Walk-In Closet Progress – I Finally Started Painting!! (Plus, To Color-Drench Or Not?)

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I bought a lot performed on my walk-in closet this previous weekend, and whereas I didn’t get almost as a lot painted by the point I went to mattress final evening as I had hoped, I do lastly have some cupboards painted! However you’ll must forgive me for burying the lede, as a result of I need to again up and present you all the progress so as.

First, should you learn Friday’s submit early within the day, you’ll have missed that I took aside one of many leftover jewellery trays that I purchased on Amazon (these are the ones I bought — affiliate hyperlink), minimize it all the way down to the precise measurement to suit that remaining 3.5-inch hole, after which put it again collectively. So now, I’ve a very personalized look that matches the width of the drawer completely. And I bought that personalized search for lower than $70, and about 45 minutes of my time. That beats the heck out of paying over $500 for a totally personalized jewellery drawer insert!

After engaged on that, I spent the remainder of Friday priming cupboards. I bought the remainder of the cupboards on the precise facet of the room primed, and all the cupboards on the left facet of the room primed. I nonetheless have to do the corners with a brush, however all the components I may do with a 6-inch curler are performed.

It’s superb how a lot primer alone completely modified the look of the cupboards. Earlier than, it was a sea of brown plywood with white pre-primed trim…

And now that every little thing is similar shade, even whether it is skinny, streaky primer, it seems to be so a lot better. (I used my new favourite primer, Zinsser B-I-N shellac-based primer). As soon as primer goes on, you’ll be able to actually get a a lot better thought of how the completed cupboards will look.

After which I spent Saturday doing probably the most dreaded, however a very powerful, step of all — caulking. I hate caulking a lot, however I don’t ever skip this step as a result of it makes such an enormous distinction within the completed mission. The most important ache was caulking these quick shoe cabinets. I may barely get my caulk gun in there on the appropriate angle to get caulk the place it wanted to go, however I made it work as a result of it wanted to be performed. You possibly can see the large distinction that caulk makes beneath.

Right here’s a shelf earlier than caulking. First, you’ll be able to see why I prefer to prime earlier than caulking. It makes all of these darkish cracks and crevices a lot simpler to see and far more durable to overlook. If I attempt to caulk earlier than I prime, I at all times find yourself overlooking areas that wanted to be caulked.

And right here’s what it seems to be like after caulking. What a distinction!

Earlier than I may prime the jewellery drawer and the necklace organizer, I needed to finalize the design on the necklace organizer. I ended up going with this quite simple design on the entrance.

I made a decision that I didn’t need to have something going all the way in which throughout the entrance that may get in the way in which of quick access to the necklaces, so I’ll simply use the entrance necklace bar as a pull. It took me some time to get this all found out, end the design, after which take every little thing aside once more (i.e., take away the drawer slides, bars, and bar {hardware}) in order that I may wooden fill, sand, caulk, and prime every little thing.

I bought every little thing on the precise wall caulked aside from the cupboard by the door. As soon as I completed caulking the shoe cabinets, I made a decision I deserved a reward for my perseverance. 😀 And that reward was to lastly PAINT!

I didn’t get so far as I had hoped on the portray. I had hoped to get the primary two sections utterly painted whereas I waited for the caulk to dry on the shoe cabinets. However I didn’t fairly get all the second part painted. However at the very least I bought to do some portray.

For these cupboards, I’m utilizing Sherwin Williams Emerald paint in a satin end. This paint is ridiculously costly (about $115/gallon), which is far more than I’m used to spending on Behr paint at Residence Depot.

The colour is named Billowy Breeze, and it’s a lightweight greenish blue.

I’m used to utilizing Behr paint from Residence Depot, so I severely doubted that paying over $100 for a gallon of paint can be price it. However as quickly as I began portray the cupboards, I spotted that this paint is price each penny. I made a decision to make use of a paint brush for the corners and trim and a 6-inch curler for clean surfaces for all the flat surfaces. This paint goes on so easily, and it’s a dream to color with. I used to be nervous about utilizing a satin end, which is the bottom sheen that this paint is available in. Y’all know I hate shiny finishes, and I’ve at all times had an issue with Benjamin Moore’s Advance paint in a satin end as a result of it’s too shiny for my style. However this one is PERFECT!

It’ll nonetheless take two coats, and that is simply the primary coat. However simply take a look at this beautiful shade! And sheen!

In truth, I really like the colour a lot that I’m contemplating color-drenching the room with it. That mainly implies that I’d paint every little thing within the room in that shade — all the cupboards, all the trim (even the crown molding and baseboards that aren’t on the cupboards), the window trim, the door trim, and the ceiling.

The one factor areas that wouldn’t be shade drenched on this stunning greenish blue shade can be areas the place I plan so as to add wallpaper — the partitions across the washer and dryer and the one higher part within the middle cupboard on the wall on the precise. All the pieces else can be painted Billowy Breeze.

I attempted to discover a good instance of a color-drenched room with gentle wood flooring, and I discovered this one on Instagram from Rock Creek Builders…

I feel that’s completely stunning. In fact, that room is painted Benjamin Moore Hale Navy, which is method darker than the colour I’m utilizing. Hale Navy is beneath on the left, and the colour I’m utilizing (SW Billowy Breeze) is on the precise. So you’ll be able to see what an enormous distinction there may be in shade.

So my color-drenched room would find yourself a lot lighter and brighter than the color-drenched workplace from Rock Creek Builders. However the idea can be the identical (with the addition of wallpaper in my closet).

Anyway, it’s simply one thing I’m contemplating as a result of with all the greenish-blue cupboards, I’m a little bit involved that any white trim would possibly stick out like a sore thumb. I’m typically a white ceiling sort of particular person. In truth, the one ceiling in our home that isn’t painted white is the hallway lavatory, which has a stained wooden ceiling.

And, after all, that room gained’t keep a toilet ceaselessly. It’ll ultimately be a storage closet as soon as we construct the addition with the brand new visitor lavatory.

I’ve needed to color-drench a room for some time now, and I feel this closet may be my alternative. And if I’m going to place a shade on a ceiling, what’s higher than a lightweight greenish blue? So I feel I’m going to go for it. I don’t have to make use of the costly paint for the ceiling, and if I find yourself not liking it, I can at all times return and paint it white, proper?

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.