Focusing On My Workshop Makeover (From Plain Shed to Cute Cottage)

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Since I haven’t been in a position to get something executed on our bedrooms suite (and I’m in all probability about to fireside the contractor, however that’s a narrative for one more day), I’ve determined to show my consideration to one thing enjoyable to maintain myself from stressing out about one thing I can’t management. And that enjoyable mission I made a decision to deal with proper now’s my workshop.

We had this constructed nearly three months in the past, and whereas I adore it and I’m so grateful to have it, the workshop is wanting a bit unhappy and drab and plain proper now. That is the facet that faces in in the direction of the again yard.

The constructing sits perpendicular to the home and in step with the carport behind my studio, so that is the view of the storage door is the one I see probably the most.

So I’ve began engaged on the primary mission to make this workshop appear like a cute little cottage in our again yard. I would like it to match our home, so we had it painted the identical colour (Aware Grey and Further White from Sherwin Williams). So this week, the primary mission I’m tackling is to make the shutters. I did slightly mock up of the workshop with shutters, window containers, a coral entrance door, and a few particulars added to the storage door.

What lacking from the mock up are (1) skirting across the backside of the constructing, and (2) wooden steps to match our entrance porch. However these are within the plans for the constructing.

I gained’t be capable to get the shutters utterly completed this week as a result of the entire hardwore that I ordered (the ornamental hinges, shutter canine, and ring pulls) gained’t be right here till the tip of the week or subsequent week. However I can at the least get the shutters constructed, painted, and put in. Thus far, I’ve the essential shutters put collectively for the entrance home windows…

So now I simply must get these painted, put in, after which paint and fasten the battens.

Whereas I used to be ordering the {hardware} for the shutters, I additionally ordered some magnetic {hardware} to decorate up the storage door. It’s simply so plain proper now, and whereas I do know that including lighting to the constructing (which I’ll do after we run electrical energy to the constructing) and including landscaping across the constructing will go a good distance, I’d additionally like to decorate up this plain-looking storage door.

So I ordered these magnetic hinges and handles (affiliate hyperlink) to make it appear like a carriage door, and whereas I used to be wanting on the customer-submitted pictures and buyer rankings, I got here throughout one image specifically that I assumed was actually lovely. So I’m going to make use of that as inspiration so as to add fake home windows to the highest of the storage door. When all is claimed and executed, the storage door will look one thing like this…

I’m nonetheless attempting to work out my plan for making these high sections appear like home windows. I do know they’ve these magnetic fake home windows, however these don’t look actual to me. Home windows are glass and must be reflective, so I’ve obtained a few concepts on how to do this. However anyway, this gained’t be executed this week, both, as a result of that magnetic {hardware} gained’t be right here till subsequent week.

So for now, I’ll think about the shutters and getting the entrance door painted. Hopefully I can at the least get these tasks completed earlier than I’ve to show my consideration again to the bed room suite.

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance 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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