We’re back with our regular basement update (here’s where we left off) as well as this week we painted the dingy built-in cabinet, added some art, obscured the semi-sheer doors to our armoires as well as brought in a bunch of bins to organize whatever we have on hand (and whatever we’re sure we’ll obtain down the line- now there’s great deals of space to grow). Here’s just a taste of the most recent updates:
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But before we get to all the filthy details we owe a huuuuuge say thanks to you to the fantastic peeps at true value who made a great deal of this week’s undertakings possible thanks to their generous gift card (which we’ve been utilizing left as well as best these days). true value was the source of the paint for the built-in as well as a slew of storage bins that we chosen as much as maximize both armoires as well as the area under the bit Ikea table that we already had near the door. Our basement never looked so good. Seriously the spiders who utilized to online down there wouldn’t even acknowledge the place. Thanks True Value!
But back to this week’s newest projects. very first we grabbed some crisp white semi-gloss paint to clean up the built-in wall cupboard that we inherited with the home (we have huge plans of what we’ll store there so stay tuned). Here’s what we started with, just to revitalize your memory:
And here’s exactly how it looks with a few coats of white paint. It honestly looks as new as our just recently bought Ikea desk to the left of it. Yay paint!
You likewise may have discovered that we dealt with the semi-sheer panels on the two wardrobes we just recently chosen up. See, after we filled one with our huge Christmas tree bag as well as added a few bins up top…
… as well as utilized the other armoire to home eight variously sized bins (only two of which we’ve filled- so we still have a great deal of offered genuine estate)…
… we were entrusted to colors coming with the fronts of the doors, which looked a bit chaotic as well as unbalanced thanks mainly to the huge red tree bag on the right.
So we snagged two rolls of eco-friendly as well as white wrapping paper from Target as well as cut them each down the middle of the roll to produce four almost completely sized panels of paper that we trimmed down a bit much more as well as double-stick-taped to the inside of each door.
Presto, fun color as well as pattern that comes best with the semi-sheer door panes as well as adds some textured rate of interest to the entire room. as well as the overall job expense was just $6 (with some paper left over to wrap a few presents). Can’t beat that with a stick.
And you may notice the art hanging above the armoire (along with the big black as well as white framed print leaning above the table near the window). Well, the print near the window was one that we already had laying around – as well as it was as if it was implied for the basement (the black frame as well as moody art looks fantastic with the black stripes in our rug). as well as the long framed piece above the armoire was really a recent groomsman gift for John (it’s our last name spelled out in photos of objects that look like letters) as well as it likewise worked completely with the recently spruced basement color scheme.
But exactly how did we hang the print above the armoire when our cinder block walls are so famously challenging to screw into (everything we’ve attempted to protected into the wall pulls out seconds later with a puff of dust)? Well, we grabbed some Command photo Hanging Strips… as well as they did the trick! They’re very strong sticky strips that act kind of like extra-strength velcro to hold things in place.
You just eliminate the protective backing as well as stick one side to the back of the frame…
… as well as eliminate the other side’s protective backing as well as stick that side of the strip to the wall. then you apply some good pressure to the frame against the wall to get things to stick well for about a minute as well as then separate the pseudo-velcro strips so the pieces on the wall can “cure” for an hour or two without the weight of the frame pulling down on them. then it’s time to reattach the velcro-ish pieces on the back of the frame to the two pieces that are then totally protected on the wall. Voila: your art is officially hung in a completely screw-free manner. It was so much less aggravating than combating with our temperamental cinder block!
And since we visually exposed what we were utilizing the bins in both armoires to store (some Halloween decor, an air mattress, some household quilts, etc) we may also share what those two eco-friendly bins under the table by the window are currently housing:
They’re storing all of our Christmas decor, which is very remarkable because it utilized to be strewn about the home in different kitchen area cabinets, bins under the bed, as well as boxes in my closet.
It’s so good to have whatever reunited in those joyful large eco-friendly bins. This stuff shouldn’t excite us that much however for some unusual reason it just rocks our world.
So that’s where we are as of this week. Of program we’re still not completed (we have to add some privacy to those windows, produce a screen to hide the unsightly water heater as well as share our fun bit storage job for the recently painted built-in cabinet) so stay tuned. as well as speaking of not being finished, do you men have any type of jobs that are half done? We’d like to understand what you’ve started however have yet to finish. since we of all people can completely associate to exactly how that feels…
Psst- want to look back on our huge basement makeover from begin to almost-finished? Here’s the very first post, the second post, the third post, the forth post, as well as the fifth post. Ah memories.
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