It is such a fairly house, and we adore it! There was one wall that was bugging me, and that was the shiplap wall I had put in shortly after transferring in:
After the massive makeover, the traces on that wall simply felt off to me and have been too busy with the entire modifications. With every month it bugged me increasingly more…so I deliberate to take away the shiplap.
The plan became a bunch of further DIY initiatives. Par for the course with me!
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Our baseboards in right here have been at all times filthy from the fuzz and dirt. I could not get them clear, it doesn’t matter what I attempted!
I did some analysis and discovered it is subsequent to inconceivable to maintain baseboards clear which are caulked after paint. The mud and dust will persist with the caulked areas like glue.
I am fairly certain that is how they have been ALL performed all through the home, in order that’s tremendous superior! 😂
After putting in and caulking the brand new baseboards, I made certain to do one other coat of paint on prime to forestall that from taking place once more.
The brand new paint and millwork have been a breath of recent air! Now that each one these traces are gone on this wall, it feels a lot calmer in right here:
These have been the massive initiatives! As soon as I knocked these out, I targeted on a few smaller ones as nicely.
Often we have now the canine harness and leash hanging right here, however I made it somewhat prettier for you. 🙂
I painted these in a semi gloss end (in the identical Pachyderm paint shade because the partitions).
That was one of many first DIY initiatives I tackled in our house after transferring in additional than eight years in the past.
We nonetheless love the chalkboard — it is nice for grocery lists and we often discover enjoyable messages written after events. 🙂
I eliminated the stained trim and saved it for a future undertaking (cannot wait to indicate you!) after which changed it with easy wooden 1×4’s painted white:
I made the identical Craftsman topper as I exploit on home windows and doorways for the chalkboard — I really like the way it ties in that element. The white is so recent and brilliant — so significantly better!
The final little tweak in right here was the brand new sconce over the chalkboard:
The milk glass and brass on this fixture is so fairly. So lovey!
Aside from the freshly painted partitions, the remainder of the room stayed the identical:
After putting in all of that trim, the entire room wanted to be cleaned from prime to backside. I obtained the ladder out and vacuumed/wiped down nearly each floor.
Simply taking down the shiplap wall became a a lot greater refresh than I deliberate, however I am so glad I did the entire further initiatives!
This is this view earlier than I began:
Now it is a calmer house:
The thicker, brilliant white molding was so value the entire work!
Fortunately the one price on this room refresh was for the wooden pegs and a few eight foot lengths of the baseboard — I had some trim leftover from my workplace makeover and the wall paint was from our eating room. I had simply sufficient left!
My final undertaking on this room is to wash and seal the grout — it is not speculated to be darkish grey. 😏 I’ve needed to do that for years and this room will not really feel completed till I get that performed.
I am going to share that course of with you as nicely!
