I nonetheless want to color the baseboards, however so far as the ornamental parts on the large studio wall go, these are lastly completed! I used to be decided to get all of this stuff completed this final weekend in order that I may transfer on to one thing else this week (like portray my work tables or giving my desk a makeover), so I put in some lengthy days to get it performed, and I had such time doing it.
First, let me remind you what the wall appeared like on Friday after my day of fails. Eleven of the twelve months of my calendar had fallen off the wall. I had made my TV body manner too huge. I wished to do a makeover on the clock, however I couldn’t determine what I wished to do. And the cabinets have been giving me issues.
However all the things is completed now, and that is what the wall seems to be like. I’ll most likely transfer the TV up on the wall about three inches (if I can, however it’ll rely upon the outlet behind the TV). However aside from that, the ornamental gadgets on this wall are completed.
The star of the wall is the large print of our panorama design. I can’t even depend the variety of occasions I’ve walked into this room and simply stood and stared at this stunning print. I really like having the ability to see the plant key and simply discover these vegetation on the plan. I discover that almost unimaginable to do after I’m trying on the plan on my pc.
Mounting and framing a print this dimension was no easy process. I imply, it wasn’t tough in any respect, however it wasn’t fast. It took a number of days to get it performed, however I’m so extremely proud of the way it turned out.
Beneath the TV, I wished so as to add cabinets. I had initially deliberate to make my on cabinets, however then I discovered these cabinets on clearance at Lowe’s for $12 every, so I opted for the simple route.
However in the long run, I didn’t like how high heavy the narrower cabinets made that part look, so I went again to my unique thought and I made my very own cabinets to suit the width of the accessible house. I believe these match so a lot better and make the realm look extra balanced. I’ve one other thought for the Lowe’s cabinets. They’ll make an look in a special room.
I made these cabinets in the very same manner that I made the image ledges for the breakfast room with one distinction. On the breakfast room cabinets, I used 1-inch lumber (which is definitely 3/4-inch thick).
I like how these turned out, however I wished the studio cabinets to be extra just like the Lowe’s cabinets that I purchased, and people are made out of 1/2-inch materials. So earlier than placing the studio cabinets collectively, I ran all the boards via my planer twice to airplane them all the way down to 1/2-inch thick. However aside from that, the remainder of the method was the identical.
After I determined to place cabinets beneath the TV, I didn’t know precisely what I wished to make use of them for, however I knew two issues. (1) I wished the cabinets to carry one thing helpful, and never simply be image ledges to carry ornamental issues, and (2) I wished the cabinets to carry one thing very colourful.
It is a studio, so my thoughts saved going to color. I’ve cabinets crammed with latex paint within the sunroom, however to ensure that that paint to suit onto slim cabinets, I’d should switch all of that paint into jars. However then the jars wouldn’t maintain all the paint, so I’d nonetheless be left with gallon containers, after which jars of paint getting used only for ornamental functions. That appeared like a waste.
Then I considered craft paint. I’ve an enormous field crammed with bottles of craft paint. However they wouldn’t actually be fairly displayed out within the open since they’re all totally different manufacturers, totally different sizes, and many others.
After which I took one other take a look at my cabinets within the sunroom, and the reply grew to become apparent. Spray paint! I LOVE spray paint, and relating to shopping for colours, I nearly all the time purchase one model. About 98% of the time, I’m fairly loyal to Rust-Oleum Painter’s Contact from Dwelling Depot. They’re all uniform in dimension, I’ve a ton of colours, I take advantage of spray paint commonly, and so they look fairly lined up on cabinets. That possibility simply appeared to take advantage of sense to me. So I made the cabinets particularly to carry my assortment of spray paint, organized in rainbow order for essentially the most half. And also you higher imagine that I took this chance to make a visit to Dwelling Depot and purchase spray paint colours that I wanted to fill within the holes within the rainbow assortment for my cabinets. 😀
I ended up having to remake the TV body not simply as soon as, however TWICE!! I don’t know what my drawback was, however I simply saved messing up. Thank goodness I simply saved making it too huge, so I may reduce down what I had.
The TV body I made for the studio wall is sort of a bit smaller than the opposite ones I made. The one for the breakfast room wall is fairly thick, and I believe it matches completely with the image body ledges crammed with colourful paintings.
However for the studio wall, not solely did I not have room for such a thick, chunky body, however I additionally simply wished one thing a lot thinner and understated.
The clock is one which I bought on Amazon. You can find it here (affiliate hyperlink). The clock initially appeared like this…
I wasn’t in search of a farmhouse model clock. That’s not likely my model. However I purchased this one as a result of I knew I may work with it. I preferred the scale and the routed Roman numerals. And no, I couldn’t have made this myself. Or possibly I may have, however it could have taken me two days to purchase the plywood, reduce the right circle, after which strive my hand at utilizing my router to route these excellent Roman numerals into the plywood. I most likely would have tousled on no less than the primary one, which suggests re-cutting the circle, and beginning over. So paying $45 for another person to chop the right circle, route the Roman numerals, and embody the precise clock mechanism within the value, appeared very cheap to me.
However what I wished wasn’t rustic farmhouse. I wished coloration. So I painted it Rust-Oleum Solar Yellow, after which topcoated it with clear gloss. I had initially deliberate to color the routed Roman numerals white, however by the point I had it thus far, I cherished how refined the Roman numerals have been, so I made a decision to maintain it this fashion. I did paint the clock arms white, although.
And at last, there’s the calendar. In spite of everything however one month fell off of the wall when the 3M sticky squares failed, I went to Dwelling Depot and bought Command Image Hanging Strips. I spent about 90 minutes including 4 image hanging strips to every month, after which rehanging all the months on the wall. After which they began falling off of the wall AGAIN.
Y’all, I used to be so annoyed. I like image hanging strips as a result of they’re a two-piece system that match collectively like Velcro and mean you can take away the image from the wall. However I simply couldn’t get them to stay for some purpose. So I ended up going again to Dwelling Depot and buying some T-Rex Tremendous Glue Tape to tape the image hanging strips to the again of the froth board, after which tape the image hanging strips to the wall. And that stuff is SUPER sticky! I don’t see any manner that these will fall off of the wall once more. So in the long run, what ought to have been a one-and-done venture needed to be performed thrice. Speak about irritating!
And since they saved falling off of the wall, a few of them now have dinged corners. You haven’t any thought how onerous it was for me to place this out of my thoughts and transfer ahead. I wished to badly to order one other calendar and redo the months with dinged corners, however I compelled myself to maneuver on. I’m the one one who will ever be bothered by these corners, and I have to cease obsessing about these tiny issues. (The checkmarks have been to indicate which months had the T-Rex tape. I forgot to return and wipe off these checkmarks.)
In order that’s it! The ornamental a part of this enormous wall is finished. I’m going to maneuver the TV up a bit, after which I would like to complete portray the baseboards. However then I’m on to a different venture. Slowly however certainly, I’m getting the ultimate initiatives checked off of my “to do” record for this room!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify 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 can learn more about me here.
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