Leave it to Country Living to come up with a shabby space to call your own no matter how small your home is, this closet was made to be a office! I just wish I had a closet to transform, but I"m blessed to have a craft room all to myself but this spot sure is sweet! Which brings me to my post today, I'm wondering how to transform a drop ceiling into a warm addition that will fit into my decor? The ceilings in this house are the only thing left untouched and for some odd reason, all are drop ceilings except the bathroom and kitchen, and I hate the dropped look. I'm pondering the idea of painting or staining them but not sure how that will go over? I'd like to paint the metal frames black to match my decor but something has to be done with the white inserts? Anyone got any ideas or have tackled such a project?
http://www.youtube.com/user/sonyani#p/a/f/1/kS-KnONVaS4
ReplyDeleteThat link shows a little clip of how you can reface your tiles... might be worth a look... although i don't know how much $ you are looking to spend!
I'm totally jealous of that office closet from Country Living! I'm trying to turn my spare room into my craft haven... but I've been sick... so it's slow going!
Good luck with the ceiling!!
I'd love to have a closet like that, too! Maybe someday. Hope you're having some nice spring-ish weather!
ReplyDeleteI did this with a closet in our office. I use it for crafting. I absolutely love the idea of wallpaper in there. What a beautiful photo!
ReplyDeleteI have no experience with drop ceilings in particular, but I've been working on a ceiling in my laundry room. Its ceiling tiles stuck to a strange sort of old strips of drywall. Huge job removing all those tiles and fixing the drywall but I had no choice because some of the tiles were gone.
I think painting your drop ceiling is a much easier solution!
Sue, I have seen this picture and actually think I have saved it in my inspiration file. Like you, I would love to transform a little closet into a secret place.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your dilemma about the ceilings, so far I haven't been faced with the problem so not sure how I would handle it either. But I am sure you will find a way.
Have a blessed friday my friend!
I love that lil' closet hideaway:) Wonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteHave you checked to see if it's possible to remove the dropped ceiling altogether and open up the room?
Just a thought :)
Have a great weekend!!
Hugz,
Cathy♥♥
Love that closet, the colors, the wallpaper, everything!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
That is MY kinda closet.... ooohlala.
ReplyDeleteForgive me for drooling. lol
Your drop ceilings.... Not sure what you're wanting to do there. Are you saying the white panels are stained is all or what? So they need painted? What kind of look are you going for?
My craft room used to be our front porch and hubs enclosed it for me, and tiled the floor. It has paneling on the walls and I'm thinking about painting the paneling a creamy white so I can paint other things my beloved aqua as in your photo above. With splashes of ballerina pink. One of these days I'm going for it. But it's gonna be sCARY emptying out that room to do it. lol
How did it go with your sons house? You still workin on it or done?