A major home gym milestone – the walls and trim are complete!

I crossed an enormous hurdle with dwelling fitness center progress final evening. As of final evening, all of the trim is painted, all of the wall strips have been touched up, and the exit indicators have been put in and painted. This was beginning to really feel like an infinite portray challenge, so I am so relieved and excited to lastly have it achieved!

I initially painted these striped partitions in June 2021, after which the bed room was left unfinished after I turned my consideration to the grasp toilet renovation. However if you wish to see how I made the stripes, you possibly can see the DIY course of right here.

Once I returned to work on this room, after ending the lavatory reworking, it seemed like this…

About half of the trim across the ceiling had been put in, so I nonetheless wanted to put in the remainder, wooden fill, sand, caulk, and paint. All of the door and window trim was put in and full of wooden, however nonetheless wanted to be sanded, caulked and painted. After which the partitions wanted a ton of contact ups.

This is a little bit of irony. I initially wished to put in crown molding on this room, however after putting in one piece I spotted I did not like the way it seemed on this room. However not putting in crown molding obtained me in a little bit of bother, as a result of after I painted the stripes on the partitions, I did it with the mindset that they’d be coated with crown molding on prime, so I did not trouble with portray the stripes completely alongside the ceiling.

So, to keep away from having to retouch each single observe within the room alongside the ceiling, I made a decision to put in this small rim across the ceiling…

Properly, my plan utterly backfired on me. Once I tried to color that little trim white to match the ceiling, I could not get the paint line good sufficient for my style the place it met the wall. (Total, I’m a lot better with my perfectionism and should even name myself a “recovering perfectionist,” however there are some areas, like paint traces, the place I’ll by no means outgrow my perfectionism.)

I did not wish to use masking tape on the partitions as a result of, as I discovered after I initially did the partitions, it will probably develop into a nightmare with the tape peeling off components of the stripes, together with the tiny white stripes between the colours. So I ended up not even attempting to be good at portray the white trim, after which I had to return and contact up the highest of each single observe within the room. So all I ended up doing with that little minimize was including work I did not have to do. 😀

Hindsight not an awesome factor? Oh properly. We reside and be taught, proper? At the very least it is throughout now, and I can transfer on to different issues.

Being on this room is like dwelling inside a pack of Fruit Stripe gum, and I completely find it irresistible! 😀

The large teal strip is the place I’ll construct a Swedish ladder (aka stall bars).

And see how meticulously I integrated the outlet covers into the wall design. 😀

Once I wish to paint socket covers, I at all times purchase the type that covers the entire output and is labeled “paintable”. They’ve a texture that enables the paint to stick very simply, and the paint does not scratch them like it could should you paint the shiny plastic variety. I’ve one among these within the outlet on the peninsula finish of my kitchen because it was final painted in 2017, and this outlet is used often and nonetheless seems to be nice. This is a more in-depth have a look at one of many exits.

I might significantly stand on this room and have a look at all that superb colour all day. I used to be telling somebody yesterday that I assumed that as I obtained older my love of colour may begin to wane a bit and I might naturally begin to gravitate in direction of calmer, extra impartial interiors. However I really feel the other is occurring.

As I become old, my love of colour solely grows extra intense and I discover myself regularly on the lookout for methods so as to add an increasing number of colour to my dwelling. I’m so blessed to have a husband who does not thoughts my love of colour.

The one rule he ever gave me was “no pink partitions,” however even that grew to become extra of a working joke than an precise rule. I do know for a proven fact that if I actually wished to color a room pink he would haven’t any downside with that so long as it wasn’t sizzling pink. That is his line within the sand. 😀

Even final evening, I used to be nonetheless planning on portray the 2 doorways to this room black. However now that I see the partitions completed and trimmed in daylight, I am leaning in direction of white. I really feel black could be too jarring for these partitions. I’ll use lots of black in the remainder of the room (beginning with your complete flooring), however proper now I believe the doorways must be white.

Now that the partitions are achieved, I believe issues are going to begin to fall into place shortly on this room.

I nonetheless have some paint touches to do on the ceiling, however that must be fairly fast. After which I want to color the doorways. This could end portray the principle a part of the room (I am ignoring the closet space for now).

I’ve all the froth flooring within the fitness center that I’ll use, so it’d fall off as quickly as I clear the room (once more) and mop the ground. The blinds have been delivered on Saturday and I’ve had the curtains, rods and rings for a very long time now. The 2 lighting fixtures I wish to strive for the “entrance” of this room have already arrived, so I have to unpack the second and determine for certain which one I wish to use. And the dresser I purchased for the closet space has already been delivered.

Barring any unexpected circumstances, I’m fairly assured that this room will probably be prepared by the tip of this month! I will probably be ecstatic to lastly end this room and have a working fitness center at dwelling!!

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