Walk-In Closet Update – Cabinet Progress, Artwork & Lighting Decision, And Flooring Disappointment (Plus, A Self-Control Update)

I bought the entire corners and trim primed (i.e., the half that needed to be completed with a brush). And I bought all the pieces sanded and caulked. I did the entire sanding by hand utilizing 220-grit sandpaper simply to ensure all the pieces was as easy as potential and prepared for paint. As soon as all of that was completed, I solely had about 45 minutes left final night time earlier than bedtime, so I used that point to get no less than a little bit little bit of the portray completed.

I can add some cabinets later if I want them, however for now, I made a decision to simply hold some fairly art work, add some ornamental lighting, and be completed with it.

I appreciated that concept rather a lot, however the considered having to make or purchase new art work and lighting was actually irritating me. I had searched on-line for varied sorts of lighting, and the entire lighting that basically appealed to me gave the impression to be no less than $200 or extra per gentle. The thought of spending $400 for 2 ornamental lights actually had me feeling annoyed.

Sooner or later throughout each large undertaking or room transform, I hit a wall with my spending. I simply get to some extent the place I feel, “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 alternatives. And whereas I really like making art work, I’d relatively 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 undertaking as shortly 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, observing this wall like I all the time do after I’m standing on the sink.

I began enthusiastic about my future plans for the breakfast room, which is able to ultimately be our new kitchen, and the way that meant I may not use these two items of art work or these lights in right here anymore since this complete wall will ultimately be eliminated.

Considering that I might ultimately not have an area for them sort of made me unhappy. However then it dawned on me. I want art work for my closet! And I want lighting for my closet! May these presumably work in there? I introduced certainly one of them in to see how they’d look with the wallpaper, and…I LOVE IT!!

There’s something to be mentioned for maintaining a shade palette constant from one room to a different. It’s so useful when you’ll be able to merely transfer issues from one room to a different and so they nonetheless work since you all the time 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 exchange 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 commonly.

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 footwear in right here and on their cabinets, however that might be a very 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 footwear. I’ve far too many footwear to herald 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 practically as many purses, so these solely took two journeys from my studio to convey all of them in right here. However I used to be means too curious to see what they’d all appear to be 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 concentrate on getting the remainder of the cupboards completed. I may simply waste away a whole day on the sort of enjoyable stuff, so my self-control lastly kicked in once more, and I bought busy with the true 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 known as Bona Pink Out that reduces the purple undertones in purple oak flooring, making them look extra like white oak. Proper after I ordered it, I used to be advised that it might be a couple of days late due to the dearth 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 Pink Out can be obtainable. *Sigh* I may proceed to attend, with no transport date obtainable at the moment, or I may cancel my order.

I made a decision to cancel my order and do the flooring with out the Pink Out. The excellent news is that the entire purple oak flooring I noticed completed with the Bona merchandise (the flooring that satisfied me to go along with the Bona Pure) had been completed with out the Pink Out apart from one. I actually cherished the entire ones that had been completed with out the Pink Out, so I’m going to take my possibilities and forgo the Pink 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 purple oak. I’m simply going to maneuver ahead with that, and I’m positive I’ll love the outcome. I cherished it in the entire photos and movies I noticed, so I’m assured that I’ll love my flooring even with out the Bona Pink Out. I imply, if it’s not obtainable, there’s probably not something I can do about it, and I can’t cease this undertaking whereas I look ahead to an unknown transport date.

In order quickly as I get the opposite aspect 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 an enormous job, nevertheless it must be completed earlier than I hold 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 a little bit disappointing, nevertheless it’s a small disappointment. I simply have to maintain shifting ahead. And I’m positive as soon as they’re completed, I’ll be thrilled with the completed flooring even when they’re a slight bit redder than what I had hoped. A minimum of they’ll be gentle and shiny, and that was my essential purpose.

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