apart from one. I actually cherished all the ones that had been executed with out the Crimson Out, so I’m going to take my probabilities and forgo the Crimson Out on my flooring as properly. Luckily, the Bona Pure that I selected (and obtained two weeks in the past) has white in it, in order that alone lightens and brightens pink oak. I’m simply going to maneuver ahead with that, and I’m certain I’ll love the end result. I cherished it in all the photos and movies I noticed, so I’m assured that I’ll love my flooring even with out the Bona Crimson Out. I imply, if it’s not out there, there’s probably not something I can do about it, and I can’t cease this mission whereas I look forward to an unknown delivery date.
In order quickly as I get the opposite facet of the cupboards completed, my plan is to allow them to dry for a few days, after which I’ll cowl the cupboards with plastic after which get began on the flooring. That’ll be a giant job, however it must be executed earlier than I cling the remainder of the wallpaper within the closet. And the ground can be what’s standing in the way in which of me bringing the washer and dryer into the closet.
It’s just a little disappointing, however it’s a small disappointment. I simply have to maintain transferring ahead. And I’m certain as soon as they’re executed, I’ll be thrilled with the completed flooring even when they’re a slight bit redder than what I had hoped. At the least they’ll be gentle and brilliant, and that was my important aim.
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Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can study extra about me right here.
