In the first project, I installed track lighting over the washer/dryer in the basement. The track lighting was to replace a dim lamp with a loose switch, that I could barely see in the washing machine with. I also expanded the outlet capacity & added a light switch for the track-lighting.
The track lighting will also illuminate the various hoses & piping behind the washer/dryer. My philosophy is that hoses & piping shouldn't be hidden from view. That is also the philosophy of the Centre Pompidou, Paris. All the functional equipment that makes the Pompidou building work, is visible on the outside.
Pompidou
Taking apart old outlet:
Replacement Parts: A double-outlet and combined switch/outlet, 4-hole cover plate, switch box with wall-stud bracket, 14-gauge Type NM wire.
After connecting the wiring, the photo shows testing of the circuit. It is recommended to test the circuit before fully installing everything. I spent a couple hours trying to get the wiring connected right! Method of testing: once wires are connected (or reconnected), turn on circuit breaker and watch for light to come on.
The track lighting (Hampton Bay 3-Light Pin Hole Cylinder Track Lighting Kit + 50-watt Halogen MR16 bulbs) needs to be fixed to a ceiling. Since the washer/dryer area doesn't have a ceiling, I cut a fake one out of plywood, which I can screw into the cross beams above. I don't plan on installing a full ceiling in that area.
The plywood ceiling needs to have a switch box above, just like for any other fixture. The wires come in through a knockout hole.
I had to cut a hole in the plywood for the switch box.
Connection of power wires to the track-lighting adapter. The adaper powers the tracks, kind of like trolley lines that you can move the track-lights along to the desired position.
Adaper connected to track.
Preparation to replace outlet. It says junction box but I meant switch box.
Installed and good to go (after hours of figuring out the wire connections!) See how the mounting bracket is screwed to a 2-by-4?
After attaching the track, I screwed the plywood into cross beams.
tada!
More of a Pompidou-effect by aiming a light on the pipes! (I have no plans to color the pipes!)
Track lights brighten the whole area, but using no camera flash makes a nicer photo.
The upstairs hallway was olive-yellow like the living room. Trim was darker olive, but primed over in photo below.
After looking around for a playful color, I painted it an azure blue (Java Sea, by Glidden). The effect was not as I had hoped! It looked almost fluorescent like a cheap Polynesian restaurant! And there are no Pu-Pu platters to be found for miles.
I decided that no one color would work in that space. The plan became dark blue, with ligher blue wainscotting & chair-rail.
I had to cut a hole in the plywood for the switch box.
Connection of power wires to the track-lighting adapter. The adaper powers the tracks, kind of like trolley lines that you can move the track-lights along to the desired position.
Adaper connected to track.
Preparation to replace outlet. It says junction box but I meant switch box.
Installed and good to go (after hours of figuring out the wire connections!) See how the mounting bracket is screwed to a 2-by-4?
After attaching the track, I screwed the plywood into cross beams.
tada!
More of a Pompidou-effect by aiming a light on the pipes! (I have no plans to color the pipes!)
Track lights brighten the whole area, but using no camera flash makes a nicer photo.
Painting & Wainscotting of the Upstairs Hallway
The upstairs hallway was olive-yellow like the living room. Trim was darker olive, but primed over in photo below.
After looking around for a playful color, I painted it an azure blue (Java Sea, by Glidden). The effect was not as I had hoped! It looked almost fluorescent like a cheap Polynesian restaurant! And there are no Pu-Pu platters to be found for miles.
I decided that no one color would work in that space. The plan became dark blue, with ligher blue wainscotting & chair-rail.
Covering the azure couldn't happen fast enough....
Measuring for a reach of wainscotting.
Wainscotting + chair rail from Home Depot. I only needed 7 feet because most of the hallway is doors.
Measuring for a cut (6 cuts total). I recommend cutting outdoors because of so much saw dust!
Wainscotting (below) will overlap at corners. Chair-rail molding, I mitered the corners. Be sure to factor in overlapping in cutting the proper length.
Ready for Primer
Beginning to paint over Primer. The blue is homemade with yellow-white (leftover from painting eave access hatches in spare bedroom), 10% Java Sea, and 5%Derby Red. (Derby Red was the first attempted color of the Parlor, replaced by Duke Red).
All Painted!
Ready to install wainscotting. The blue is a Glidden mix that I had Home Depot match to Adirondack Blue by Ralph Lauren. I found Ralph Lauren paint to go on too thin, also it's expensive.
blaaah
tada! It is amost as eye-popping as the Parlor. It definitely needs crown molding. I can do that this weekend. The door on the end is from Karl & Andrea's barn!
Porcelain knobs are always good for effect......
Measuring for a reach of wainscotting.
Wainscotting + chair rail from Home Depot. I only needed 7 feet because most of the hallway is doors.
Measuring for a cut (6 cuts total). I recommend cutting outdoors because of so much saw dust!
Wainscotting (below) will overlap at corners. Chair-rail molding, I mitered the corners. Be sure to factor in overlapping in cutting the proper length.
Ready for Primer
Beginning to paint over Primer. The blue is homemade with yellow-white (leftover from painting eave access hatches in spare bedroom), 10% Java Sea, and 5%Derby Red. (Derby Red was the first attempted color of the Parlor, replaced by Duke Red).
All Painted!
Ready to install wainscotting. The blue is a Glidden mix that I had Home Depot match to Adirondack Blue by Ralph Lauren. I found Ralph Lauren paint to go on too thin, also it's expensive.
blaaah
Porcelain knobs are always good for effect......
1 comment:
Looks beautiful. Glad you changed that first color. Good in Polynesia. Not so much in Hebron.
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