I proceed to make progress my walk-in closet/laundry room progress, and during the last couple of day, I’ve made it my essential mission to complete up all the initiatives that may create mud in order that I can get all of my stuff — garments, purses and footwear — moved in ASAP. So with that essential aim in thoughts, I acquired the island prime sanded, primed and painted, I put in the counter tops on the washer and dryer cupboards and acquired them trimmed out, wooden stuffed, and sanded, after which I turned my consideration to the trim on the again wall and across the washer and dryer cupboards to get all of it sanded, caulked, and painted.
I didn’t fairly get all of it painted, and even the half I did get painted nonetheless wants a second coat. However as soon as I get that trim completed, I’ll simply have to do a little bit of sanding on the on the bottom of the island, after which I can get all the mud cleaned up, and get my stuff moved in! The rest that must be finished on the island — ending the drawer bins, making the drawer fronts, and making the doorways — could be finished outdoors so I received’t create extra mess and mud on this room.
I’ll nonetheless have to do some sanding on the drywall as soon as I begin framing out the doorway…
However I can very simply drape some plastic, hooked up to the fronts of these cupboards flanking the doorway and alongside the ceiling, to maintain the mud out of the room.
All that to say that I’m SO CLOSE to having the ability to transfer my stuff in!! I’m actually hoping that by the top of at present (Tuesday), I’ll have all the messy initiatives finished in right here, have all the mud cleaned up, and be capable of begin shifting stuff in. I’ve had my washer and dryer working time beyond regulation these previous few days since they had been moved on final Thursday and connected (which makes my closet scent so good, by the best way 😀 ), so I’m champing on the bit to get all the things instead.
Final Friday once I shared the most recent progress, the washer and dryer had been in, however the cupboards had been nonetheless with out counter tops.
Right here’s a more in-depth view of the cupboards with out the highest entrance trim and counter tops…
After including the 1×2 trim alongside the highest entrance fringe of these cupboards, I added the coutnertops, that are only a piece of three/4″ plywood reduce to suit the width of the cupboard and reduce to the depth of the cupboard plus about 1/4″. After which I trimmed round that plywood with further items of 1×2 lumber, mitered on the nook. There’s nothing fancy about it.
So right here’s the progress. The counter tops are on. They’ve been wooden stuffed (the place the sting trim meets the highest plywood), sanded, and primed. The crown molding on the again wall and wrapping across the washer and dryer areas are sanded, caulked, and half painted. The window trim has the primary coat of paint on it. I nonetheless have to sand, caulk, and paint the baseboard. You may also see that the highest of the island is painted, however I didn’t get a great image of that. You’ll have to attend to see that later. 🙂
Anyway, as I used to be engaged on all of this during the last couple of days, I began questioning if the washer and dryer cupboards would look higher painted darkish blue to match the washer and dryer and to mix in higher with the wallpaper. I made a decision to strive it Sunday night, and left the home to go to Residence Depot at 7:30. They shut at 8:00 on Sundays. I ought to have simply waited as a result of that didn’t go away me a lot time in any respect to select a paint coloration, and I acquired it flawed. Very flawed. Plus, for some cause, the paint coloration I selected couldn’t be blended within the paint I needed, and the one paint they might combine it in was some low-cost Behr paint that I’ve by no means even heard of earlier than. It was terrible and didn’t cowl in any respect. However no less than I may paint the primary coat on the countertop with a darker coloration and get an thought of what it might seem like…
You may see that the colour I selected is means too gentle to match the wallpaper and the home equipment.
I didn’t have time to get extra paint yesterday, so I made a decision to color the cupboard with the darkish paint coloration that I had randomly chosen (with out wallpaper in hand) to color the within of the cupboards earlier than the washer and dryer had been put in. Once more, if I am going darkish on these, this received’t be the ultimate coloration. I’m simply attempting to get an thought of what these would seem like in the event that they had been painted darkish.
I needed to chortle at myself as a result of you may see by that paint coloration choice, which I selected with out the wallpaper in hand, simply how a lot I gravitate in the direction of teals. After I picked out that paint coloration to color the within of the cupboards, I genuinely thought that I used to be choosing a real navy blue. However when in comparison with the true blue of the dryer, you may see that I, as soon as once more, selected a teal. That paint coloration has a lot inexperienced in it in comparison with the dryer. I’m let you know, for those who reduce me open, I’ll bleed teal! 😀 It’s simply in my veins! I can’t select a real blue to save lots of my life.
So, imagine me, I do know that this appears to be like terrible, and that it’s the flawed coloration for this space. I’ll have to discover a blue that has completely no inexperienced in it for the ultimate coloration…if I am going with the darkish coloration for these cupboards. However no less than this may give us an thought of what a darkish coloration would seem like on these cupboards. You sort of have to make use of your creativeness, although. However the query is…
Ought to these cupboards go darkish to match the washer, dryer, and wallpaper?
Or ought to they keep gentle to match the remainder of the cupboards and all the trim within the room?
And if I am going darkish with the colour, what concerning the baseboards on these cupboards? Once more, all the trim within the room is being painted to match the sunshine blue of the cupboards…
And that may embrace the baseboard on the again wall of the room beneath the window…
I initially thought that if the cupboard and countertop are darkish, I might preserve the baseboard gentle to maintain that constant line across the room the identical coloration. (Excuse my mud.)
Hopefully, you may envision what that may seem like as soon as the baseboard beneath the window is painted within the gentle blue.
However as soon as I stood again and checked out it, I didn’t like how that checked out all. That baseboard appears to scream for consideration. So if I am going with the darkish blue on the cupboard and countertop, I actually suppose the baseboards simply on the washer and dryer cupboards additionally must be darkish. Don’t you suppose?
And whereas I can’t consider any examples of once I’ve finished that with baseboards, I’ve definitely finished that with crown molding earlier than. The crown molding above the hearth in our lounge continues across the complete room, however whereas the remainder of the crown is painted white, I painted the crown simply across the hearth in the identical teal of the hearth.
So if I am going with the darkish blue to match the wallpaper and the home equipment, I’d mainly do that very same factor with the baseboards simply round these cupboards, after which the baseboard beneath the window would keep on with the sunshine blue like the remainder of the trim.
With all of that mentioned, what do you suppose? Ought to I am going darkish with these two cupboards (with a paint coloration that really matches, after all)? Or ought to I persist with the sunshine blue to match the remainder of the cupboards?
UPDATE: I remembered that I had a pattern of color-matched darkish blue that I used on the trim across the wallpapered mirror closet part, so I used that to color the left dryer cupboards. Right here’s what the correct coloration appears to be like like…
After which I did a little bit copy and paste photograph modifying to match each colours used on each cupboards. Right here’s the sunshine…
And right here’s the darkish…
Right here they’re side-by-side…
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Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify 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 study extra about me right here.
