I had excessive hopes that I’d get the massive studio wall fully completed yesterday, however I ended up having a kind of irritating days with one fail after one other.
First, keep in mind the massive, colourful calendar that I held on this wall at first of the week?
As of this morning, all however one of many months had fallen off of the wall. Evidently, I obtained maintain of a foul batch of 3M double sided sticky foam squares, they usually failed. September continues to be hanging on, however that’s the one one.
I purchased new image hanging strips to attempt once more, however I simply didn’t have sufficient time to get it executed yesterday. It’ll be a simple undertaking to do once more, however I used to be just a bit bit annoyed {that a} undertaking I had crossed off of my “to do” record must be executed once more.
I had deliberate to make cabinets identical to the breakfast room image ledges to go beneath the TV. These are really easy to make, and you may customise them to any measurement you want. Right here’s a take a look at the breakfast room cabinets…
However once I was in Lowe’s the opposite day buying the issues I wanted for my new shoe closet, I noticed these cabinets on clearance for simply over $12 every. They’re not fairly as extensive as I wished them to be (these are 30 inches extensive, and I wished 36), however I used to be glad that they’d save me a lot time, and I don’t suppose I may make them for $12 every with the price of lumber today.
Two of them had been very straightforward to put in. However there all the time must be a troublesome one, proper? And this center one was the issue. For some purpose, I couldn’t get the drywall anchor to enter the wall on this facet. No drawback. I made a decision to only use my nail gun with 2-inch 16-gauge nails and nail this facet instantly into the stud. However the very first nail didn’t go in. It simply crumpled up on the face of the shelf board.
I don’t know why it did that. Perhaps it hit a drywall screw. Nevertheless it’s only one extra minor inconvenience I’ve to repair.
Subsequent up, I labored on constructing the body for the TV. I wished this body to be a lot less complicated in design than the opposite ones I’ve constructed. The one I made for the breakfast room is basically thick. I really like the way it seems to be with the cabinets. However for this wall within the studio, I wished the face of the body to be a lot thinner.
I had a quite simple design in thoughts, and thought I may get the fundamental construct executed in about 40 minutes. And I used to be proper! It took about 40 minutes to chop the 4 items for the edges and glue/nail these collectively, after which minimize the 4 face items and nail these in place.
The issue? I obtained the measurements flawed. It seems to be manner too massive on the TV, so I must take it aside, minimize the items down, and put it collectively once more.
By this time, my mind was fairly frazzled. I used to be very excited for the distraction when my new clock was delivered. However once I opened it up, I couldn’t work out the way it was supposed to hold on the wall. 😀 It was simply my way of thinking yesterday. I checked out it once more this morning, and I very clearly noticed a gap that goes over a nail or screw within the wall. I feel my annoyed and frazzled mind yesterday simply couldn’t concentrate on that little gap on the again of the clock mechanism.
However anyway, that is the clock I ended up shopping for for this wall (affiliate hyperlink). I actually appreciated the worth ($45) and the scale (24 inches), however I additionally obtained this one as a result of I assumed it will be very straightforward to customise.
I’m undecided what I plan to do with it simply but, however I do know for positive that it received’t keep brown. 🙂 I could paint it a enjoyable coloration, or I’ll determine to do one thing extra inventive. I’ll have to attend and see what inspiration hits me.
In order that was my day yesterday. Not solely did I not get the wall completed, however I really feel like I went backwards.
Happily, I don’t have any plans for the subsequent two days, so I plan to concentrate on this and hopefully get it executed by the top of the day tomorrow. Then I can concentrate on the workplace/desk nook of the room and get these initiatives executed.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and beautify 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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You may study extra about me right here.
