Effectively, y’all, I had a really irritating day yesterday, and didn’t get practically as a lot carried out on the house gymnasium as I had deliberate. I dropped my exterior exhausting drive that holds all of my photos from all of my 16 years of running a blog, after which it wouldn’t work. I assumed it was being backed up on Carbonite, however after I went into my Carbonite account and chosen that drive, nothing was there. NOTHING!! So I spent a ridiculous period of time yesterday desperately looking for somebody who might get my photos off of that arduous drive. Actually nobody in Waco can try this, so it needed to be despatched off to Austin, the place they’ll must placed on their little Tyvek bunny fits and take my exhausting drive right into a clear room, very rigorously disassemble it, and see what data (if any) they will salvage, all for the cut price value of $1900.
I used to be completely sick about it. That’s 16 years of running a blog photographs and movies, from the apartment to our home, and each undertaking and room that I’ve ever carried out. To say that that put a damper on your entire remainder of my day can be an understatement. I used to be so unhappy, and depressed, and pissed off, and indignant (at myself for not checking my Carbonite frequently to make certain all the things was truly being backed up correctly!), and felt so unmotivated to work on something. I simply needed to take a seat in mattress and cry and eat ice cream.
However I didn’t. After pouting and sulking for some time, I lastly did make myself rise up and do one thing. Something. Sulking and pouting wouldn’t repair my exhausting drive, so I made myself refocus.
What I made a decision to do was assemble our new Swedish ladder. I had initially meant to make a Swedish ladder from scratch, however then I made a decision that I’d quite save time and buy a ready-to-assemble Swedish ladder that I do know is properly made and really sturdy. So I bought this one from The Beam Store. It was quite simple to assemble. However putting in it on the wall may be a special story.
This factor could be very properly made, and I really like that it has 1.5-inch dowels. These will probably be very sturdy. I don’t love the colour, although. As I’ve talked about earlier than, I wish to create a cohesive look all through this room through the use of black and walnut all through the room. That’s been my plan for some time now, and it’s why I purchased a black and walnut WaterRower. You possibly can see it sitting on the previous foam ground within the photograph beneath.
And that plan can also be why I selected walnut-colored shades and black flooring.
So these light-colored dowels don’t actually lower it for me.
That’s an issue that may be simply solved with some sanding or stripping (they’re clear coated), a coat of stain, and a brand new clear coat.
I additionally intend to provide the WalMart dresser just a little makeover. Proper now, it’s simply stable black, which is ok, however not nice. And I’ve additionally determined that it’s a bit too brief, so I will probably be including legs to it. I’ve another piece of 1″ x 2″ walnut lumber from the lavatory rework, so I’ll use that lengthy the bottom, add some walnut toes, after which perform a little one thing with the drawer fronts.
After which I purchased these pulls to make use of on the drawers. I found them in this Etsy store.
After which I’ve two lengthy partitions within the entrance to this room which might be simply begging for some art work.
I’ve to confess that I normally don’t like phrase artwork. I do know I’ve some in our breakfast room (sitting room), however that’s form of totally different because it’s all colorful and glittery and awesome. However common non-colorful, non-glittery, and non-awesome phrase artwork/decor typically doesn’t enchantment to me in any respect.
However in my thoughts, motivational phrase artwork posters go completely with a house gymnasium. Don’t you assume? I’ve been looking on Etsy to seek out one thing that I like, and to date, this series from Etsy is my favorite.
The colours aren’t precisely proper, however since they’re downloadable/printable wall artwork, I feel I can edit the colours to work higher for the room. However whatever the collection I lastly select, I plan to border them in walnut and black. I wish to body them like I did the unique art work that I did years in the past for our breakfast room…
…in order that there’s a really skinny black body across the art work, after which a thicker body on the skin. However the place I used white on these work, I’ll use walnut on those for the house gymnasium partitions.
In order that’s the plan, and hopefully it’ll all look cohesive as soon as it’s completed. I do know some individuals are in all probability considering, “That is only a residence gymnasium! Why go to all of this hassle?” Effectively, the plain reply is within the title of my weblog. 😀 But additionally, it’s a room in our residence, and I would like it to look good, identical to every other room. I hope to spend a great deal of time in right here, and I must be motivated to come back in right here and keep in right here some time. I’d by no means be motivated to spend a lot time in a room that didn’t look fairly and really feel inviting to me. Strictly utilitarian rooms don’t inspire me in any respect.
Anyway, hopefully I can get extra achieved at present. No extra sulking or pouting allowed.
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