March 12, 2016

I woke this morning and thought, "Life is too short for wire shelving."
So I scrapped the idea of reusing the existing shelves and designed a custom closet online.

Inspired by the custom closet I just purchased, I installed a new ceiling fixture in the closet.

This is a bit of a departure from my usual style, but I liked the design and the fabric and oil-rubbed
bronze metal construction of the shade. Inside are two 800-lumen 2700K LED bulbs.
(Welcome to 2016, where bulbs are measured in lumens, not watts.)

Going with a new closet system means all those holes needed to be spackled and sanded.

Painting doors with a brush is tedious, time-consuming work. So I decided to spray them instead.

After removing the hardware and cleaning the doors, I used the room as a spray booth.

Wonder why I save old paint stirrers?

Sometimes for shims, and this case, to support the doors.

I also used them to keep the doors from leaning against the dropcloth.

After spraying the doors, they are a nice soft white called "ostrich."

My spray gun makes short work of the job, but you still have to clean it meticulously after each use.

While the doors dried, work turns to the windows. This was done with a 2.5" brush.

Flipping the doors shows the difference between the old color (left) and the brighter new color (right).

At the end of a very long day, all the trim painting is done.

Both windows were painted. This window is a new-construction window with snap-out mullions.

All the door trim and baseboards are also painted.

While I had the sprayer out, I sprayed the new color on the window mullions.

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