I’m lastly to the purpose in my painted studio flooring mission the place I really feel like I’m making good progress. I’m having to work in sections, and the part I’m engaged on proper now’s about 19.5 ft by 14 ft. So as soon as this space is painted, and I give it about 24 hours to dry, I’ll cowl it, transfer every thing to this aspect of the room, after which work on the again part of this room, which is nineteen.5 ft by 7.5 ft, plus the again entry, half lavatory, and storage room.
This weekend, I lastly acquired to the portray. After all the prep work (sanding, sanding, and extra sanding, plus wooden filling, sanding once more, priming, and extra sanding), I used to be able to get to the enjoyable half. The portray! I did one coat of primer, and two coats of porch and flooring paint. I made a decision to do the grey shade as the bottom shade, after which I’ll return and do the white checkerboard design over the grey.
So that is the darker shade of the 2. That is as darkish as the ground will get. And I used to be amazed at how clear and vibrant this mild grey even regarded in opposition to the unique flooring. I knew the white would look actually clear and vibrant in opposition to it, however I wasn’t anticipating the sunshine grey to be such a distinction.
At this time, I’ll be prepared to begin taping off the design and portray the white checkerboard sample on the ground. This would be the enjoyable half seeing the ground go from a plain stable shade to a enjoyable design.
However there’s a small drawback. I’ll be prepared to begin taping and portray this afternoon, and but, I nonetheless haven’t fairly determined precisely how I wish to do the ground. I do know I desire a checkerboard flooring. That a part of the plan is solidified in my thoughts, and I gained’t be doubting it or altering my thoughts. However what I’m nonetheless not set on is whether or not or not I desire a border across the wall (I actually assume I do), and if I do a border, does the border simply comply with the wall? Or does the border comply with the wall and the cupboards?
Right here’s what the ground would appear like if I simply do a easy checkerboard design in the whole space. It appears slightly busy to me, though in actuality, it most likely wouldn’t be for the reason that precise white and grey that I’m utilizing are rather more refined than the colours I used on this image. And clearly, the pink areas are the place my cupboards will go. This most likely isn’t precisely to scale.
I actually like the thought of a border, although. And I like the thought of utilizing the 2 colours to make the completely different areas distinct. And ever since deciding on a checkerboard flooring, I’ve had it in my thoughts {that a} border would comply with the partitions and the cupboards, like this…
However now I’m second-guessing. Maybe the border shouldn’t comply with the cupboards, however ought to solely comply with the wall. The issue with that’s that on the whole entrance wall of the room (the wall with the 2 home windows and the wallpaper), the border could be misplaced fully if the border follows the wall.
So I might make the border comply with the cupboards on that wall, for the reason that cupboards can be wall-to-wall with no areas, after which in the remainder of the room, the border would comply with the wall. Meaning I’d lose among the border beneath the cupboards on the aspect wall, however it might make the entire flooring design really feel extra symmetrical.
*Sigh* I simply don’t know. The nice factor is that I can go forward and begin on the checkerboard design, since I’ll be beginning within the heart of the room, after which see if I get readability as I progress. However be at liberty to let me know your opinion on these flooring design choice.
EDIT:
On the image displaying the border following the partitions and the cupboards, the world across the aspect door on the appropriate regarded very small and squished. So I went into the studio, measured, and taped off what that space would really appear like with a border following the entrance cupboards, the wall across the door, and the aspect cupboards. Within the precise room, there’s far more room in that space for the design to “breathe”.
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