Y’all, I used to be starting to assume that I might by no means get this mission completed, however the walk-in closet island is lastly finished. This was a fairly large construct, which is one motive it took so lengthy. It has a cupboard part with two doorways, after which a complete of ten drawers. However most of that constructing course of went pretty nicely, with little to no surprises or setbacks alongside the best way. What didn’t go so nicely was the portray.
I selected to make use of Behr paint as a substitute of Sherwin Williams, and that precipitated an enormous drawback as a result of the end, even after a number of days, was nonetheless barely cheesy. And with the paint colour being so darkish, any time I touched it or brushed up in opposition to it, it left mild smudges that couldn’t be wiped away. So I attempted to clear coat it, however the climate didn’t cooperate, and the clear coat was streaky and clouded.
However yesterday, we lastly had an excellent day for spraying outdoors. So I sanded down the door fronts and doorways and principally began over. All the things dried nicely, and whereas the humidity was nonetheless fairly excessive and the end isn’t as excellent as I’d prefer it to be, I’m calling this completed.
Oh, and another shock — I repainted the highest. Now the entire thing is strong blue. Right here’s the way it turned out…
I learn so a lot of your ideas for issues to placed on the top of the island. I checked out numerous baskets, however I don’t really want any extra basket storage. I checked out bars for hanging issues like scarves, however I don’t put on scarves. (Though, after taking a look at so many fairly ones these days, I believe I would like to begin! 😀 ) However then somebody talked about a gold cursive letter “Okay”. I beloved that concept, however I didn’t like the thought of gold leaf or something like that being utilized on to the island. So as a substitute, I checked out wooden cutout letters that I might gold leaf.
I didn’t discover a cursive letter “Okay” that I favored, however I did discover an “L” that I actually favored. I really made the acquisition on Amazon, after which I spotted I already had an “L” that I might use. It’s been in our pantry since I completed it.
So I grabbed that one from the pantry, gold leafed it, and hung it on the top of the island. I find it irresistible!
And I additionally assume it’s a little bit humorous. It jogs my memory of the tv present “Laverne & Shirley” as a result of Laverne at all times wore shirts monogrammed with the letter “L”. So whereas my garments aren’t monogrammed with an “L”, my complete closet is now monogrammed with a really related “L”.
After repainting and clear coating the drawers and doorways, I had to return and redo the gold leaf pen element on the one part that I had already finished, after which add the gold element on the opposite three sections. I used a Krylon 18kt. Gold Leaf pen for that, and every part took about 5 minutes.
The facet going through the hanging garments facet of the room has two sections of drawers.
I haven’t had time to hoover out the mud from drilling the holes for the drawer pulls but, however the prime drawer is a little bit bit shallower than the opposite two. The highest drawers on this facet are about six inches deep.
And the opposite 4 are about 9 inches deep.
The opposite facet has a cupboard, and I actually simply remembered that I nonetheless want so as to add a shelf inside, so I assume it’s not fully completed. Ugh.
After which the opposite part on this facet has 4 drawers.
The primary three drawers are about 5 inches deep, and the underside drawer is 9 inches deep.
In hindsight, I want I might have painted all components of the drawer bins white. I assumed that pink colour could be a enjoyable shock, however I believe white would have regarded significantly better. Oh nicely. I’m not redoing it now. A minimum of I’m the one one who will see it.
I’m so relieved to lastly have this huge mission finished!! That leaves me with two extra huge tasks within the room — framing out the doorway and making the chandelier. As soon as the doorway is framed out and the chandelier is completed, I’ll have a number of small tasks to complete up, after which the room will lastly be FINISHED!
You could find all the posts about this closet island construct right here, from starting to finish.
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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.
