![]() We liked the idea of something like this, but it felt like it might overwhelm the space and we wanted something that felt a bit more casual. Plus that drawer base broke up all the cabinet doors nicely. (You already know this was the winner from our after picture at the beginning of this post, but pretend to be surprised.)Īnd just for kicks, we briefly considered doing built-in shelves versus floating ones. Then we tried the staggered look by using standard 30″ tall base cabinets on either side of the window with a 20″ drawer base centered under the window. We liked that the raised height felt more proportionate to such a large space and that the cozy little window nook seemed more custom. But even with three floating shelves – which we roughly added ourselves in Photoshop – it felt a little too low and unbalanced to us (and all those lined-up doors started to look a little dizzying). We started first with cabinets all of the same height: several 20″ tall above-fridge cabinets, since they’re the tallest we could go and not block the window. We’ve had a great experience with Ikea cabinets in our laundry room – which is adjacent to this room – so they felt like a good choice in here too. ![]() We started planning them using Ikea’s kitchen planner tool to help us visualize a few options and pin down a final design. Worth the effort.īut back to the built-ins. It instantly made the room feel airier, so instead of seeing a darker space at the end of a long hallway, it’s a nice bright, light one, which we really like. The winning color was Irish Mist by Behr, which is a very light gray with the slightest green undertone (guess that’s the “Irish” part?). was feeling strangely darker in this room (maybe because of the lack of west-facing windows?) so after a few weeks of trying to convince ourselves it was “fine,” we bit the bullet, broke out our rollers again, and lightened it up. Plus we knew this big blank slate of a room would definitely benefit from some added storage and height / interest on that wall.Īnd oh yeah, we repainted the room in the middle of this project. We love Edgecomb Gray in every other room that we’ve used it, like the dining room and foyer, so it seemed like the obvious choice here since it was also in the adjoining hallway. But it was actually its narrow depth that triggered the idea for some sort of built-in. There’s still lots to do, but we managed to complete one super useful slice of the room thanks to some new cabinets and homemade floating shelves: the storage niche.Īt first, that recessed space felt like a curveball to symmetry fanatics like us – it’s off-center in the room, it’s only 17″ deep, and it has not one, but two, sloped ceilings. ![]() We’re dropping back in with some progress on the room above our garage that we recently finished insulating, drywalling, and flooring (aka: the former storage room that we hope to use for art / playing / movie nights & spillover sleeping space for visiting friends & family).
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