I’m lastly to the purpose in my painted studio ground challenge the place I really feel like I’m making good progress. I’m having to work in sections, and the part I’m engaged on proper now could be about 19.5 ft by 14 ft. So as soon as this space is painted, and I give it about 24 hours to dry, I’ll cowl it, transfer every little thing to this facet of the room, after which work on the again part of this room, which is nineteen.5 ft by 7.5 ft, plus the again entry, half lavatory, and storage room.
This weekend, I lastly received to the portray. After the entire prep work (sanding, sanding, and extra sanding, plus wooden filling, sanding once more, priming, and extra sanding), I used to be able to get to the enjoyable half. The portray! I did one coat of primer, and two coats of porch and ground paint. I made a decision to do the grey colour as the bottom colour, after which I’ll return and do the white checkerboard design over the grey.
So that is the darker colour of the 2. That is as darkish as the ground will get. And I used to be amazed at how clear and brilliant this mild grey even appeared in opposition to the unique ground. I knew the white would look actually clear and brilliant in opposition to it, however I wasn’t anticipating the sunshine grey to be such a distinction.
At present, I’ll be prepared to begin taping off the design and portray the white checkerboard sample on the ground. This would be the enjoyable half seeing the ground go from a plain stable colour to a enjoyable design.
However there’s a small downside. I’ll be prepared to begin taping and portray this afternoon, and but, I nonetheless haven’t fairly determined precisely how I need to do the ground. I do know I need a checkerboard ground. That a part of the plan is solidified in my thoughts, and I received’t be doubting it or altering my thoughts. However what I’m nonetheless not set on is whether or not or not I need a border across the wall (I actually assume I do), and if I do a border, does the border simply comply with the wall? Or does the border comply with the wall and the cupboards?
Right here’s what the ground would appear like if I simply do a easy checkerboard design in the complete space. It appears a bit of busy to me, though in actuality, it in all probability wouldn’t be for the reason that precise white and grey that I’m utilizing are rather more refined than the colours I used on this image. And clearly, the pink areas are the place my cupboards will go. This in all probability isn’t precisely to scale.
I actually like the concept of a border, although. And I like the concept of utilizing the 2 colours to make the totally different areas distinct. And ever since deciding on a checkerboard ground, I’ve had it in my thoughts {that a} border would comply with the partitions and the cupboards, like this…
However now I’m second-guessing. Maybe the border shouldn’t comply with the cupboards, however ought to solely comply with the wall. The issue with that’s that on the complete entrance wall of the room (the wall with the 2 home windows and the wallpaper), the border can be misplaced utterly if the border follows the wall.
So I may make the border comply with the cupboards on that wall, for the reason that cupboards will likely be wall-to-wall with no areas, after which in the remainder of the room, the border would comply with the wall. Meaning I’d lose among the border below the cupboards on the facet wall, however it will make the entire ground design really feel extra symmetrical.
*Sigh* I simply don’t know. The great factor is that I can go forward and begin on the checkerboard design, since I’ll be beginning within the middle of the room, after which see if I get readability as I progress. However be at liberty to let me know your opinion on these ground design choice.
EDIT:
On the image exhibiting the border following the partitions and the cupboards, the world across the facet door on the appropriate appeared very small and squished. So I went into the studio, measured, and taped off what that space would truly appear like with a border following the entrance cupboards, the wall across the door, and the facet cupboards. Within the precise room, there’s far extra space in that space for the design to “breathe”.
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