I’ve to confess that deciding what colour to color the washer and dryer cupboards was one which I actually struggled with yesterday. And once I posed that query to all of you, I believed the reply can be clear reduce, nevertheless it actually wasn’t. There was a crowd favourite, nevertheless it definitely wasn’t a 90/10, and even 80/20 vote. It was extra like 55/45 in favor of the sunshine blue. Right here had been the 2 choices that I introduced.
I began off the day fairly squarely on “workforce darkish blue”. My mother was workforce darkish. Different members of my household who weighed in had been workforce darkish. So naturally, in the long run, I went with…
…the sunshine blue. 😀
The darkish blue simply appeared to herald an entire slew of different points. If I went darkish blue, then what colour would I paint the baseboards across the washer and dryer cupboards? And if I paint the baseboards across the washer and dryer cupboards darkish blue, then many individuals recommended that I additionally wanted to color the baseboard beneath the window the darkish blue, which in my thoughts, would throw off the continuity of the entire look of the room.
After which if that baseboard went darkish blue, then others recommended that the crown molding and window trim wanted to be darkish blue, whereas others recommended it wanted to be white. So in the long run, I simply determined to stay with my authentic plan and carry the sunshine blue across the complete room and on the entire trim.
I nonetheless want so as to add the tiny shoe molding the place the cupboards meet the wallpapered wall, and likewise the place the washer and dryer cupboards meet the wallpapered wall. I’ll do this on the identical time I add the shoe molding across the baseboards on the remainder of the cupboards.
However let me inform you, I struggled with this determination. At one level, I even eliminated the countertop on the washer cupboard and went again to the concept of creating a countertop out of leftover hardwood flooring. I believed I simply wanted one thing to interrupt up the ocean of sunshine blue. However that didn’t look proper to my eye both, so I put the stable countertop again on (which then needed to be re-trimmed, wooden crammed, and sanded once more) and caught with the unique plan.
However the principle feedback that influenced me had been from these of you who mentioned that the darkish blue cupboards made it seem like I had simply caught my darkish blue washer and dryer there with no cupboards round them. And if that’s the look I needed, why did I am going to the difficulty of constructing cupboards within the first place?
And once I in contrast the 2 choices side-by-side, that’s precisely what it appeared like. And that’s not the look I needed. I believe the sunshine blue makes it apparent that the home equipment are sitting inside customized cupboards constructed for them. That’s the look I needed. And in the long run, I’ve to say that I actually do love the cohesive look of the sunshine blue on the entire cupboards and the entire trim.
I additionally determined to deliver again the unique shade for that I had in right here, and I really like the look! I really like the heat that the wooden tone brings in, and with the entire further mild that I added to the room, it doesn’t look too darkish to me. In reality, it’s virtually the identical colour because the woven laundry hampers that I purchased, in addition to the hampers that I purchased to go on the cabinets on the alternative wall. (Sure, I purchased ten baskets! Somebody despatched me a hyperlink to the right baskets, and I snatched them up as rapidly as doable. Thus far, I’ve solely acquired two of the ten.)
This can be a prime down/backside up shade, totally lined shade that may present full privateness, however I’m additionally going so as to add privateness window movie to the window so I can nonetheless have some privateness once I need the shade open to supply daylight to the room.
However another reason I made a decision to go along with the sunshine blue on the cupboards is as a result of I made one other large determination yesterday. I gained’t be portray the island mild blue. In deciding to color the island the identical mild blue as the remainder of the cupboards, I wasn’t being true to myself. I used to be making an attempt to please others. However that is my closet. I’m going to be the one utilizing it and seeing it daily. So the one one that must smile once they stroll in right here is me. 🙂
I’m not fairly able to share the colour I’ve chosen but as a result of I’m nonetheless not 100% positive about it. I’ve an thought, and I’ve examined it out on the highest of the island, however I’m not prepared for enter on it at this level. That’s why it’s lined up. 😀 However once I lastly determined to be true to me, and to herald an accent colour on the middle island, that’s once I made the ultimate determination to stay with the sunshine blue washer/dryer cupboards, counter tops, and trim. With that accent colour within the center, I wanted all the pieces else on the perimeter of the room (aside from the wallpaper and the fronts of the washer and dryer which, to my eye, mix in with the wallpaper) to be the identical colour.
I’ve a good friend coming into city at the moment, and he or she’ll be right here till Friday, so my work on this room could decelerate a bit. Or I’ll put her to work. 😀 However I’m hoping that by the top of the weekend, I can have the island completed and prepared for its large reveal early subsequent week. So keep tuned for that!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You may be taught extra about me right here.
