Studio Office Area Cabinet Progress (Plus, A Design Consideration)

Issues are shifting proper alongside on the cupboards for the workplace space of my studio! We had attractive climate yesterday, and I took benefit of it by getting the entire trim for the doorways and drawer fronts minimize, assembled, and connected to the doorways and drawer fronts. I bought all 18 trimmed out and prepared for the subsequent step.

It’s speculated to be sunny and 79 levels at present, so I had hoped to get the entire trim caulked in order that I may paint at present. Sadly, I ran out of time, and didn’t get any of the caulking completed yesterday, in order that must be completed at present. Our climate is meant to be stunning all week, so it’s trying like I’ll have the ability to paint on Thursday. As soon as I get that completed, I’ll really feel such an enormous sense of accomplishment!

I had thought-about skipping the caulking course of and simply portray the doorways and drawer fronts, however I simply can’t let myself do this. You possibly can see right here that the trim I used is barely curved even on the bottom. So proper the place it sits in opposition to the door, you’ll be able to see this little crevice.

Issues like that irritate the heck out of me, and there’s no approach I’d be glad with out caulking that little crevice. And the mitered corners of the trim additionally want a bit of sanding and caulking.

Anyway, that is spherical two of me prepping, including trim, caulking, priming, portray, and gold leafing IKEA Veddinge cupboard doorways and drawer fronts, and I wrote about it in larger element the primary go ’spherical.

So now that I’m effectively on my option to getting the doorways and drawer fronts completed, I’ve been considering forward and planning how I’m going to complete out the precise cupboard packing containers. The uncovered aspect on the proper must be coated, and since I didn’t purchase any of these panels from IKEA, I’ll be utilizing MDF or plywood.

I’ll mainly be repeating the exact same course of I used to construct out the perimeters of the paint swatch cupboard the place I added added two items of two″ x 2″ lumber to the perimeters of the cupboards like this…

After which coated that with a chunk of plywood like this…

Since I’ve already completed that course of as soon as, and it labored out nice, there’s probably not anything to determine. I’ll simply repeat that complete course of to cowl over the proper aspect of the cupboards. However one factor I’ve been contemplating is including a bridge to attach the 2 higher sections.

I’ve been toying with this concept actually from the very starting of designing this room again in 2017, however another person prompt it just a few posts again once I requested for concepts on the right way to incorporate the floral design on this space of the room. Somebody prompt constructing that bridge to attach the highest higher cupboards, after which simply including the floral wallpaper to the wall in that enclosed space.

In case you’re having a tough time envisioning this, let me present you what I’m speaking about. So right here’s the plan I’ve been displaying y’all for some time now. Though the design modified barely once I determined to go along with IKEA cupboards, the primary concept has been the identical since 2017.

However the bridge concept would look one thing like this…

I don’t plan so as to add the floral wallpaper to the world inside that space as a result of I don’t suppose sufficient of it will present to be well worth the effort. However what I do love in regards to the bridge concept is that I may add lights above that countertop. I don’t know if I’d ever want lights in that space, or what sort of work I’d do on that countertop that may necessitate lighting above it, however I do like the thought of getting it obtainable if and once I want it.

After all, if I didn’t do the bridge, I may all the time add sconces to the perimeters of the cupboards, going through the window, identical to I did with the closets in our visitor bed room.

I additionally like that the bridge provides the cupboards a extra completed look (in my humble opinion) in opposition to that very tall, large wall. With the bridge, the whole cupboard space seems like a extra cohesive unit to my eye.

In order that’s actually the primary design choice I’m attempting to resolve on proper now. I’ve just a few days to resolve since I’m specializing in the doorways and drawer fronts proper now. These will in all probability take me the remainder of the week, and perhaps even the weekend, since I’ve to do the gold leaf additionally. However I’m hoping that I’ll be prepared to start out on the precise cupboards subsequent week, and I have to have that call made so I’ll be able to go.

What would you do? Add a bridge with crown molding for lighting? Or forgo the bridge and simply add crown molding to the tops of every particular person higher cupboard, and probably add some sconces to the perimeters of the cupboards?

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform 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.