Y’all, my studio is just about FINISHED!! I simply have a number of paint touchups to do, a door to color, a ground to scrub, and two new door knobs to put in, and that’s it!! THAT’S IT!!
I’m hoping to get the ultimate footage of it right this moment, however to be trustworthy, that in all probability received’t occur as a result of I’m solution to distracted by the concrete being poured proper exterior the studio window. There’s a lot happening round right here, and it’s so arduous to remain centered on one single factor. I’m as excited as a child in a sweet retailer proper now. 😀 So whereas I do hope I can get ultimate footage right this moment, I feel it’ll in all probability be tomorrow earlier than I can try this, particularly with it getting darkish so early lately.
Anyway, earlier than I present the ultimate earlier than and after of my studio, I wished to take a minute and look again to the very starting of this room and remind y’all of simply how far it has come. It did take some time to get it completed (years!), however of all of the rooms in our dwelling, this room had the longest journey to get from its starting to the place it’s now. And I’m simply going to hit the highlights on this publish.
Right here’s what this room regarded like after we purchased the home in August 2013. It was a storage, and the ground of the storage sat about 16 to 18 inches beneath the ground of the breakfast room. This image is trying from the entrance storage doorways in the direction of the again of the home. The white door you see on the left is now the doorway to the breakfast room.
The trusses have been all uncovered, and the darkish wooden made it appear like an actual mess, and it made all the pieces look darkish and small.
There have been two storage doorways on the entrance, though they have been so slender that I might barely get my automobile into the storage with out scraping the perimeters, and my truck that I used to have (a small Ford F-150) wouldn’t match in any respect.
Early on, my father-in-law helped me put up some drywall within the storage. My intention at the start was to show the storage into my workshop.
So with that objective in thoughts, after I pulled the unique cupboards out of the kitchen after I transformed the kitchen, I put these previous kitchen cupboards in right here, considering that I might use them to create an extended worktop with plenty of storage. That concept by no means materialized as a result of the storage grew to become extra of a storage room.
On the time, the again a part of the storage housed the furnace, however that factor was so scary that we removed it earlier than our second winter on this home.
So after that, it was only a storage room. You possibly can see the door on the left facet of the image beneath. That’s the doorway that results in the breakfast room now.
Right here’s a view of the opposite facet of the storage room behind the storage. This space is now the storage closet within the studio.
And for the document, right here’s a take a look at how the storage regarded from the skin after we purchased the home…
In the summertime of 2017, we determined to show the storage into my studio. I employed a contractor to do many of the large work, like eradicating the storage doorways and constructing a entrance wall with home windows.
So in the summertime of 2017, it went from trying like a storage to trying like an precise room in the home.
One other factor they did was take this mess of a ceiling…
They usually redid it in order that it had a a lot cleaner look, in addition to a model new beam to take away the sag within the ridge line of the room.
New French doorways have been put within the again wall of what was the again storage space, and a cased opening was put in the place the one door used result in the storage space. It regarded a lot better, however we nonetheless had this low sloped ceiling that was solely about seven toes excessive on the again wall, and hit simply above the brand new French doorways.
So total, it regarded like a room and never a storage anymore, and all the pieces was trying a lot better. However this section of the challenge was fairly costly (about $40,000), so the challenge stalled a bit after this.
In the summertime of 2018 is after we determined to construct a carport onto the again of the studio. That solved so many issues. First, it gave us a spot for a pleasant ramp. Second, it changed the storage. And third, the addition would remedy the issue of the low ceiling behind the studio. Right here’s what it regarded like earlier than…
And right here you possibly can see how the addition of the carport enable for the elevating of the ceiling behind the studio as soon as the brand new roof was put in and the previous roof could possibly be eliminated.
So from the within, it was not a sloped roof that was solely seven toes excessive alongside the again wall. As an alternative, it now had this new roof line above it, permitting for a a lot taller ceiling inside.
We spent some huge cash on all of that (the preliminary price of the studio development plus the $22,000 for the carport), so we needed to take a break and let our checking account recuperate. However we picked issues again up in 2019 with having the room insulated with spray foam insulation…
And shortly after, {the electrical} and drywall have been achieved.
At that time, I took over and did the remainder of the work within the room. I painted the partitions in the principle a part of the studio and the again entry, after which I put in the hardwood flooring.
By the top of 2019, I had gotten this far on the studio. Issues have been getting achieved. Tasks have been getting checked off the checklist.
After which 2020 hit, and all the pieces got here to a grinding halt. That yr is a blur to me, to be fairly trustworthy. I did make some progress on the home, however my focus wasn’t on the studio. I completed the lounge and music room, after which turned my consideration to the visitor bed room, grasp rest room, and residential health club.
So it wasn’t till Could 2023 that I made a decision to show my consideration again to the studio, and I began by redoing the flooring. I hadn’t been cautious with them, and had been storing random issues within the studio, so the ground had stains on them. Plus, I used to be actually desirous to do a painted design. So in Could 2023, I began engaged on the ground…
I additionally determined to go together with IKEA cupboards for the room, so I ordered and put these collectively.
And since I had determined to make use of IKEA cupboards, I discovered that every one of my electrical packing containers needed to be moved up a number of inches.
I lastly acquired all the new electrical packing containers put in and the brand new drywall up in July.
Additionally in July, I redid the wallpaper in a a lot bigger measurement to create extra of a wall mural, and I put in that earlier than the cupboards went in.
In August of final yr, I additionally started putting in the cupboards across the window within the workplace space of the studio.
After ending that wall, I turned my consideration to the cupboards simply contained in the studio door from the breakfast room.
After which in February, I acquired the remainder of the initiatives completed up within the again entry.
In April, I did slightly makeover to the paint swatch cupboards. I had initially painted the cupboards black, however I made a decision it could look higher white to match the doorways.
After which I completed the remainder of the lengthy wall with some spray paint cabinets, a body for the TV (which I’ve now moved up a number of inches), and an enormous colourful calendar.
Additionally in Could, I completed repainting the room (ceiling and partitions), and repainted the work tables from inexperienced to this eggplant shade.
In July, I principally remade the desk in order that it now has this extra female look with a beautiful walnut veneer high.
And this month, October 2024, I lastly acquired the remainder of {the electrical} work completed so that every one of my lights and retailers now work.
So that’s the story of my studio from the very starting, and I can’t consider that this room, which has been a piece in progress for the reason that summer season of 2017, is now just about completed. I simply have a number of tiny issues to do, and the room shall be achieved! It doesn’t appear attainable, and I can’t wait to indicate you all the earlier than and after footage of this room! Once more, I make no guarantees. I’d like to have footage for you tomorrow, nevertheless it has taken all of my self-control to remain seated at my desk whereas there’s concrete work being achieved proper exterior my window. So I is perhaps a bit distracted right this moment. However I’ll get pictured taken and uploaded as quickly as attainable. I promise!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can be taught extra about me right here.
