My Most Boring Project Is Finished! (Studio Storage Closet)

So let me remind you what this closet appeared like earlier than…

And now, after some paint, trim, and a bit of plywood to cover the HVAC unit, it appears to be like like this…

In an ideal world, I’d have built-in cabinets in right here that make the most of each spare inch of house. However since this isn’t an ideal state of affairs, and I’ve to have the ability to simply transfer the cabinets out of the way in which if the HVAC unit wants service, I needed to follow these shelving items on casters.

I used to be in a position to match two of them in right here. I’m not precisely certain but what I’ll be storing in right here. I nonetheless want to arrange the entire studio, and for now, I believe I’ll have greater than sufficient cupboard space. So this is perhaps house I’ll develop into as I start to really use the studio.

Since I didn’t need to have a plain inexperienced wall, I made a decision to hold one among my acrylic artwork prints right here so as to add just a little little bit of colour and curiosity to an in any other case very boring house. I like opening the closet door and seeing that colourful print.

I had initially deliberate so as to add some cabinets to the realm to the best, however since I haven’t even crammed the cabinets I’ve, I made a decision to carry off on that for now.

It was a ache having to work round this mass of air ducts, so I did the most effective I might. It’s nonetheless not fairly, however a minimum of I now not have to have a look at the ugly facet of an HVAC unit. Including this piece of plywood right here, and notching out the realm for the ducts, made a giant eyesore a bit extra tolerable.

And now, it’s a must to go into the closet and peek across the plywood to see the ugly HVAC unit.

I had deliberate to go away it because it was once I confirmed you my progress final week. It appeared like this…

However that’s one other factor my mind wouldn’t let me depart alone. I ended up overlaying the plywood field with a nicer piece of sanded plywood, including some trim, and portray it to match.

I additionally ended up doing the door casing the identical as the opposite doorways.

I didn’t do that as a result of I simply couldn’t assist myself. I really deliberate to do a a lot easier trim on the closet facet of the door, however because it turned out, I didn’t have the lumber available to do a less complicated trim. I did occur to have what I wanted to do that model in my scrap pile, although, so I went with it. It’s not the very best high quality lumber. It had gotten rained on and was warped, so I put it by means of the planer a few instances to make it look higher. It’s tremendous for the within of a storage closet, however I wouldn’t have used it in a outstanding place in the home.

After which I did a fast and simple body across the wall vent.

I actually needed to only depart it undone, however that’s simply not me. I’m okay with imperfection and never utilizing the very best high quality supplies inside a closet, however because it seems, I’m not okay with leaving initiatives fully undone in a closet. Right here’s what it appeared like earlier than…

And right here it’s now. I used lumber from my scrap pile for this, too. I needed issues to look completed in right here, however I needed to spend as little cash as attainable.

That is the realm the place I had initially deliberate to place up some cabinets, however I modified my thoughts since I’ve greater than sufficient cabinets for now. And I could discover that I would like hooks to hold issues as a substitute of needing extra cabinets, so this can be a nice space for that. However for now, I don’t want any further storage.