Y’all, I used to be starting to assume that I’d by no means get this challenge completed, however the walk-in closet island is lastly carried out. This was a fairly large construct, which is one motive it took so lengthy. It has a cupboard part with two doorways, after which a complete of ten drawers. However most of that constructing course of went pretty effectively, with little to no surprises or setbacks alongside the way in which. What didn’t go so effectively was the portray.
I selected to make use of Behr paint as an alternative of Sherwin Williams, and that brought on an enormous downside as a result of the end, even after a number of days, was nonetheless barely cheesy. And with the paint shade being so darkish, any time I touched it or brushed up towards it, it left mild smudges that couldn’t be wiped away. So I attempted to clear coat it, however the climate didn’t cooperate, and the clear coat was streaky and clouded.
However yesterday, we lastly had day for spraying outdoors. So I sanded down the door fronts and doorways and mainly began over. All the things dried effectively, and whereas the humidity was nonetheless fairly excessive and the end isn’t as good as I’d prefer it to be, I’m calling this completed.
Oh, and another shock — I repainted the highest. Now the entire thing is stable blue. Right here’s the way it turned out…
I learn so lots of your ideas for issues to placed on the tip of the island. I checked out a number of baskets, however I don’t actually need any extra basket storage. I checked out bars for hanging issues like scarves, however I don’t put on scarves. (Though, after so many fairly ones currently, I believe I want to begin! 😀 ) However then somebody talked about a gold cursive letter “Ok”. I cherished that concept, however I didn’t like the concept of gold leaf or something like that being utilized on to the island. So as an alternative, I checked out wooden cutout letters that I might gold leaf.
I didn’t discover a cursive letter “Ok” that I favored, however I did discover an “L” that I actually favored. I truly made the acquisition on Amazon, after which I noticed I already had an “L” that I might use. It’s been in our pantry since I completed it.
So I grabbed that one from the pantry, gold leafed it, and hung it on the tip of the island. I adore it!
And I additionally assume it’s a little bit humorous. It jogs my memory of the tv present “Laverne & Shirley” as a result of Laverne at all times wore shirts monogrammed with the letter “L”. So whereas my garments aren’t monogrammed with an “L”, my entire closet is now monogrammed with a really related “L”.
After repainting and clear coating the drawers and doorways, I had to return and redo the gold leaf pen element on the one part that I had already carried out, after which add the gold element on the opposite three sections. I used a Krylon 18kt. Gold Leaf pen for that, and every part took about 5 minutes.
The aspect dealing with the hanging garments aspect of the room has two sections of drawers.
I haven’t had time to hoover out the mud from drilling the holes for the drawer pulls but, however the high drawer is a little bit bit shallower than the opposite two. The highest drawers on this aspect are about six inches deep.
And the opposite 4 are about 9 inches deep.
The opposite aspect has a cupboard, and I actually simply remembered that I nonetheless want so as to add a shelf inside, so I suppose it’s not fully completed. Ugh.
After which the opposite part on this aspect has 4 drawers.
The primary three drawers are about 5 inches deep, and the underside drawer is 9 inches deep.
In hindsight, I want I’d have painted all elements of the drawer bins white. I assumed that pink shade can be a enjoyable shock, however I believe white would have appeared significantly better. Oh effectively. I’m not redoing it now. No less than I’m the one one who will see it.
I’m so relieved to lastly have this large challenge carried out!! That leaves me with two extra large initiatives within the room — framing out the doorway and making the chandelier. As soon as the doorway is framed out and the chandelier is completed, I’ll have a number of small initiatives to complete up, after which the room will lastly be FINISHED!
You can find all of the posts about this closet island build here, from beginning to end.
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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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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