I’ve to begin by giving my mother an enormous shoutout for her assist yesterday. She is wonderful, and I’m so extremely grateful for her willingness to return over and assist me get this closet able to be loaded with all of my stuff. I used to be feeling fairly overwhelmed after the weekend we had, and by the tip of the day, I used to be feeling so excited, inspired, and able to deal with these previous couple of gadgets on my examine listing for the walk-in closet.
The final time I confirmed you a considerably full view of the room, it was fairly messy — paint cans, instruments, and provides strewn about. However what you possibly can’t actually see within the photograph is that every thing from prime to backside was lined in mud.

So we first obtained the protecting paper out from beneath island because the island base is now fully completed. After which whereas I helped Matt along with his lunch, she obtained busy clearing out all the instruments and provides from the room after which began cleansing. Every shelf needed to be vacuumed after which wiped down. She wiped down all the trim, vacuumed all the baskets, and even dusted off my necklaces. She additionally vacuumed the ground, however it’ll want a extra thorough cleansing as soon as each single factor is checked off of my listing.
When Matt was completed along with his lunch, I began engaged on a number of gadgets from my guidelines that also wanted to be completed. First, I drilled the holes within the washer and dryer cupboard counter tops for the sunshine cords since I’m utilizing plugin lights for these areas as an alternative of hardwired lights. I used this desktop grommet kit (affiliate hyperlink), which comes with a gap noticed.

I additionally needed to reinstall al of the hanging bars as a result of I had initially put in them too far again, and the hangers touched the again partitions of the cupboards. So I moved them ahead 1.5 inches, after which needed to fill, sand, and paint the unique holes. However now there’s loads of room for the hangers and my garments to hold free with out being smashed in opposition to the backs of the cupboards.

I additionally headed to Michael’s and Passion Foyer to search out new frames for my art work that I’m going to hold above the washer and dryer. I didn’t discover precisely what I wished. I had hoped to search out brushed steel gold frames, however neither place had these. So as an alternative, I needed to go for these wooden frames with a brushed gold foil wrap. It was both that or order one thing on-line and anticipate supply, and I selected fast gratification as an alternative.

I additionally headed to Residence Depot to choose up some extension cords that I’ll use to wire the lights. These lights are meant to be hardwired, however they do have a gap on the backplate in order that they are often wired for plugin use. They don’t provide these cords, although. So I’ll have to make use of extension cords to wire them. I didn’t have time to get that completed, so possibly I can get this completed as we speak.

One of many greater initiatives I nonetheless have to do is add all the shoe molding, not solely on the ground across the baseboards, but additionally vertically the place the cupboards meet the wallpaper. So that basically must be completed earlier than I cling the art work and the lights. I’m not likely positive that I’ll get that completed as we speak, as a result of my precedence for as we speak is to get the island fully completed. However you possibly can see that that trim is required as a result of I didn’t do such a easy job at trimming the wallpaper alongside the sides of those cupboards.

However anyway, take a look at my clear closet with clear, ready-to-load cabinets, y’all!

I couldn’t be extra excited to be at this stage, and I wouldn’t be right here with out my mother. I’m protecting the island lined till I do know that I’m fully completed with instruments in right here as a result of I preserve setting instruments, screws, and so forth., on that island prime, and I’d cry if I scratched it and needed to do repairs to it at this stage.

One other merchandise on my listing that also must be completed is chopping the holes within the backs of the cupboards for the 4 electrical retailers which can be within the room. That word that’s taped to the again of that heart part is the measurements for finding these retailers. I ought to have completed that way back, however I stored placing it off. Fortunately, it shouldn’t be a really messy course of because the backs of the closets are only one/4-inch plywood.

However these cabinets are able to be put to work. I can’t wait to get all of my purses and footwear in right here! I’m virtually to the end line!

Sadly, I by no means obtained that tenth basket, and my order reveals that it’s full. And now, Kohl’s is totally offered out of these baskets. It’s high quality, although. I can simply use eight baskets. I nonetheless want to connect the labels that I made for them.

However, oh my goodness, y’all. The end line is in sight.



So, as I stated above, as we speak shall be about ending the island. Proper now, it’s holding my paint cans and paint tray. However I’m virtually completed with these, and I’m actually hoping that by the tip of the day, I’ll have a completed, usable closet island.

The solar is out as we speak, so possibly the climate will cooperate in order that I can get the drawers and doorways painted and clear coated. If the humidity continues to be too excessive, I’m going to show the bed room into a twig sales space and get it completed. I’m so glad that the one issues in that room that must be protected at this level are the ground and the home windows. I don’t care if overspray will get on the partitions or the ceiling, so I can deliver our dehumidifer nearer to that space of the home, cowl the flooring and the home windows, and get this factor completed.
If I can get the island fully completed as we speak, that simply leaves a number of small initiatives for the room and one closing massive challenge for the room — the chandelier. And after all the constructing and building that has gone into this room, I’m truly fairly excited to wind down this closet challenge with a enjoyable, artistic challenge like a chandelier makeover. It is going to be the right ending to this marathon of a challenge.
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