I’ve been DIYing my means by our home for a really very long time now. And in consequence, there’s not a single floor in a single room that I haven’t undone, redone, rebuilt, remade, custom-made, or adorned ultimately. I can’t even describe how a lot satisfaction I’ve wanting round our home and seeing “me” — my laborious work, sweat, tears, blood, willpower, imaginative and prescient, execution — in actually each room, each floor, each nook and cranny of our home.
Yesterday, I used to be wanting round, taking stock of what I’ve carried out, remembering the journey, appreciating the teachings alongside the best way, and making an attempt to find out what my total favourite initiatives have been. I feel my favorites change on occasion, however as of this second, these are my prime ten favorites.
1. Music Room Bookcases & Doorways
The bookcases and doorways within the music room are positively a prime 10 favourite, not solely as a result of I feel they make the room, however as a result of it was a quite large constructing venture that I took on fairly early. And I used to be actually pleased with the design that I got here up with to faux the look of pocket doorways with out truly tearing down partitions to make actual pocket doorways.
Right here’s what this wall of the music room regarded like after we purchased the home. This was the unique exterior door that went out to the again yard. The “sunroom” behind it was added on later. So this wall is an exterior load bearing wall, and I didn’t wish to should reconstruct it to make actual pocket doorways.
2. Visitor Bed room Partitions
I like these partitions as a result of it appears to be like like wallpaper, however this design price me lower than $100 — the price of a gallon of paint and some paint pens. Utilizing an overhead projector and a design that my mother and I got here up with, I projected the design onto the partitions, and started to hint. It was really easy to do, and gave this wall a huge impact within the room. You can see more about the project here. And you can download my floral wall design here.
3. Lavatory Cupboard
This cupboard might very properly be my favourite factor in our grasp lavatory. I used two leftover French doorways (doorways that I had initially used on our pantry) as inspiration for the cupboard. After chopping them right down to look extra like cupboard doorways, I constructed a cupboard round them, and loaded it up with lavatory gadgets. It match into our water closet completely. You can see the details of this build here.
4. Dwelling Room Fire
The primary time I noticed our front room, I knew that the area between the 2 aspect home windows wanted a hearth. I didn’t even care if it was a working hearth or not. It simply wanted the architectural element of a fireside, for my part.
5. Kitchen Cased Opening
It’s laborious for me to now think about our kitchen with a strong wall right here, however that is what the kitchen regarded like after the primary transform.
It wasn’t till after that transform that I made a decision the wall wanted a cased opening. And although that could be a load-bearing wall, I knew I might do it myself. After watching might movies about the right way to put a cased opening in a load-bearing wall (with a particular due to This Previous Home for having the most effective and most thorough rationalization), I made a decision to go for it. And I’m so glad I did, as a result of this opening made such an enormous totally different in the feel and appear of our kitchen!
7. Dwelling Room Spoon Artwork
I needed to embody my absolute favourite piece of art work that I’ve ever made in my record. This colourful pinwheel is made out of over 800 wood tasting spoons. I painstakingly lower the entire handles off, sanded each bit, glued them into place, painted every one, after which added gold accents to the guidelines of every spoon. After which I made a shadow box frame for it. That is, arms down, my favourite artwork piece I’ve ever made. And I like watching folks’s expressions once I inform them I made it, and that it’s made out of spoons.
8. Lavatory Bubble Gentle
This bubble gentle is the crown jewel in our lavatory, in my humble opinion. I made it out of Christmas ornaments, and even now, over a yr later, I nonetheless like to stare at it.
9. Lavatory Vanities & Storage Cupboard
These DIY vanities and storage cabinet have been my most difficult constructing venture up to now. Since I wasn’t going to color the vanities and cupboard, I wasn’t in a position to depend on wooden filler and caulk to make up for my lack of imperfections within the constructing course of. So I needed to take further care and further time to get issues proper. It was my most difficult construct up to now, nevertheless it has additionally been my most rewarding.
10. Dwelling Fitness center Striped Partitions
With my love of coloration and stripes, our striped home gym walls clearly should be included in my record. This venture was such a ache, as I needed to measure and tape off each single stripe with 1/4-inch tape, after which the tape didn’t come off cleanly, so I had to take action many repairs! It was an entire nightmare, however I’m so glad I persevered and didn’t name it quits. It’s so invigorating being on this room, surrounded by a lot coloration. In all, I used 15 totally different colours to color the stripes in right here.
So these are my prime 10 proper now. If I waited one other month and did a prime 10 record, the record might look slightly totally different. However I’m so grateful for this journey, and for the abilities and classes I’ve realized alongside the best way. And I completely love residing in a house the place I can go searching and see the fruit of the labor of my very own arms in each room and each floor. It’s so satisfying!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance 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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