The Forgotten Wall Mural (Two Options Remain)

I didn’t get any work completed on the closet yesterday (I don’t work on Wednesdays), so I’m altering path as we speak and sharing some random ideas about future initiatives that I’ve been dreaming about the previous few days.

Proper now, we don’t have any area in our home for a desk and chairs. When it’s simply Matt and me in the home, it’s not an issue. If Matt and I are consuming collectively, I’m usually standing or sitting by him and serving to him along with his meal whereas he sits in mattress (which is at present in our breakfast room whereas our bed room suite is below building), and I’m standing on the kitchen peninsula to eat my meals. If I’m consuming on my own for some purpose, I usually sit at my desk and eat whereas multitasking.

However each on occasion, I do miss having a desk and chairs. When my mother came visiting on Monday to assist me clear the instruments and mud out of the closet, she introduced lunch. I actually hated not having a desk and chairs the place we may sit and luxuriate in our meal collectively. So we each stood on the kitchen peninsula to eat. It was advantageous, however I dream of the day that I can have a correct place for a eating desk and chairs.

So to refresh your reminiscence, my instant aim is to get our bed room suite fully completed. That signifies that I would like to complete up these previous few initiatives within the walk-in closet. After that, I’ll work on the lobby and bed room. After which I’ll end up the bed room suite (for now) by making some modifications within the hallway lavatory.

After that, I’ll flip my consideration to my workshop, which at present seems cute on the surface…

However the inside my workshop is a clean canvas. I need to get it fully arrange and prepared for the massive undertaking that can come after that, which is constructing a model new kitchen.

The brand new kitchen will go in our present breakfast room and pantry. The present studio lavatory can be a walk-through pantry for simple entry to the again studio doorways and carport. And eventually, the present kitchen will change into a eating room with a correct desk and chairs. In case you want a visible, that is the long-term aim. Thos ground plan consists of the longer term addition, with a brand new lounge, visitor lavatory, and visitor bed room (which we’ll use as a house fitness center initially). That addition would be the last large undertaking after all the pieces throughout the present footprint of our house is completed.

And all of that brings me to the mural that I purchased one 12 months in the past, and nonetheless stay rolled up within the field it got here in. I’ve by no means completed this earlier than, however I purchased the mural as a result of it simply appeared prefer it belonged in our house. However I purchased it with none particular use in thoughts. It got here from Anthropologie, and is now not out there, so there’s no possibility of shopping for one other one. Meaning I’ve to discover a use for the one mural I’ve, which is 10′ excessive and 20′ huge. The mural seems like this…

So I’m down to 2 areas now. The primary and most evident place for it’s on the entryway wall.

Proper now, the entryway wall seems like this…

If I take advantage of it there, I’d preserve the console desk, sconces (most likely with a distinct shade on the shades), and all the pieces else would go in order that the mural may actually shine. I’d nonetheless use one thing on the wall above the console desk, however it might be one massive, framed merchandise, most likely a mirror.

And as you possibly can see from the reflection within the mirror within the photograph above, that entryway wall is immediately throughout from the hearth wall in the lounge.

I believe that mural could be lovely on that entry wall, and my pink curtains in the lounge ties in fantastically with the pink flowers within the mural.

The second potential spot remaining for the mural is that this wall sooner or later eating room.

Proper now, that wall seems like this…

However as soon as the kitchen is moved over into the breakfast room and pantry areas, these cupboards can be eliminated, and I’ll be left with a plain wall. I would like that wall to stay strong (i.e., no cased opening), so it’s excellent for a mural. I desire a buffet (maybe the buffet I have already got) on that wall, and I have already got wiring for wall sconces, so these will stay as properly, though I’ll get new sconces. So this wall is one other good candidate for the mural, and I believe it might be an awesome leaping off level for adorning the eating room.

If I apply it to the longer term eating room wall, it’s going to nonetheless be seen from the lounge, and people pink curtains will nonetheless coordinate fantastically with the pink flowers within the mural.