I proceed to make progress my walk-in closet/laundry room progress, and during the last couple of day, I’ve made it my essential mission to complete up the entire initiatives that may create mud in order that I can get all of my stuff — garments, purses and footwear — moved in ASAP. So with that essential objective in thoughts, I bought the island high sanded, primed and painted, I put in the counter tops on the washer and dryer cupboards and bought them trimmed out, wooden crammed, and sanded, after which I turned my consideration to the trim on the again wall and across the washer and dryer cupboards to get all of it sanded, caulked, and painted.
I didn’t fairly get all of it painted, and even the half I did get painted nonetheless wants a second coat. However as soon as I get that trim completed, I’ll simply must do a little bit of sanding on the on the bottom of the island, after which I can get the entire mud cleaned up, and get my stuff moved in! Anything that must be achieved on the island — ending the drawer containers, making the drawer fronts, and making the doorways — could be achieved exterior so I gained’t create extra mess and dirt on this room.
I’ll nonetheless must do some sanding on the drywall as soon as I begin framing out the doorway…


However I can very simply drape some plastic, connected to the fronts of these cupboards flanking the doorway and alongside the ceiling, to maintain the mud out of the room.
All that to say that I’m SO CLOSE to with the ability to transfer my stuff in!! I’m actually hoping that by the top of in the present day (Tuesday), I’ll have the entire messy initiatives achieved in right here, have the entire mud cleaned up, and have the ability to begin shifting stuff in. I’ve had my washer and dryer working additional time these previous couple of days since they had been moved on final Thursday and attached (which makes my closet odor so good, by the way in which 😀 ), so I’m champing on the bit to get every little thing as a substitute.
Final Friday once I shared the most recent progress, the washer and dryer had been in, however the cupboards had been nonetheless with out counter tops.


Right here’s a more in-depth view of the cupboards with out the highest entrance trim and counter tops…




After including the 1×2 trim alongside the highest entrance fringe of these cupboards, I added the coutnertops, that are only a piece of three/4″ plywood lower to suit the width of the cupboard and lower to the depth of the cupboard plus about 1/4″. After which I trimmed round that plywood with further items of 1×2 lumber, mitered on the nook. There’s nothing fancy about it.
So right here’s the progress. The counter tops are on. They’ve been wooden crammed (the place the sting trim meets the highest plywood), sanded, and primed. The crown molding on the again wall and wrapping across the washer and dryer areas are sanded, caulked, and half painted. The window trim has the primary coat of paint on it. I nonetheless must sand, caulk, and paint the baseboard. You may as well see that the highest of the island is painted, however I didn’t get an excellent image of that. You’ll have to attend to see that later. 🙂


Anyway, as I used to be engaged on all of this during the last couple of days, I began questioning if the washer and dryer cupboards would look higher painted darkish blue to match the washer and dryer and to mix in higher with the wallpaper. I made a decision to attempt it Sunday night, and left the home to move to House Depot at 7:30. They shut at 8:00 on Sundays. I ought to have simply waited as a result of that didn’t go away me a lot time in any respect to select a paint coloration, and I bought it flawed. Very flawed. Plus, for some motive, the paint coloration I selected couldn’t be combined within the paint I needed, and the one paint they might combine it in was some low-cost Behr paint that I’ve by no means even heard of earlier than. It was terrible and didn’t cowl in any respect. However at the least I might paint the primary coat on the countertop with a darker coloration and get an concept of what it will appear like…


You may see that the colour I selected is method too mild to match the wallpaper and the home equipment.
I didn’t have time to get extra paint yesterday, so I made a decision to color the cupboard with the darkish paint coloration that I had randomly chosen (with out wallpaper in hand) to color the within of the cupboards earlier than the washer and dryer had been put in. Once more, if I’m going darkish on these, this gained’t be the ultimate coloration. I’m simply making an attempt to get an concept of what these would appear like in the event that they had been painted darkish.


I needed to snort at myself as a result of you may see by that paint coloration choice, which I selected with out the wallpaper in hand, simply how a lot I gravitate in direction of teals. Once I picked out that paint coloration to color the within of the cupboards, I genuinely thought that I used to be choosing a real navy blue. However when in comparison with the true blue of the dryer, you may see that I, as soon as once more, selected a teal. That paint coloration has a lot inexperienced in it in comparison with the dryer. I’m inform you, should you lower me open, I’ll bleed teal! 😀 It’s simply in my veins! I can’t select a real blue to save lots of my life.
So, imagine me, I do know that this appears terrible, and that it’s the flawed coloration for this space. I’ll must discover a blue that has completely no inexperienced in it for the ultimate coloration…if I’m going with the darkish coloration for these cupboards. However at the least this can provide us an concept of what a darkish coloration would appear like on these cupboards. You form of have to make use of your creativeness, although. However the query is…
Ought to these cupboards go darkish to match the washer, dryer, and wallpaper?


Or ought to they keep mild to match the remainder of the cupboards and the entire trim within the room?


And if I’m going darkish with the colour, what concerning the baseboards on these cupboards? Once more, the entire trim within the room is being painted to match the sunshine blue of the cupboards…


And that can embrace the baseboard on the again wall of the room beneath the window…


I initially thought that if the cupboard and countertop are darkish, I might hold the baseboard mild to maintain that constant line across the room the identical coloration. (Excuse my mud.)


Hopefully, you may envision what that may appear like as soon as the baseboard below the window is painted within the mild blue.


However as soon as I stood again and checked out it, I didn’t like how that checked out all. That baseboard appears to scream for consideration. So if I’m going with the darkish blue on the cupboard and countertop, I actually assume the baseboards simply on the washer and dryer cupboards additionally have to be darkish. Don’t you assume?


And whereas I can’t consider any examples of once I’ve achieved that with baseboards, I’ve definitely achieved that with crown molding earlier than. The crown molding above the fireside in our front room continues across the whole room, however whereas the remainder of the crown is painted white, I painted the crown simply across the hearth in the identical teal of the fireside.


So if I’m going with the darkish blue to match the wallpaper and the home equipment, I’d principally do that very same factor with the baseboards simply round these cupboards, after which the baseboard below the window would stick with it with the sunshine blue like the remainder of the trim.
With all of that mentioned, what do you assume? Ought to I’m going darkish with these two cupboards (with a paint coloration that really matches, in fact)? Or ought to I follow the sunshine blue to match the remainder of the cupboards?


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