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My New Studio Build (perhaps overly detailed)
- Thread starter silky smoove
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It wouldn’t have looked good. The seams were super noticeable in the short direction of the rolls. It was a non starter.
After 111 pages of thread I certainly wouldn’t say it’s your fault. More like some OP who’s posted far too many inane detailsSorry, I remember that nowIt sucks getting old...
I think that doing a faux wood finish on the ceiling could look good but it takes some expertise to pull off well.
One way around the wall paper seams is to apply painted wood strips over the seams. It can break up the paper mismatch.
One way around the wall paper seams is to apply painted wood strips over the seams. It can break up the paper mismatch.
The issue wasn’t expertise. It was the product itself. It was not meant to be used in applications where there were seams along the short dimension of the roll. This is clearly a non-issue for walls, the intended application, as there aren’t many walls that are 19’ tall. No amount of expertise could have changed this outcome. The seams along the short edge of the roll were meant to hit the floor and ceiling respectively. In that application they’d look great. Butting up to another piece of wallpaper? Looked awful.
That would solve the problem in the long direction of the roll, but there was no problem in that direction. Trust me. The problem was the product itself not working for my intended application. No amount of tweaking would have fixed it.
I just cleaned out the main room so I can put gray primer on the ceiling tomorrow. I have a rehearsal that will detain me on Tuesday, but the nights following I’ll get some samples, pick a brown color, get paint and paint the ceiling of the main room. This will be easy since the edges have crown molding and will therefore not require much in the way of a careful touch. I’ll do the whole thing with a roller in record time.
Also of note; While I was cleaning out the main room I decided that I can’t live with the color in the vestibule. It looked great while it was rolling on and was still wet, but now that it’s dry it’s awful. I called my wife out there and without prompting she said that she hated the color of the vestibule as well. Going with a different gray. It’s more work, but I’ll be happier with the finished product if I take the time to get the color right.
Also of note; While I was cleaning out the main room I decided that I can’t live with the color in the vestibule. It looked great while it was rolling on and was still wet, but now that it’s dry it’s awful. I called my wife out there and without prompting she said that she hated the color of the vestibule as well. Going with a different gray. It’s more work, but I’ll be happier with the finished product if I take the time to get the color right.
I was referring to a paint technique where colors and tools are used to make paint look like wood grain.
Here is an example:
Oh... Yeah, that’s next level stuff. Definitely not something I’m ready to tackle. The brown ceiling will still look great.
Current scheduling goals:
- Main room light fixtures arrive today. When I get home I'm going to use our stack of paint sample cards to compare the color of the fixture, the wall color and the flooring sample to select the right range of browns for the ceiling. After that I'll run down to Home Depot, get some samples made, come home, put some samples up on the ceiling and leave them to dry.
- Tomorrow my wife and I will review the samples once they've dried and make a call. After that I'll go down to Home Depot and get all of the ceiling paint, as well as the revised wall paint for the vestibule.
- Saturday afternoon I'd like to knock out all of the painting (main room ceiling, vestibule walls).
- Sunday I'll deal with any touch-ups that need to happen.
- Next week I'll start working on the HVAC.
That vestibule color irked you. Better to address it now as you are doing.
WIll any part of the studio door installation, such as the trim, require painting.
Will you have any type of "recording" light in the vestibule? Sometimes they are located above the door. Not something that's needed but they look cool.
Do you plan on installing any type of blind over the outer door window? More for at night when you have the lights on and want to prevent interlopers from looking in.
WIll any part of the studio door installation, such as the trim, require painting.
Will you have any type of "recording" light in the vestibule? Sometimes they are located above the door. Not something that's needed but they look cool.
Do you plan on installing any type of blind over the outer door window? More for at night when you have the lights on and want to prevent interlopers from looking in.
The base trim, crown molding and door casing will all be white. I'm not sure if I'm going to just use lumber that I'll paint or a pre-painted trim product, which is commonly made out of MDF or similar. I have painted lumber trim throughout my house except for in the bathroom where the previous owner did the trim with the pre-painted MDF product. They both look great. It'll come down to cost and dimensional availability.
I thought about it when I was laying everything out, but opted to skip it. Unless it was tied into my computer in such a way that it would turn on when I hit 'record' it wasn't going to be useful. They make products like that, but they monopolize a USB port so I decided the gains weren't worth the loss of a port. Manually switching one on and off would likely get forgotten or intentionally skipped most of the time anyway
Not necessary. The glazing is frosted. It's translucent, not transparent. Regardless of the time of day or lighting in the studio you can't see through it, but light still comes through.
Aw cmon! How much a USB hub these days!I thought about it when I was laying everything out, but opted to skip it. Unless it was tied into my computer in such a way that it would turn on when I hit 'record' it wasn't going to be useful. They make products like that, but they monopolize a USB port so I decided the gains weren't worth the loss of a port. Manually switching one on and off would likely get forgotten or intentionally skipped most of the time anyway
Aw cmon! How much a USB hub these days!I thought about it when I was laying everything out, but opted to skip it. Unless it was tied into my computer in such a way that it would turn on when I hit 'record' it wasn't going to be useful. They make products like that, but they monopolize a USB port so I decided the gains weren't worth the loss of a port. Manually switching one on and off would likely get forgotten or intentionally skipped most of the time anyway
In Logic, you can automate turning on and off a recording light when you press record and stop. Who would have thought. There’s so much in the software.
Here is an example of one way to do it. As was mentioned, it requires system resources and USB. I’m aware of lighting shows that are automated via Logic plugins. It can get expensive.
Here is an example of one way to do it. As was mentioned, it requires system resources and USB. I’m aware of lighting shows that are automated via Logic plugins. It can get expensive.
How many hubs are actually reliable. I've tried many and have always been let down by them when performing even the modest of tasks like hosting a registration dongle.
It's all a neat idea, just not one that I find totally necessary for my purposes. I'll probably hang a sign on the door from the vestibule into the main room and call it good.
My wife just texted me a picture of the light fixtures that arrived this afternoon. Oil rubbed bronze Lithonia Peppermill center-start track lights. Now to pick out a complimentary ceiling color.
One of the color samples in the running is called ‘Chocolate Soul.’ That’s going to be tough to beat.
Samples are up. After work tomorrow, once they’ve fully dried, I’ll make the call and go grab the remaining paint required to finish this task that seems to have grown legs and is taking longer than expected.
I think we have a winner for color. It’s called ‘Cabin in the Woods.’ I was really hoping ‘Chocolate Soul’ would win out, but it had too much red in it. The one we picked blends with the wall color nicely and still let’s the oil rubbed bronze light fixtures stand out. Going to pick up two gallons of it tomorrow night and paint it on Sunday.
Cabin in the Woods evokes The Evil Dead (and yes, I know there is a film called Cabin in the Woods). Just don't read anything out of the Necronomicon in there.
