I am really excited to be wrapping this up! For one, I am ready to switch my focus to the outdoors. And two, I am excited to get all this mess cleaned up in the main areas of our home.
I had started out just wanting to plank this focal wall and get a console, but the project, as many of mine do, soon morphed into transoms, board and batten, a painted sliding door, and a freshly painted command center wall. Which means my timeline also morphed into something much longer than I was anticipating š
Although I would say this project started with the planked wall, it really started back in October when I fell in love with this beautiful, super budget-friendly mirror from Target. I knew the perfect place for it, and it became my motivation to get this focal wall done.
I began shopping for consoles, but I had specific needs in mind.
Shockingly, I had trouble finding something that would fit all of these specs while also being the style I was looking for while also being in my budget. So naturally, I began sketching out plans to make one. In my head, I wanted some drawers. But boy do drawers freak me out. Maybe not 1 or 2, but I was envisioning at least 4 drawers: 2 high and 2 wide. The room for error would be small. I just wasnāt in the mood for that kind of stress.
So then I had one of those āaha!ā moments? You know, the kind where you get suddenly excited and canāt wait to tell someone? My husband was thrilled. He jumped up and high fived me.
Ok, maybe I was the only one that was excited, but heyā¦ thatās his loss. I knew this would be perfect for an IKEA rast. You know, the most hacked piece of IKEA furniture? Heck, Iāve hacked 2 myself: my media console in my living room and our nightstands.
I thought I was all hacked out, but this take gave me energy. And quite frankly, I think itās my favorite one yet! Check out the full project plan here.
If nothing else, the fresh paint definitely helps the hall feel better. But Iām excited to add more pictures to the ledge, and to have a better place for seasonal decor on the console, as I am still in tweaking mode.
As part of this project, I also finished my long-planned interior transoms over both the doorway to the kitchen and to the foyer. Iām also working on getting more pictures up. I love these simple frames from Target. Iām using them for a collage wall Iām working on in our living room.
Iāll add details to these projects in my future posts. Next up will be how I hacked the rast.
Happy weekend!
Console |Mirror | Lamp | Shade | Vase | Pear | Frames | Rug
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This really turned out nice. Such a big difference.