Studio Progress – A Little Portray, Extra Cupboards, And Set up Choices

Earlier within the week, I confirmed y’all how I modified the IKEA Sektion cupboards to make use of on the lengthy entrance wall of the studio. I acquired all of these put in, and now they’re prepared for trim and a countertop.

However earlier than I might set up cupboards, I needed to get that part of the room painted. Reasonably than paint your complete room without delay, I’m having to do it in sections due to the issues I’m having to work round. It’s not essentially the most environment friendly approach to work, but it surely’s tremendous. It’ll all get carried out. 🙂 However for now, I painted the realm of the ceiling that’s above this part of cupboards, after which I painted the a part of the wall that’s behind and beside this part of cupboards. I nonetheless have to return and do this little part above the door.

I typically get pleasure from portray a room, however I can inform you proper now that I’m not having fun with this one. I don’t like having to climb up and down a 10-foot ladder (I don’t like tall ladders), and I’m ultimately going to have to pull out the 12-foot ladder. I’m dreading that. However I’m getting it carried out, part by part, slowly however certainly. I’m very proud of the colours that I lastly settled on — pure white extremely flat Behr ceiling paint for the ceiling, and Benjamin Moore Traditional Grey for the partitions (blended in Behr Premium paint).

So as soon as that part of the wall and ceiling had been painted, I might get to the enjoyable half — assembling and putting in the cupboards. I made and added 3-inch toes to those cupboards identical to I did for those on the lengthy wall. (You’ll be able to learn extra about that right here.) These toes don’t should be fairly as a result of they’ll be hidden behind trim.

I haven’t really put in the cupboards but (i.e., hooked up them to the wall) as a result of the set up on these cupboards received’t be as easy as the opposite wall of cupboards. As you possibly can see, this wall would require some areas between the cupboards.

Since I’m utilizing IKEA cupboards as a substitute of constructing from scratch, I solely had particular widths to select from. I selected the sizes that will fill the house as a lot as doable, however the match wasn’t almost pretty much as good for this wall because it was for the lengthy entrance wall. I do know that I need the 2 center cupboards to be proper in opposition to one another (i.e., no house between them) and centered underneath the window.

However then that leaves areas on both facet of the cupboard within the nook. It wants an area between the left facet and the wall of no less than 1.5 inches, however then that leaves a 5-inch house on the fitting facet of the cupboard.

I had thought of framing that out and having a slot for one thing helpful, however I can’t consider any cause I’d want a 15-inch-deep, 5-inch-wide, 30-inch excessive slot in an workplace setting. If it had been a kitchen, and the cupboards had been 24 inches deep, it might be an awesome place for cookie sheets. However I can’t consider any use for this house, so I’ll most likely simply cowl it with a 5-inch-wide spacer.

However no matter I do on that facet, I’m additionally going to should do on the opposite facet as a way to preserve the entire thing symmetrical.