Y’all, I used to be starting to assume that I might by no means get this undertaking completed, however the walk-in closet island is lastly carried out. This was a fairly large construct, which is one purpose it took so lengthy. It has a cupboard part with two doorways, after which a complete of ten drawers. However most of that constructing course of went pretty nicely, with little to no surprises or setbacks alongside the way in which. What didn’t go so nicely was the portray.
I selected to make use of Behr paint as a substitute of Sherwin Williams, and that brought on an enormous drawback as a result of the end, even after a number of days, was nonetheless barely cheesy. And with the paint shade being so darkish, any time I touched it or brushed up towards it, it left mild smudges that couldn’t be wiped away. So I attempted to clear coat it, however the climate didn’t cooperate, and the clear coat was streaky and clouded.
However yesterday, we lastly had a great day for spraying exterior. So I sanded down the door fronts and doorways and principally began over. The whole lot dried nicely, and whereas the humidity was nonetheless fairly excessive and the end isn’t as good as I’d prefer it to be, I’m calling this completed.
Oh, and yet another shock — I repainted the highest. Now the entire thing is stable blue. Right here’s the way it turned out…
I learn so a lot of your strategies for issues to placed on the tip of the island. I checked out numerous baskets, however I don’t really want any extra basket storage. I checked out bars for hanging issues like scarves, however I don’t put on scarves. (Though, after so many fairly ones currently, I believe I would like to begin! 😀 ) However then somebody talked about a gold cursive letter “Ok”. I cherished that concept, however I didn’t like the thought of gold leaf or something like that being utilized on to the island. So as a substitute, I checked out wooden cutout letters that I might gold leaf.
I didn’t discover a cursive letter “Ok” that I favored, however I did discover an “L” that I actually favored. I truly made the acquisition on Amazon, after which I spotted I already had an “L” that I might use. It’s been in our pantry since I completed it.
So I grabbed that one from the pantry, gold leafed it, and hung it on the tip of the island. I like it!
And I additionally assume it’s a bit humorous. It jogs my memory of the tv present “Laverne & Shirley” as a result of Laverne all the time wore shirts monogrammed with the letter “L”. So whereas my garments aren’t monogrammed with an “L”, my entire closet is now monogrammed with a really related “L”.
After repainting and clear coating the drawers and doorways, I had to return and redo the gold leaf pen element on the one part that I had already carried out, after which add the gold element on the opposite three sections. I used a Krylon 18kt. Gold Leaf pen for that, and every part took about 5 minutes.
The facet dealing with the hanging garments facet of the room has two sections of drawers.
I haven’t had time to hoover out the mud from drilling the holes for the drawer pulls but, however the high drawer is a bit bit shallower than the opposite two. The highest drawers on this facet are about six inches deep.
And the opposite 4 are about 9 inches deep.
The opposite facet has a cupboard, and I actually simply remembered that I nonetheless want so as to add a shelf inside, so I assume it’s not fully completed. Ugh.
After which the opposite part on this facet has 4 drawers.
The primary three drawers are about 5 inches deep, and the underside drawer is 9 inches deep.
In hindsight, I want I might have painted all components of the drawer bins white. I assumed that pink shade can be a enjoyable shock, however I believe white would have appeared a lot better. Oh nicely. I’m not redoing it now. Not less than I’m the one one who will see it.
I’m so relieved to lastly have this huge undertaking carried out!! That leaves me with two extra huge tasks within the room — framing out the doorway and making the chandelier. As soon as the doorway is framed out and the chandelier is finished, I’ll have just a few small tasks to complete up, after which the room will lastly be FINISHED!
You can find all of the posts about this closet island build here, from beginning to end.
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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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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