I’ve to start out by giving my mother an enormous shoutout for her assist yesterday. She is superb, and I’m so extremely grateful for her willingness to come back over and assist me get this closet able to be loaded with all of my stuff. I used to be feeling fairly overwhelmed after the weekend we had, and by the tip of the day, I used to be feeling so excited, inspired, and able to sort out these previous couple of objects on my examine record for the walk-in closet.
The final time I confirmed you a considerably full view of the room, it was fairly messy — paint cans, instruments, and provides strewn about. However what you’ll be able to’t actually see within the picture is that every part from high to backside was coated in mud.

So we first received the protecting paper out from beneath island for the reason that island base is now utterly completed. After which whereas I helped Matt along with his lunch, she received busy clearing out the entire instruments and provides from the room after which began cleansing. Every shelf needed to be vacuumed after which wiped down. She wiped down the entire trim, vacuumed the entire baskets, and even dusted off my necklaces. She additionally vacuumed the ground, however it’ll want a extra thorough cleansing as soon as each single factor is checked off of my record.
When Matt was completed along with his lunch, I began engaged on a couple of objects from my guidelines that also wanted to be executed. First, I drilled the holes within the washer and dryer cupboard counter tops for the sunshine cords since I’m utilizing plugin lights for these areas as an alternative of hardwired lights. I used this desktop grommet package (affiliate hyperlink), which comes with a gap noticed.

I additionally needed to reinstall al of the hanging bars as a result of I had initially put in them too far again, and the hangers touched the again partitions of the cupboards. So I moved them ahead 1.5 inches, after which needed to fill, sand, and paint the unique holes. However now there’s loads of room for the hangers and my garments to hold free with out being smashed towards the backs of the cupboards.

I additionally headed to Michael’s and Passion Foyer to seek out new frames for my paintings that I’m going to hold above the washer and dryer. I didn’t discover precisely what I wished. I had hoped to seek out brushed steel gold frames, however neither place had these. So as an alternative, I needed to go for these wooden frames with a brushed gold foil wrap. It was both that or order one thing on-line and await supply, and I selected speedy gratification as an alternative.

I additionally headed to House Depot to select up some extension cords that I’ll use to wire the lights. These lights are meant to be hardwired, however they do have a gap on the backplate in order that they are often wired for plugin use. They don’t provide these cords, although. So I’ll have to make use of extension cords to wire them. I didn’t have time to get that completed, so possibly I can get this executed right now.

One of many greater tasks I nonetheless have to do is add the entire shoe molding, not solely on the flooring across the baseboards, but additionally vertically the place the cupboards meet the wallpaper. So that basically must be executed earlier than I dangle the paintings and the lights. I’m not likely positive that I’ll get that executed right now, as a result of my precedence for right now is to get the island utterly completed. However you’ll be able to see that that trim is required as a result of I didn’t do such a easy job at trimming the wallpaper alongside the sides of those cupboards.

However anyway, take a look at my clear closet with clear, ready-to-load cabinets, y’all!

I couldn’t be extra excited to be at this stage, and I wouldn’t be right here with out my mother. I’m retaining the island coated till I do know that I’m utterly completed with instruments in right here as a result of I preserve setting instruments, screws, and many others., on that island high, and I’d cry if I scratched it and needed to do repairs to it at this stage.

One other merchandise on my record that also must be executed is chopping the holes within the backs of the cupboards for the 4 electrical retailers which are within the room. That notice that’s taped to the again of that middle part is the measurements for finding these retailers. I ought to have executed that way back, however I saved placing it off. Fortunately, it shouldn’t be a really messy course of for the reason that backs of the closets are only one/4-inch plywood.

However these cabinets are able to be put to work. I can’t wait to get all of my purses and footwear in right here! I’m virtually to the end line!

Sadly, I by no means received that tenth basket, and my order exhibits that it’s full. And now, Kohl’s is totally offered out of these baskets. It’s advantageous, although. I can simply use eight baskets. I nonetheless want to connect the labels that I made for them.

However, oh my goodness, y’all. The end line is in sight.



So, as I stated above, right now will probably be about ending the island. Proper now, it’s holding my paint cans and paint tray. However I’m virtually executed with these, and I’m actually hoping that by the tip of the day, I’ll have a completed, usable closet island.

The solar is out right now, so possibly the climate will cooperate in order that I can get the drawers and doorways painted and clear coated. If the humidity continues to be too excessive, I’m going to show the bed room into a sprig sales space and get it executed. I’m so glad that the one issues in that room that should be protected at this level are the ground and the home windows. I don’t care if overspray will get on the partitions or the ceiling, so I can carry our dehumidifer nearer to that space of the home, cowl the flooring and the home windows, and get this factor executed.
If I can get the island utterly completed right now, that simply leaves a couple of small tasks for the room and one closing huge undertaking for the room — the chandelier. And after the entire constructing and development that has gone into this room, I’m truly fairly excited to wind down this closet undertaking with a enjoyable, inventive undertaking like a chandelier makeover. It will likely be the proper ending to this marathon of a undertaking.
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