The Finished Washer/Dryer Cabinets And Window Wall

I’ve to confess that deciding what coloration to color the washer and dryer cupboards was one which I actually struggled with yesterday. And once I posed that query to all of you, I believed the reply can be clear reduce, but it surely actually wasn’t. There was a crowd favourite, but it surely definitely wasn’t a 90/10, and even 80/20 vote. It was extra like 55/45 in favor of the sunshine blue. Right here have been the 2 choices that I offered.

I began off the day fairly squarely on “crew darkish blue”. My mother was crew darkish. Different members of my household who weighed in have been crew darkish. So naturally, in the long run, I went with…

…the sunshine blue. 😀

The darkish blue simply appeared to usher in an entire slew of different points. If I went darkish blue, then what coloration would I paint the baseboards across the washer and dryer cupboards? And if I paint the baseboards across the washer and dryer cupboards darkish blue, then many individuals recommended that I additionally wanted to color the baseboard below the window the darkish blue, which in my thoughts, would throw off the continuity of the entire look of the room.

I nonetheless want so as to add the tiny shoe molding the place the cupboards meet the wallpapered wall, and likewise the place the washer and dryer cupboards meet the wallpapered wall. I’ll do this on the identical time I add the shoe molding across the baseboards on the remainder of the cupboards.

However let me let you know, I struggled with this choice. At one level, I even eliminated the countertop on the washer cupboard and went again to the thought of creating a countertop out of leftover hardwood flooring. I believed I simply wanted one thing to interrupt up the ocean of sunshine blue. However that didn’t look proper to my eye both, so I put the stable countertop again on (which then needed to be re-trimmed, wooden stuffed, and sanded once more) and caught with the unique plan.

However the primary feedback that influenced me have been from these of you who mentioned that the darkish blue cupboards made it seem like I had simply caught my darkish blue washer and dryer there with no cupboards round them. And if that’s the look I wished, why did I am going to the difficulty of constructing cupboards within the first place?

And once I in contrast the 2 choices side-by-side, that’s precisely what it regarded like. And that’s not the look I wished. I feel the sunshine blue makes it apparent that the home equipment are sitting inside customized cupboards constructed for them. That’s the look I wished. And in the long run, I’ve to say that I actually do love the cohesive look of the sunshine blue on all the cupboards and all the trim.

It is a prime down/backside up shade, absolutely lined shade that may present full privateness, however I’m additionally going so as to add privateness window movie to the window so I can nonetheless have some privateness once I need the shade open to offer daylight to the room.

However another reason I made a decision to go together with the sunshine blue on the cupboards is as a result of I made one other huge choice yesterday. I received’t be portray the island mild blue. In deciding to color the island the identical mild blue as the remainder of the cupboards, I wasn’t being true to myself. I used to be attempting to please others. However that is my closet. I’m going to be the one utilizing it and seeing it day by day. So the one one who must smile once they stroll in right here is me. 🙂

I’m not fairly able to share the colour I’ve chosen but as a result of I’m nonetheless not 100% certain about it. I’ve an concept, and I’ve examined it out on the highest of the island, however I’m not prepared for enter on it at this level. That’s why it’s lined up. 😀 However once I lastly determined to be true to me, and to usher in an accent coloration on the middle island, that’s once I made the ultimate choice to stay with the sunshine blue washer/dryer cupboards, counter tops, and trim. With that accent coloration within the center, I wanted every part else on the perimeter of the room (aside from the wallpaper and the fronts of the washer and dryer which, to my eye, mix in with the wallpaper) to be the identical coloration.

I’ve a pal coming into city at the moment, and he or she’ll be right here till Friday, so my work on this room might decelerate a bit. Or I’ll put her to work. 😀 However I’m hoping that by the tip of the weekend, I can have the island completed and prepared for its huge reveal early subsequent week. So keep tuned for that!