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I had high hopes of getting the big studio wall completely done yesterday, but it’s been one of those frustrating days of failure.
First, remember that big, colorful calendar I hung on this wall earlier in the week?
As of this morning, all but one month has fallen off the wall. Apparently, I got hold of a bad batch of 3M Double Sided Sticky Foam Squares and they failed. September is still hanging around, but that’s all.
I bought new picture hanging strips to try again, but yesterday I didn’t have enough time to finish it. This would be an easy project to do again, but I was a little disappointed to have to redo a project I crossed off my “to do” list.
I plan to make shelves for the breakfast room picture ledges to go under the TV. These are very easy to make and you can customize them to your desired size. Check out the breakfast room shelves here…
But when I was at Lowe’s the other day shopping for essentials for my new shoe closet, I found these shelves on clearance for over $12 each. They weren’t as wide as I wanted (they were 30 inches wide, and I wanted 36), but I’m glad they saved me a lot of time and I don’t think I could have made them. $12 each with the price of wood these days.
Both of them are very easy to install. But always has to be difficult, right? And the middle one is the problem. For some reason, I couldn’t get the drywall anchor into the wall on this side. No problem. I decided to use my nail gun with 2-inch 16-gauge nails and nail this side straight into the stud. But the first nail didn’t go in. It was crushed on the face of the shelf board.
I don’t know why it did that. Maybe it hit a drywall screw. But this is another minor inconvenience I have to deal with.
Later, I worked on building a frame for the TV. I wanted this frame to be more simple in design than any other I’ve built. The one I did for the breakfast room was too thick. I love how it looks with the shelves. But for this wall in the studio, I wanted the face of the frame to be very thin.
I had a very simple design in mind and thought I could complete the basic construction in 40 minutes. And I was right! It took 40 minutes to cut the four pieces for the sides and glue/nail them together, then cut the four face pieces and nail them in place.
The problem? I got the measurements wrong. It looks too big on the TV, so I take it apart, cut the pieces, and put it back together.
By this time, my brain was pretty much frozen. I was too excited for a distraction when my new watch was delivered. But when I opened it, I couldn’t figure out how it was hanging on the wall. 😀 This is my mood yesterday. I looked at it again this morning and I could see very clearly a hole in the wall where a nail or screw would go through. I think yesterday my frustrated and irritated brain couldn’t focus on the little hole in the back of the clock mechanism.
However, this The clock I ended up buying for this wall (affiliate link). I really liked the price ($45) and the size (24 inches), but I thought it was too easy to customize.
I’m not sure what I want to do with it yet, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be brown. 🙂 I might color it for fun or decide to do something more artistic. I’ll have to wait and see what kind of inspiration I get.
So yesterday was my day. Not only did I not finish the wall, but I felt like I had gone backwards.
Fortunately, I don’t have any plans for the next couple of days, so I plan to focus on this and hope to finish it by the end of tomorrow. Then I can concentrate in the office/desk corner of the room and get those projects done.
Addicted 2 Decorating shares my DIY and decorating journey as I renovate and decorate the 1948 Fixer Upper that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has MS and is unable to do physical activity, so I do most of the housework myself. You can learn more about me here.
