Since my last update we’ve been hard at work. We “finished” the studio right before we were hit with a winter wonderland. Once the snow melts I can finally begin moving in!
After the insulation was put in we went to work on the shiplap walls. I love how it looks, but it can be very time consuming. I chose MDF because it is cost effective and the boards don’t bow like pine sometimes does. They were also available prepainted which saved so much time!
I painted the floor before the walls went up because I wanted a spatter painted effect.
It did get a bit scratched and scraped during all the woodwork so I’m not sure I’d recommend that (although I can’t imagine slinging paint after the white walls went up!)
I was researching painted floors and learned that spatter painting was historically used on floors of seaside cottages in Cape Cod. It’s a technique I learned for scenic painting during my theatre training and I loved the idea right away. (Spatter is small dots where a splatter with is more Jackson Pollock.)
I used two coats of light grey porch paint directly on the particle board as a base. Then I watered down white and green paints for spatter.
When the walls were done we added corner and ceiling trim to hide the mess. It was particularly tricky around the dormer windows because there were weird slopes and angles up there, but trim can cover a multitude of sins!
We used beadboard for the ceilings. Originally I planned for shiplap, but we began to realize we would need a second ladder to manage that. The switch to beadboard made it much easier (and faster!)
One thing I hadn’t considered was window trim. Nathan did it very simply in something between a Mission and Craftsman style.
Next we had Lowe’s mix up a gallon of paint to match the shiplap and went to work painting all the bare wood. (You can also spot a tiny pegboard wall behind the door!)
Suddenly, after feeling like the project would never end, its practically done! So excited to move in and decorate.
If you’re converting your own shed I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions!