Studio Bathroom Progress (Plus, Testing Out Three New Wall Designs)

Since my wallpaper thought for the studio rest room turned disastrous (you can read about that here), I spent a while yesterday making an attempt to give you a brand new thought for the partitions. Whereas I used to be mulling over some concepts, I labored on getting the wallpaper off of the partitions after which ending the wainscoting trim set up. I received all the trim added, and I’m actually happy with how that is turning out.

I feel as soon as it’s all primed and painted white (my go-to white which is Behr Polar Bear), it’ll look nice.

I’m actually glad that I went with this easy design as an alternative of looking for a brand new tile. I feel that any tile would have regarded actually busy with the wall design. And regardless that I wasn’t certain concerning the wall design once I was putting in this trim, I knew one factor for certain. The wall design would come with a great deal of shade. So maintaining the decrease portion of the partitions as calm and impartial as potential was essential to me. I additionally found out the way to trim across the outlet, however I didn’t have time to complete that yesterday.

So now, I must sand the wooden filler on the nail holes, after which get the brand new trim caulked, primed, and painted. So not less than the decrease half of the partitions is sort of completed.

The principle concept that I saved envisioning was utilizing dividing the higher partitions into thirds, after which portray vertical stripes in all the colours of the wallpaper. However as quickly as I received the mockup created, I might see that this in all probability wasn’t going to work. I believed that the squares regarded busy (however I like the busyness of the squares), however this design regarded too busy even for me.

I believed I might tame the design a bit by including white traces between the colours, however that had the alternative impact. Including the white made it look even busier.

I went forward and tried it out on the partitions of the toilet simply to see what it might appear to be. In fact, I’ll have a big 36-inch spherical mirror on the wall, and I’ll even be including art work to not less than one wall (behind the bathroom), however even with giant parts of the wall lined, this was nonetheless too busy for me.

One other thought I wished to strive was including white traces between the colours on my authentic sq. design. I appreciated it once I noticed it like this…

However then once I put it on the partitions, I wasn’t fairly certain about it. It nearly appears to be like like grouted tiles, and I don’t need my partitions to appear to be tile. Alternatively, I do just like the brightness that the white provides to the design. It does look busier than the unique design, though it doesn’t look practically as busy because the vertical stripes with the white traces.

However once I examine it to the unique design, I feel I nonetheless lean in the direction of this one.

There’s one thing about this design that appears extra pleasing to my eye with out the white traces.

I’ll be sincere. I used to be actually hoping that the one with the white traces would work out as a result of it might be SO a lot simpler and sooner to color. I might tape off all the squares with 1/4-inch painters tape in a single step after which paint the squares in a single step. With out the white traces separating the squares, it will likely be a technique of taping off sure squares, portray them, and letting them dry. Then taping off extra squares, portray them, and letting them dry. I’ll have to do this time and again till they’re all painted. However I feel it will likely be price it to get the look I need.

So after that entire train, I’m again to the unique design…in paint. I don’t know how lengthy it can take me to color all of these squares, however I’m up for the problem. I’ve accomplished way more tedious portray tasks earlier than, so portray squares may find yourself being very enjoyable and pleasing. I’ll simply must discover a actually good, lengthy podcast to hearken to, put my headphones on to drown out any distractions, and get busy.