My Most Boring Project Is Finished! (Studio Storage Closet)

So let me remind you what this closet seemed like earlier than…

And now, after some paint, trim, and a chunk of plywood to cover the HVAC unit, it appears to be like like this…

In an ideal world, I’d have built-in cabinets in right here that make the most of each spare inch of house. However since this isn’t an ideal scenario, and I’ve to have the ability to simply transfer the cabinets out of the best way if the HVAC unit wants service, I needed to keep on with these shelving items on casters.

I used to be capable of match two of them in right here. I’m not precisely certain but what I’ll be storing in right here. I nonetheless want to prepare the entire studio, and for now, I believe I’ll have greater than sufficient cupboard space. So this is likely to be house I’ll develop into as I start to really use the studio.

Since I didn’t need to have a plain inexperienced wall, I made a decision to hold certainly one of my acrylic artwork prints right here so as to add a little bit little bit of shade and curiosity to an in any other case very boring house. I really like opening the closet door and seeing that colourful print.

I had initially deliberate so as to add some cabinets to the world to the proper, however since I haven’t even stuffed the cabinets I’ve, I made a decision to carry off on that for now.

It was a ache having to work round this mass of air ducts, so I did the perfect I might. It’s nonetheless not fairly, however at the very least I now not have to take a look at the ugly facet of an HVAC unit. Including this piece of plywood right here, and notching out the world for the ducts, made an enormous eyesore a bit extra tolerable.

And now, it’s important to go into the closet and peek across the plywood to see the ugly HVAC unit.

I had deliberate to depart it because it was once I confirmed you my progress final week. It seemed like this…

However that’s one other factor my mind wouldn’t let me depart alone. I ended up masking the plywood field with a nicer piece of sanded plywood, including some trim, and portray it to match.

I additionally ended up doing the door casing the identical as the opposite doorways.

I didn’t do that as a result of I simply couldn’t assist myself. I really deliberate to do a a lot less complicated trim on the closet facet of the door, however because it turned out, I didn’t have the lumber available to do an easier trim. I did occur to have what I wanted to do that fashion in my scrap pile, although, so I went with it. It’s not the best high quality lumber. It had gotten rained on and was warped, so I put it by means of the planer a few occasions to make it look higher. It’s effective for the within of a storage closet, however I wouldn’t have used it in a outstanding place in the home.

After which I did a fast and straightforward body across the wall vent.

I actually wished to only depart it undone, however that’s simply not me. I’m okay with imperfection and never utilizing the best high quality supplies inside a closet, however because it seems, I’m not okay with leaving tasks utterly undone in a closet. Right here’s what it seemed like earlier than…

And right here it’s now. I used lumber from my scrap pile for this, too. I wished issues to look completed in right here, however I wished to spend as little cash as doable.

That is the world the place I had initially deliberate to place up some cabinets, however I modified my thoughts since I’ve greater than sufficient cabinets for now. And I could discover that I would like hooks to hold issues as an alternative of needing extra cabinets, so this can be a nice space for that. However for now, I don’t want any extra storage.