My Closet Island Paint Color Choice Revealed

However I needed to share my progress and at last reveal the paint shade that I selected. I made a decision to go along with…darkish blue. Of the entire mockups I did with the varied colours, the darkish blue actually was my favourite. To me, it appears to be like probably the most cohesive, and I like it with the white prime.

My hesitation with this shade was that it could be so near the lobby, which can have darkish teal grasscloth. I used to be afraid that the 2 colours so shut collectively would conflict. However I made a decision to throw warning to the wind and go along with it anyway.

So I took the wallpaper to Residence Depot and had them shade match the darkest blue, and that’s what I used. I received the entire drawer fronts and doorways utterly painted. And also you’ll discover that Felicity determined so as to add her personal contact to among the drawer fronts. Fortunately, they had been utterly dry earlier than she found them, so these little paw prints will wipe off. She loves being in my closet, which could be very dusty proper now, so she tracks her little dusty paw prints all around the home, they usually actually present up on this darkish blue.

Cats. Ugh. They haven’t any respect for others’ property. 🤣

Earlier than I did the final coat of paint, I received the entire holes drilled for the drawer pulls. I at all times wish to drill the holes earlier than the final coat to remove any chance of the drill bit taking off paint and having to do any touching up of the paint.

And right here’s what the gold pulls will appear to be on the darkish blue. I believe that appears so fairly!

I painted every part with a brush as an alternative of utilizing my sprayer. The rationale I did that’s as a result of I wasn’t planning on doing a transparent coat over the paint, and in the event you paint a part of a venture with a brush and half with a sprayer, they are going to have a barely totally different sheen, even in the event you’re utilizing the very same paint out of the identical can. And that distinction is much more noticeable on darkish colours. These barely totally different sheens in darkish colours can really make it appear to be two barely totally different colours.

I don’t know in the event you’ve ever observed that on my studio cupboards, and possibly I shouldn’t even level it out. However I do suppose that is one thing that each DIYer ought to pay attention to. Totally different strategies of utility of paint offers you barely totally different sheens, and the extra saturated the colour, the extra these totally different sheens could make the 2 functions appear to be barely totally different colours. See in the event you discover that right here, the place I sprayed the doorways and drawer fronts, however painted the precise cupboards with a brush. Similar shade, similar can of paint, barely totally different sheens/colours on the completed product.

Anyway, I don’t have a paint shade for you as a result of, as I stated, I had this one shade matched to the wallpaper. However that is the formulation for Behr paint.

I did get the perimeters of the island painted with the ultimate coat of paint. So the doorways, drawer fronts, and sides are completed.

I didn’t tape off the within earlier than portray (i.e., the elements that I don’t plan to color) as a result of I can take away these rogue bits of paint with sandpaper earlier than clear coating the insides of the island, which I nonetheless have to do.

However I did attempt to paint these edges as rigorously as doable to reduce the quantity of sanding I’ll need to do earlier than I clear coat the within. I believe I did a reasonably good job, however these edges will look a lot cleaner and sharper with a little bit of sanding.

And once more, I solely have one coat of paint on the ends thus far. So I have to do only a little bit of sanding with 220-grit sandpaper, after which do yet one more coat of paint to do away with the streaky look. However right here’s a glimpse of what the darkish blue appears to be like like within the room with the wallpaper.

It’s nearly there, y’all. It’s nearly there!!! I can’t wait to see my completed darkish blue island with the white marbled prime sitting on a clear wooden ground with out the entire fiddle it! I simply have somewhat bit extra sanding to do on the highest earlier than I can paint it, and that’s the entire sanding that must be performed within the room. You realize what meaning? That implies that as soon as it’s sanded and the entire mud is cleaned up, I can lastly load up this closet with my garments, purses and footwear!! I’m nearly there!!!