I am still in the painting stages of the closet. The walls are painted and the trim and radiators have been painted. And while I am on the subject of painting radiators, why the guy that built this house (before we owned it) baseboard heat in all the closets is absolutely beyond me — it is the worst thing for my clothes and shoes and fabrics. So I try to keep it turned down. But some rooms would have no heat if it weren’t for the closets, which also means of course, that you have to keep the closet doors open….. duh!
Well, someday I intend to put in radiant heat under the floors, but that means we have to get rid of the wall-to-wall, which is pretty much everywhere, with no finished floors underneath (gotta love the ’70s). But let’s not tell G yet, he’ll think he can’t retire. I can wait a long time…..
So here’s the basic color. The walls are done. Isn’t it a lovely aqua! The trim is a light blue gray and I still have to put on a second coat.
The shelves will be aluminum so the gray trim will look really nice. It looks so nice in fact that I am glad that I never got around to painting the windows and window frames in the sewing room because I think I will use the same gray. It looks good with the light green of the sewing room, the turquoise, and this lovely aqua. .
Isn’t it nice to be able to justify having not done something when your were originally supposed to have done it?
I don’t know if I have enough of the gray to do the closet doors as well. I’ll do the trim first. The gray paint is one I have had for years, it is a Martha Stewart color from K-Mart that I used for painting some planters a few years back. I don’t even know if it is still available. But then, maybe I don’t need closet doors. The room is small enough that they are in the way if they are open and I like to see in. At the same time having doors does keep dust and light out. I wonder if I can mount one of those honeycomb shades inside the door frame and get one in a pretty, complimentary color. Then I can just open and close it at will. Is there some rule that closet doors have to be a door?
Well, I probably need to think about that a bit.
In the meantime I have been doing some more shopping late at night when I can’t sleep. A package filled with lovely treats came from Lucy’s. I ordered them immediately after finishing my top (and I still haven’t cut out another).
I don’t have any immediate plans for these fabrics so they just go into the stash, even though my stash is definitely at SABLE proportions (stash accumulation beyond life expectancy) I don’t usually worry about it, although I had been more cautious about buying fabric for a while, just because I wasn’t sewing.
As I’ve said before, I love my stash for its own sake, and I obviously love pretty fabric. I do realize that I may be overindulging right now, but shopping as therapy is not a totally bad thing unless you let it get out of hand. I don’t intend to. I was about to say I was already slowing down, I hadn’t bought any fabric for several days, until I got the Fabric Mart swatches yesterday, but swatches provide a whole different level of temptation.
Well, we’ll see how I feel tomorrow when I have to put everything in the closet.
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8 responses to “Aqua”
I don’t know if your closets are next to an exterior wall. But, when I lived in Boulder, my bedroom closet was located in a corner of the house. In the winter, ice accumulated in my closet and on my clothes! The only way to prevent it was to keep the closet door open (brr! in the bedroom) AND put a 100 watt incandescent in the closet and run it 24/7 in the winter. Fortunately, the light bulb police did not come after me.
Cellular shades will insulate your closet and trap the heat, which you may not want. If you do put a shade in the closet door, make it a top down/bottom up one. The heater works through convection so you need a gap at the bottom for cold air to flow into the closet, and a gap at the top for the warm air to flow out.
I don’t know if your closets are next to an exterior wall. But, when I lived in Boulder, my bedroom closet was located in a corner of the house. In the winter, ice accumulated in my closet and on my clothes! The only way to prevent it was to keep the closet door open (brr! in the bedroom) AND put a 100 watt incandescent in the closet and run it 24/7 in the winter. Fortunately, the light bulb police did not come after me.
Cellular shades will insulate your closet and trap the heat, which you may not want. If you do put a shade in the closet door, make it a top down/bottom up one. The heater works through convection so you need a gap at the bottom for cold air to flow into the closet, and a gap at the top for the warm air to flow out.
I have those radiators–but not in the closets. They’re only out there in the open, everywhere.
Pretty aqua.
I have those radiators–but not in the closets. They’re only out there in the open, everywhere.
Pretty aqua.
Isn’t it sometimes just puzzling what “they” were thinking when they built houses?
Lovely prints on those fabrics. I especially love – well, all of them – especially the b&W, especially the purple print.. 😉
Thinking of you often and hoping G is doing well, and that you are holding up well.
Isn’t it sometimes just puzzling what “they” were thinking when they built houses?
Lovely prints on those fabrics. I especially love – well, all of them – especially the b&W, especially the purple print.. 😉
Thinking of you often and hoping G is doing well, and that you are holding up well.
I saw the sewing room that you’ve been working on. I would like to know where did you get the cubicles that you have along the walls. I really like that idea. I’ve been working on my sewing room for over a year now and it’s still not done. I would appreciate any advise you could give me.
I saw the sewing room that you’ve been working on. I would like to know where did you get the cubicles that you have along the walls. I really like that idea. I’ve been working on my sewing room for over a year now and it’s still not done. I would appreciate any advise you could give me.