Modernising utility room - how do I paint these cupboards?
Chloe Edwards
5 years ago
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Comments (6)In my California house my laundry is in the attached garage......It works just fine..... In my Hong Kong apartment, I have a laundry room with the washer and dryer and other odds and ends........ladder, buckets, ironing board......... Both are ok. but If I had my perfect world, I would have a large laundry room in both places with a sewing center included............See MoreHelp appreciated with designing a utility cupboard
Comments (9)Thanks for all your really helpful replies guys. It looks like the washing machine will find its way into next door’s ‘Garage’/ covered patio where it will be boxed in as you suggested Jules. You’re right this is quite a common in these parts of the planet. I also think something like a bespoke cupboard/cabinet would then be a good option including the Louvre doors on rails as Jonathan suggested. Blocking the window and loosing a fair bit of space is probably too big a sacrifice. Oh and yes, possibly move the fridge to the wall with the window where a fridge always used to be located before the renovation. I will sadly have to swop this little hot paradise for the cold UK again very shortly (well, I’m actually quite looking forward to going home) but will keep you posted on developments as and when. Not it in the least what will happen to our little family of birds in the ‘garage’. :) Had anyone noticed the nest?...See MoreWhat can I do with cupboard
Comments (10)Such a lovely room, but the cupboards and beams are so dark and light sapping, although I’m saying what you already know! You could paint the beams in a lighter shade like a taupe or even white along with the ceiling. I know you don’t want to paint the two units, but they would look lovely in white, cream, a soft green or taupe. Furniture has been painted for hundreds of years and certainly isn’t a new thing. The beams can be sand-blasted to their natural wood colour and I saw George Clarke do that on his programme last week, but it’s dusty work! That room has so much potential. Here’s a few ideas...See MoreHelp! How to modernise kitchen with baltic brown granite?
Comments (29)You wanted a design tool—try Room Arranger (ios, android, windows). It’s free unless you want to keep your design (a workaround if you don’t want to pay is to screenshot the elements of the design you want to keep). If you take photos of the existing granite, you’ll be able to arrange your cupboards as they are and colour them as you please. Personally, I think the top cupboards should either be removed/reduced if you can find more storage elsewhere. If kept, paint them pale so that they fade into the background. I would forget painting the lowers until your puppy is at least a year old, depending on the breed—if you’re doing the work yourself it takes several weeks to do (speaking from painful experience) and the paint will then need another lot of weeks to reach full hardness. It would drive you nuts if you put all that time into it, only for the puppy to scratch or mark your hard work, which is quite likely (I’ve had three puppies, by the way). If you really can’t live with the doors, and they’re standard sized, maybe just change them for something inexpensive from ikea/B&Q etc that you can live with for a few years? Then if they’re badly damaged they’re easily replaced out as needed (assuming you’re not unlucky and pup doesn’t go mad with multiple doors). Alternatively, you might be able to get them spray painted, which I believe gives a very tough coating....See MoreCarolina
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