Small Progress & Window Treatment Options

Do you ever have these days whenever you don’t have something deliberate or required of you that may divide your consideration out of your duties at hand? You get up that day and also you suppose to your self, “That is going to be such a productive day! I’m going to get a lot achieved at present!” After which on the finish of the day, you’re questioning, “What the heck occurred? How did I get so little completed at present?“

Yeah. That was my day yesterday. I had what I assumed was going to be a full, uninterrupted work day. I simply knew I used to be going to get a lot achieved on the closet yesterday, after which on the finish of the day, I stood in that room, laughing on the absurdities of the day, and considering to myself, “Severely?! That is it? That is all I’ve to point out for at the present time?“

I knew it was going to be a tough one when Matt was already awake at 6:00am once I received up. I usually get up at 6:00 and begin my day very quietly, sneak off to my desk, and have about an hour of full quiet and solitude earlier than I wake him up at 7:00. However yesterday morning, he was already awake, and he was having a horrible morning. Ugh. Not a terrific begin to a Monday. So I needed to spend a terrific deal extra time than standard tending to him yesterday. (If you happen to’re new round right here, Matt is my husband, and he has M.S. He has good days, dangerous days, and some very dangerous days scattered in. Yesterday was a very dangerous day.)

So I didn’t get began working till a lot later than standard. I used to be so enthusiastic about making an attempt out the fake marble counter tops for the washer and dryer cupboards, in order that’s what I meant to spend my day doing. I wasted time going to House Depot, buying the plywood and provides wanted, after which realized that I had gotten approach forward of myself. I actually wanted to put in the trim on the wallpapered partitions earlier than forging forward with the counter tops. In my pleasure concerning the counter tops, I had forgotten that I’ve to kneel and stand on these counter tops to put in the crown molding in these areas.

So I put the countertop plan on maintain and began reducing the crown molding. I received the lengthy piece of crown molding lower for the lengthy wall, tried to put in it, and realized in a short time that there was no approach to get that piece of crown molding (137 inches lengthy) previous the cupboards on the facet partitions. I attempted the whole lot I may consider, and each angle conceivable, to get that lengthy piece of molding previous the cupboards, and nothing labored. So I ended up having to chop that lengthy, stunning, full piece of crown molding into two items. I used to be so bummed to must put a lower in that crown molding however there was no different approach.

However I’ve been utilizing my miter noticed to chop a complete lot of steel gadgets currently (just like the steel closet rods), and the blade on my miter noticed was shot. Chopping wooden molding with that blade was concerning the equal of making an attempt to hack away at it with a series noticed and get good cuts. So earlier than placing that lower into my good piece of molding, I needed to change the blade. And naturally, I couldn’t get the screws off of the noticed. After all it couldn’t simply be a straightforward change. Yesterday wasn’t the day for straightforward. It was like these screws had been welded on. It took me about 45 minutes to do a job that ought to have taken about 5 minutes. However I lastly received it achieved.

Then I went to nail the crown molding into place, and my air compressor stopped working. I’ve recognized for a few weeks that it was most likely on its final leg. It had began making a metallic rattling sound once I turned it on, however I assumed it may at the least get me via this closet challenge. Nevertheless it determined yesterday, as I used to be up on the ladder, holding the lengthy piece of crown molding in place with one hand and my nail gun within the different hand, that that was the second it was achieved.

So I needed to make one more journey to House Depot to choose up this new little pancake Porter Cable air compressor. The timing wasn’t preferrred, however I’ve to confess, I like any excuse to purchase new instruments. 😀 Simply look how fairly and glossy it’s! That gained’t final lengthy, although. 😀

I like this little pancake air compressor, and if you happen to’re in search of one which’s small and moveable, however highly effective sufficient to do nearly any job a DIYer would need to do, I extremely advocate this one. That previous one lasted me for a lot of, a few years, and received me via each challenge I’ve achieved on this home to date, from framing out home windows and doorways to constructing furnishings and the whole lot in between.

So as soon as I used to be again with my new air compressor, I used to be lastly capable of get the trim put in. I received the highest (pieced) crown molding up, the window trim re-installed, and the baseboard in place.

I don’t know if you happen to can see the place I needed to piece collectively the crown molding. It’s about 16 inches to the left of the nook.

When piecing trim collectively, I at all times lower at a 45-degree angle as a substitute of reducing the 2 items with a straight lower. I feel that 45-degree angle helps to cover the joint significantly better. And naturally, I nonetheless must do some wooden filling and sanding on that joint. I feel it’ll just about disappear when it’s completed, nevertheless it nonetheless frustrates me that I had to do this within the first place.

By the point I received all of these items lower and put in, it was already after 8:00. And I don’t like utilizing my energy instruments outdoors after 8:00pm. In order that’s it. I needed to name it a day. I received the entire nail holes wooden crammed in order that I can get them sanded at present. I nonetheless want to chop and set up the crown molding for the facet partitions and the ends of the cupboards. Then I’ll must do a little bit of caulking, after which I can paint.

The entire trim on that wall will likely be painted the identical shade as the cupboards. This would be the solely room in the home that doesn’t have white trim, however I feel the blue will likely be significantly better. Seeing that white (primed) trim on that wall simply appears misplaced.

Anyway, I share all of that with you to not complain about my day, however principally to deliver a little bit of the truth of the world of DIY. Some days are so productive. Others are a comedy of error from starting to finish. And final evening, all I may do was stand again, take a look at my tiny little bit of progress, snigger on the absurdities of the day, and hope for a greater day at present. Thus far, so good. Matt awakened feeling nice this morning, so we’re off to a significantly better begin!

On one other matter, final evening once I stood again to admire my tiny little bit of progress 😀 , I received to fascinated with that window.

I had initially deliberate to place the window shade again up, and I nonetheless would possibly try this. I clearly want privateness since it is a closet, and I’ll be getting wearing right here. That window faces the road, and I don’t actually need to be placing on a present for my neighbors and passersby every day. So my authentic plan was to place the shade again up, decrease it in order that the highest portion of the window is roofed by the shade, after which put privateness window movie on the decrease half. That approach, some pure gentle can nonetheless come into the room.

However the shade I’ve is darkish, and it actually doesn’t go within the room anymore. Or does it? Right here’s a reminder of the colour…

I spent some huge cash on that shade (it’s lined with blackout lining and sized to suit the window completely), so I actually don’t need to buy one other lined shade for the window. I had thought-about making an attempt to bleach it with wooden bleach. That is perhaps an attention-grabbing experiment. I actually don’t suppose it must match the ground, however I would love it to be a bit lighter than it’s now.

But additionally, once I stood again and checked out that wall final evening with the trim, I assumed it is perhaps good to go away it off fully and use window movie on the entire window. So I’m unsure. Y’all can inform me what you suppose. Ought to I exploit the shade? Attempt to bleach it? Depart it off fully? I assume I may go forward and add the window movie to the underside half, strive bleaching the shade, put it again up, and see how that appears. If the bleach doesn’t work out, I can go forward and go away it off and add the window movie to the highest.

I don’t know why however having the window movie simply on the underside portion of the window and the shade on high feels secure to me. As in, I don’t fear about folks having the ability to see in. However having no shade on the window in any respect, and utilizing the window movie on your entire window makes me really feel much less assured that folks can’t see in. I do know that is unnecessary by any means. 😀 If it’ll work on the underside half, it’ll work on the highest half as properly. However there’s simply one thing about having a window with no shade on it in any respect — a window that faces the road — that makes me really feel extra weak. However I additionally suppose it might look actually fairly to go away the shade off of the window fully and simply let the blue trim and wallpaper be front-and-center. What are your ideas on the matter?

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 can learn more about me here.

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