I nonetheless want to color the baseboards, however so far as the ornamental parts on the massive studio wall go, these are lastly completed! I used to be decided to get all of this stuff completed this final weekend in order that I might transfer on to one thing else this week (like portray my work tables or giving my desk a makeover), so I put in some lengthy days to get it achieved, and I had such a superb time doing it.
First, let me remind you what the wall appeared like on Friday after my day of fails. Eleven of the twelve months of my calendar had fallen off the wall. I had made my TV body method too large. I needed to do a makeover on the clock, however I couldn’t determine what I needed to do. And the cabinets had been giving me issues.
However the whole lot is completed now, and that is what the wall seems to be like. I’ll most likely transfer the TV up on the wall about three inches (if I can, but it surely’ll rely on the outlet behind the TV). However aside from that, the ornamental objects on this wall are completed.
The star of the wall is the massive print of our panorama design. I can’t even rely the variety of instances I’ve walked into this room and simply stood and stared at this lovely print. I like with the ability to see the plant key and simply discover these crops on the plan. I discover that just about unimaginable to do once I’m trying on the plan on my laptop.
Mounting and framing a print this measurement was no easy job. I imply, it wasn’t troublesome in any respect, but it surely wasn’t fast. It took a number of days to get it achieved, however I’m so extremely proud of the way it turned out.
Beneath the TV, I needed so as to add cabinets. I had initially deliberate to make my on cabinets, however then I discovered these cabinets on clearance at Lowe’s for $12 every, so I opted for the simple route.
However in the long run, I didn’t like how prime heavy the narrower cabinets made that part look, so I went again to my authentic concept and I made my very own cabinets to suit the width of the obtainable house. I believe these match so significantly better and make the realm look extra balanced. I’ve one other concept for the Lowe’s cabinets. They’ll make an look in a special room.
I made these cabinets in the very same method that I made the image ledges for the breakfast room with one distinction. On the breakfast room cabinets, I used 1-inch lumber (which is definitely 3/4-inch thick).
I like how these turned out, however I needed the studio cabinets to be extra just like the Lowe’s cabinets that I purchased, and people are made out of 1/2-inch materials. So earlier than placing the studio cabinets collectively, I ran the entire boards by means of my planer twice to airplane them all the way down to 1/2-inch thick. However aside from that, the remainder of the method was the identical.
After I determined to place cabinets underneath the TV, I didn’t know precisely what I needed to make use of them for, however I knew two issues. (1) I needed the cabinets to carry one thing helpful, and never simply be image ledges to carry ornamental issues, and (2) I needed the cabinets to carry one thing very colourful.
It is a studio, and once I consider colourful objects which are utilized in a studio, my thoughts goes to color. I’ve cabinets crammed with latex paint within the sunroom, however to ensure that that paint to suit onto slender cabinets, I’d need to switch all of that paint into jars. However then the jars wouldn’t maintain the entire paint, so I’d nonetheless be left with gallon containers that must be saved, after which the jars of paint would actually solely serve ornamental functions. That appeared like a waste.
Then I considered craft paint. I’ve a giant field crammed with bottles of craft paint. However they wouldn’t actually be fairly displayed out within the open since they’re all totally different manufacturers, totally different sizes, and so forth.
After which I took one other have a look at my cabinets within the sunroom, and the reply turned apparent. Spray paint! I LOVE spray paint, and with regards to shopping for colours, I virtually at all times purchase one model. About 98% of the time, I’m fairly loyal to Rust-Oleum Painter’s Contact from House Depot. (I enterprise out to different manufacturers with regards to metallic paints or specialty paints.)
The entire Rust-Oleum Painter’s Contact cans are uniform in measurement, I’ve a ton of colours, I exploit spray paint recurrently, and so they look fairly lined up on cabinets. Not less than they do to me! That choice simply appeared to take advantage of sense to me. So I made the cabinets particularly to carry my assortment of spray paint, organized in rainbow order for probably the most half. And also you higher consider that I took this chance to make a visit to House Depot to purchase the colours that I wanted to fill within the holes in my rainbow assortment of spray paint for my cabinets. 😀
After which there’s the TV body. I ended up having to remake the TV body not simply as soon as, however TWICE!! I don’t know what my drawback was, however I simply stored messing up on the measurements. Thank goodness I stored making it too large, so I might reduce down what I had.
The TV body I made for the studio wall is sort of a bit smaller than the opposite ones I made. The one for the breakfast room wall is fairly thick, and I believe it suits completely with the image body ledges crammed with colourful art work.
However for the studio wall, not solely did I not have room for such a thick, chunky body, however I additionally simply needed one thing a lot thinner and understated.
The clock is one which I bought on Amazon. You can find it here (affiliate hyperlink). The clock initially appeared like this…
I wasn’t in search of a farmhouse model clock. That’s probably not my model. However I purchased this one as a result of I knew I might work with it. I appreciated the scale and the routed Roman numerals. And no, I couldn’t have made this myself. Or perhaps I might have, however it will have taken me two days to purchase the plywood, reduce the proper circle, after which attempt my hand at utilizing my router to route these good Roman numerals into the plywood. I most likely would have tousled on at the least the primary one, which suggests re-cutting the circle, and beginning over. So paying $45 for another person to chop the proper circle, route the Roman numerals, and embrace the precise clock mechanism within the worth, appeared very cheap to me.
However what I needed wasn’t rustic farmhouse. I needed colour. So I eliminated the clock fingers, sanded the face of the clock with 150-grit sandpaper, and painted it Rust-Oleum Solar Yellow. Then I topcoated it with Rust-Oleum clear gloss spray. I had initially deliberate to color the routed Roman numerals white, however by the point I had it thus far, I cherished how refined the Roman numerals had been, so I made a decision to maintain it this fashion. I did paint the clock fingers white, although.
And eventually, there’s the calendar. In any case however one month fell off of the wall when the 3M sticky squares failed, I went to House Depot and bought Command Image Hanging Strips. I spent about 90 minutes including 4 image hanging strips to every month, after which rehanging the entire months on the wall. After which they began falling off of the wall AGAIN.
Y’all, I used to be so annoyed. I’ve used Command Image Hanging Strips many instances, and I don’t ever keep in mind them failing. I’ve precise framed footage, with frames, glass, and all, hanging in my home with Command Image Hanging Strips. The frames on the gallery wall contained in the door of our dwelling gymnasium are hung with Command Image Hanging Strips. The photographs on the entryway wall in our home are hung with Command Image Hanging Strips. I’ve used these 100 instances, and none of them have ever failed. And but, they weren’t holding these paper calendars mounted on foam board to the wall. I used to be baffled.
I like image hanging strips as a result of they’re a two-piece system that match collectively like Velcro and can help you take away the image from the wall. However I simply couldn’t get them to stay for some motive. So I ended up going again to House Depot and buying some T-Rex Tremendous Glue Tape to tape the image hanging strips to the again of the froth board, after which tape the image hanging strips to the wall. And that stuff is SUPER sticky! I don’t see any method that these will fall off of the wall once more. So in the long run, what ought to have been a one-and-done venture needed to be achieved thrice. Discuss irritating!
And since they stored falling off of the wall, a few of them now have dinged corners. You haven’t any concept how laborious it was for me to place this out of my thoughts and transfer ahead. I needed so badly to order one other calendar and redo the months with dinged corners, however I compelled myself to maneuver on. I’m the one one who will ever be bothered by these corners, and I have to cease obsessing about these tiny issues. (The checkmarks had been to indicate which months had the T-Rex tape. I forgot to return and wipe off these checkmarks.)
In order that’s it! The ornamental a part of this large wall is completed. I’m going to maneuver the TV up a bit if I can (once more, I’ll need to see if the outlet will permit for the TV to be moved up), after which I want to complete portray the baseboards. However then I’m on to a different venture in a special a part of the room. Slowly however absolutely, I’m getting the ultimate tasks checked off of my “to do” checklist for this room!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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