Stroll-In Closet Progress – I Lastly Began Portray!! (Plus, To Coloration-Drench Or Not?)

First, in the event you learn Friday’s publish early within the day, you will have missed that I took aside one of many leftover jewellery trays that I purchased on Amazon (these are those I purchased — affiliate hyperlink), minimize it all the way down to the suitable measurement to suit that remaining 3.5-inch hole, after which put it again collectively. So now, I’ve a very personalized look that matches the width of the drawer completely. And I bought that personalized search for lower than $70, and about 45 minutes of my time. That beats the heck out of paying over $500 for a totally personalized jewellery drawer insert!

After engaged on that, I spent the remainder of Friday priming cupboards. I bought the remainder of the cupboards on the suitable aspect of the room primed, and all the cupboards on the left aspect of the room primed. I nonetheless must do the corners with a brush, however all the elements I might do with a 6-inch curler are performed.

It’s superb how a lot primer alone completely modified the look of the cupboards. Earlier than, it was a sea of brown plywood with white pre-primed trim…

And now that every little thing is identical coloration, even whether it is skinny, streaky primer, it seems to be so a lot better. (I used my new favourite primer, Zinsser B-I-N shellac-based primer). As soon as primer goes on, you’ll be able to actually get a a lot better thought of how the completed cupboards will look.

Right here’s a shelf earlier than caulking. First, you’ll be able to see why I prefer to prime earlier than caulking. It makes all of these darkish cracks and crevices a lot simpler to see and far tougher to overlook. If I attempt to caulk earlier than I prime, I at all times find yourself overlooking areas that wanted to be caulked.

And right here’s what it seems to be like after caulking. What a distinction!

Earlier than I might prime the jewellery drawer and the necklace organizer, I needed to finalize the design on the necklace organizer. I ended up going with this quite simple design on the entrance.

I made a decision that I didn’t need to have something going all the way in which throughout the entrance that might get in the way in which of quick access to the necklaces, so I’ll simply use the entrance necklace bar as a pull. It took me some time to get this all found out, end the design, after which take every little thing aside once more (i.e., take away the drawer slides, bars, and bar {hardware}) in order that I might wooden fill, sand, caulk, and prime every little thing.

I bought every little thing on the suitable wall caulked aside from the cupboard by the door. As soon as I completed caulking the shoe cabinets, I made a decision I deserved a reward for my perseverance. 😀 And that reward was to lastly PAINT!

I didn’t get so far as I had hoped on the portray. I had hoped to get the primary two sections fully painted whereas I waited for the caulk to dry on the shoe cabinets. However I didn’t fairly get all the second part painted. However not less than I bought to do some portray.

For these cupboards, I’m utilizing Sherwin Williams Emerald paint in a satin end. This paint is ridiculously costly (about $115/gallon), which is far more than I’m used to spending on Behr paint at House Depot.

The colour is named Billowy Breeze, and it’s a light-weight greenish blue.

I’m used to utilizing Behr paint from House Depot, so I significantly doubted that paying over $100 for a gallon of paint could be price it. However as quickly as I began portray the cupboards, I spotted that this paint is price each penny. I made a decision to make use of a paint brush for the corners and trim and a 6-inch curler for clean surfaces for all the flat surfaces. This paint goes on so easily, and it’s a dream to color with. I used to be nervous about utilizing a satin end, which is the bottom sheen that this paint is available in. Y’all know I hate shiny finishes, and I’ve at all times had an issue with Benjamin Moore’s Advance paint in a satin end as a result of it’s too shiny for my style. However this one is PERFECT!

It should nonetheless take two coats, and that is simply the primary coat. However simply have a look at this attractive coloration! And sheen!

Actually, I like the colour a lot that I’m contemplating color-drenching the room with it. That principally implies that I’d paint every little thing within the room in that coloration — all the cupboards, all the trim (even the crown molding and baseboards that aren’t on the cupboards), the window trim, the door trim, and the ceiling.

The one factor areas that wouldn’t be coloration drenched on this lovely greenish blue coloration could be areas the place I plan so as to add wallpaper — the partitions across the washer and dryer and the one higher part within the middle cupboard on the wall on the suitable. All the pieces else could be painted Billowy Breeze.