Home gym progress (more, lighting, window treatment, door color, and shelving decisions)

I am making progress within the dwelling fitness center, though it is on the level the place progress is shifting fairly slowly as a result of I am engaged on the trim. I now have all of the trim put in and every thing stuffed and sanded with wooden. As we speak I hope to begin caulking all of the trim so I can begin portray it on Thursday.

I additionally spent a while doing a little wall repairs. In case you keep in mind, I really tried putting in crown molding on this room alongside the longest wall (i.e. the wall between the house fitness center and the grasp lavatory) after which determined I did not prefer it. Effectively, due to the way in which the crown molding is put in (nailed to the wall and ceiling, with the totally different instructions of the nails creating stress that helps maintain the crown in place), eradicating the crown molding inevitably damages the drywall. I had already given a coat of drywall to those areas, however they wanted one other coat, together with just a little sanding.

As soon as all of the prep work is finished, particularly caulking all of the trim, I can paint all of the trim and wall touch-ups, after which I can begin doing a little ornamental stuff!

Talking of ornamental issues, and because of your entire contributions, I made a decision to construct two bookshelves, place them on casters, and flank a chest of drawers within the middle of the closet space. I hope to discover a dresser on Fb Market or another native place and simply paint it. I might quite not should construct one. After which I will mount a TV on the wall over the dresser.

I made a decision that every thing that enters the room might be black and stained darkish wooden. I just about let my Water Rower decide that call, because it’s a fantastic walnut with black accents. So the cabinets have black helps (each vertical and horizontal) with stained walnut shade cabinets. If I’ve sufficient walnut veneer left over from the toilet, I may even apply it to the cabinets.

Many months in the past I had already chosen a black ground for the lounge so it really works rather well in my black + walnut plan. I additionally purchased black curtain rods (sure, I will cling curtains right here as a result of you already know I really like cloth!), and final evening I made a decision to take the Rustic walnut and bamboo hue which I used within the lavatory for this room as nicely. This shade is of such good high quality, and so much like what I’ve in the remainder of the home, however at a a lot decrease value, that I made a decision to guess on it. So, when every thing is prepared, my home windows will seem like this…

To remain like this…

I do know there might be a number of differing opinions on this (the black curtain rod, overlaying up a number of the stripes, and many others.) however I feel it is going to look very nice when it is completed and make the room cohesive with splashes of black and walnut all through the room. I feel it is going to additionally make the partitions transfer from being entrance and middle and the primary characteristic of the room to appearing extra as a backdrop, which I feel Matt will recognize. 😀 So the partitions are for me, and all of the black and walnut is for him.

However that brings me to the doorway to the room. Once we moved this wall again (which made our hallway smaller and squared off the grasp tub), it made the entry into this room fairly lengthy. And it is also darkish. I did not even assume so as to add a lightweight right here, however I actually assume it wants one. So I am conflicted. It looks like an ideal space to position a semi-recessed ceiling gentle, and it could give me the chance to convey some black into this space as nicely (though I try this with what I placed on the partitions as nicely).

The opposite possibility is to place in a brilliant skinny “recessed” gentle, like I’ve in the entire room. However that strikes me as a bit boring and like a missed alternative, proper? I am leaning in the direction of the semi-recessed ceiling gentle, except somebody has a great motive why I should not.

After which there’s the door shade, which I do know I discussed a very long time in the past, however I am nonetheless conflicted. All of the doorways within the corridor are darkish blue-green. There’s nothing that shade on this room, so I do not wish to convey it there. The lavatory doorways are white, however I do not like that on this room.

Since I am making an attempt to make use of black accents on this room, how about portray the doorways black? What can we give it some thought?

I feel it seems to be cool, and provides a contact of sophistication by juxtaposing the coloured striped partitions. It is simply ink, so I assume I’d attempt it and see if I prefer it. And in case you do not, I can at all times transfer on to one thing else. I am simply undecided what different choices there are.

EDIT: I made a decision to place the ground within the picture above to see how every thing would look collectively. This is an concept of ​​how this space would look with the black door and flooring.

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