Materials: Panels, High Gloss Abstrakt
Description: We have a very small pantry kitchen. However, we thought we had high ceilings. To get more cabinet space up high.
When we stripped our kitchen down to the bones we learned that our walls were made out of cement (hard to get rid off) & our ceiling can't be touched (building permits).
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It would have taken poor Bobby years to clean walls & ceilings. Therefore, we decided to "hide" the cement walls, the ceiling, & update the window to the living room with Abstrakt high gloss panels. Was it expensive? Yes. But it was worth while every dollar. Everybody loves it.
~ LD
Wouldn't it be a little more cost effective to just use back painted plexiglass? You can get thin sheets of it pretty cheap, and paint the back of it any color you want.
ReplyDeleteWell, there is the issue of the paint looking uneven or streaky and/or not entirely opaque, so that the anchoring system might show through....
DeleteAlso, how easy is it to cut the plexi cleanly and neatly to achieve invisible seams. I for one cannot see the seams of the Abstrakt panels.
My only suggestion to LD: a bit of high gloss white silicone would help to make the wall-ceiling gap disappear. Well done!
Beautiful! Great solution
ReplyDeleteWhat is that silver thing hanging from the ceiling in the first picture?
ReplyDeleteA fan ? =)
ReplyDeleteOh, I see it now. Missed the "motion" part of the picture. Thought it was some sort of ceiling-mounted bongo...
Deleteyeah, really looks nice.
ReplyDeletebut even if you used ikea-furniture, where is the "hack"??
It's in using these panels for a totally different purpose than intended. It's in figuring out how to attach them invisibly to the ceiling. It's in having the light cans mounted through them, etc..
ReplyDeleteA hack is finding new and unexpected uses for an item - breaking out of the originally intended purpose (did Microsoft intend their OS to be used as a way to steal personal info?) Making walls out of furniture panels is a serious hack!
ReplyDeleteLooks great minus where the walls meet the ceilings. Seal that up!
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ReplyDeleteLooks great! How did you fix the panels in place. I'd like to do this in my bathroom instead of tiling but don't want to screw them in place as that will just ruin the look? Did you just glue them I place? What about the ceiling?
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