I’ve spent a lot time in Lowe’s over the previous few days, and on one in every of my journeys over the past weekend, I occurred to wander down the tile aisle. I wasn’t essentially on the lookout for tile, however I like taking a look at their tile once I’m in there as a result of their choice is a lot better than the choice at Residence Depot. I’ve form of had it behind my thoughts for fairly some time now that I’d like to do one thing within the laundry space of my closet to set that part aside from the remainder of the room, and tiling the partitions may be the proper manner to try this.
I didn’t actually have excessive hopes that they might have something that might work for my closet, however they did! One tile particularly caught my eye, and it was this stunning, shiny tile, the colour of which I might describe as a light-weight grayish blue-green coloration.
I bought 4 items and introduced them dwelling hoping that they might coordinate with the wallpaper, and whereas they don’t precisely match any of the colours within the wallpaper, I do suppose they coordinate superbly. They wouldn’t be proper subsequent to one another. They’d be separated by a paint coloration.
So my plan is to make use of this tile on the part above the washer and dryer, in addition to the entire wall with the window. That can deliver a separation to the laundry space whereas additionally tying the 2 sections of the room collectively.
So the tile would go on these partitions…
Whereas I really like the tile with the wallpaper, I didn’t prefer it in any respect with the earlier two paint samples I had examined out for the room. So whereas at Lowe’s, I additionally picked up a couple of Valspar paint samples. Because it seems, that they had a a lot wider choice of colours within the blue-green household as properly. I introduced dwelling a stack of about ten, after which in a short time narrowed it down to 3. I painted them on the wall in such a manner that the earlier two colours would nonetheless present, so it appears a bit complicated proper now. However the three new ones are the smaller rectangles, and from left to proper, they’re Annabelle, Matt on Monday, and Mushy Shore.
Right here’s what Annabelle appears like with the tile…
And right here’s Matt on Monday with the tile…
And right here’s Mushy Shore with the tile…
From the start, I used to be rooting for Matt on Monday (the center one), for apparent causes. 😀 And I feel it’s my favourite with the tile!
If I select one in every of these colours, it should truly get me nearer to the ultimate mockup that my mother did for me, which is the one I preferred probably the most.
Within the meantime, I’ve additionally made a closing resolution about what I’m going to do within the lobby. Once I shared the paint samples I had chosen for the bed room suite lobby, a number of folks instructed that I carry the grasscloth from the bed room into the lobby. I actually pushed in opposition to that concept initially as a result of, for some motive, I wished the lobby to be set aside as a separate house from the bed room. Plus, I had my coronary heart set on making that little hallway white with trim on the partitions and the ceiling.
So in my thoughts, if I used the grasscloth within the lobby, I might need it to be totally different from the bed room. Not that I might use a special grasscloth. That’s not what I imply. However I might need it for use in a different way, as in, a full floor-to-ceiling utility within the lobby, with the all white (creamy white) hallway with a number of trim, after which the bed room with the creamy white wainscoting on the underside and grasscloth on the highest.
However two issues stored me from going with that concept. First, it had been the plan to ultimately shut up the toilet doorways and have a strong wall there. I didn’t wish to put wallpaper within the lobby at times need to redo it sooner or later as soon as these doorways are closed up. However only in the near past, I made the choice to maintain the doorways there and ultimately flip that room right into a storage closet for the main bedroom suite. So I not have to fret about having to redo wallpaper within the lobby sooner or later.
Additionally, we have now a cat. And that kitty has claws. I’d be scared to make use of grasscloth on the decrease components of the partitions within the lobby as a result of she would inevitably notice that the grasscloth makes an ideal scratching pad. She already will get very curious each time I unroll the grasscloth, and he or she comes sniffing and rubbing up in opposition to it. So I dominated the concept of a floor-to-ceiling utility instantly and determined to go together with paint within the lobby.
However then the flooring had been completed. And ever since then, I’ve realized that I actually do love how the lobby flows proper into the bed room with out something separating the 2 areas. That completed flooring made such an enormous distinction in how I view these areas now.
So after giving it a whole lot of thought and consideration, I’ve determined to hold the identical wall therapy — creamy white wainscoting on backside and grasscloth on high — from the bed room into the lobby and forgo the concept of separating the 2 areas with a white trimmed out hallway. Over the previous few days, I’ve gone from simply toying with the concept to being actually excited concerning the thought. That implies that I’ll need to buy extra grasscloth, and I used to be initially involved about getting grasscloth from a brand new dye lot. (I haven’t checked but to see if they’ve extra of the identical dye lot but.) But when I’ve to make use of grasscloth from a special dye lot, not less than it should all be utilized in the identical space. I have already got sufficient for the entire bed room, so the brand new dye lot can all go within the lobby. That manner, if there’s a slight distinction, I can simply chalk it as much as totally different lighting. 😀
And since I’ll not be separating the lobby from the bed room with a creamy white trimmed out hallway, that additionally implies that I’ll be making a change to my plan for the doorway into the closet and laundry space. I nonetheless don’t plan to place a door on the closet, however I shall be including a standard-height high door jamb and trimming out this doorway identical to I trim out the entire different doorways in the home. That’s no large deal. It’ll simply take a 2×4, a few items of drywall, and a few drywall tape and dirt to make that occur. And the work I paid the contractor to do on this doorway received’t be misplaced as a result of the majority of what he did was reframe it in order that it was centered within the room and centered with the window within the room.
So with all of that mentioned, I bought the grasscloth out and tacked it to the wall simply outdoors the closet in order that I may see it with the brand new paint samples. I’m nonetheless leaning in direction of Matt on Monday within the center. It’s positively a grayer blue-green coloration than what I had initially chosen, which you’ll be able to see just under it. The unique coloration I had chosen was Behr Clear Vista.
In order that’s the path I’m heading. Grasscloth and wainscoting carried from the bed room into the lobby, a closet doorway trimmed out with my commonplace trim, Matt on Monday on the closet cupboards, and a good looking, shiny, grayish blue-green tile within the laundry space of the room.
All of my provides ought to be delivered tomorrow in order that I can get began, and the electrician shall be right here on Friday. I virtually wired that outlet myself, however after speaking to the electrician about it, and sharing data with him concerning the dryer I’ve, he truly instructed that I would like new wiring in order that I can have a four-prong outlet as a substitute of the three-prong outlet I’ve been utilizing. So I’m not even going to attempt to DIY that myself. I’ll simply anticipate him to do it, after which I’ll have a working dryer by this weekend!
We’re off to a really sluggish begin, however issues are about to get rolling on this venture. As soon as every little thing is delivered, and the brand new wiring and outlet are in place, I can lastly get off the beginning block and get busy!
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