bathroom radiator cover

The renovation of our upstairs bathroom is nearing its end. Yay! To complete the project we only need a door or rather refinish the one we have and hang it as I already mentioned in my last post...

Last weekend I finally hung the shutters that I found in our basement and turned into a radiator cover. On the first pictures you can see how it was covered before we started the renovation. After I took the cover down I knew we needed something that gave us access to the radiator whenever needed, one thing the old one didn't do. When I finally pried the old one open it was broken but it didn't look that good anyways...We thought about building a frame around the opening in the wall and then have some kind of door to access the radiator. Then I remembered the shutters I saw lying around in the basement, they were not in best shape but I thought some paint and pretty knobs could fix it. Had my eyes on the Snodd knob from Ikea for a while but was never sure where to use it. Finally I found the perfect project! We had the contractor who did the bathroom renovation also built the frame for us.

First I had to clean the shutters, then sanded them with fine sand paper. After that they got a coat of oil based primer and two coats of Benjamin Moore White Diamond, the same color I used for the rest of the trim as well as the walls. I even spray painted the thingies black that connect and move the individual shutters. Not that you can really see it but it's a nice touch and lately I have developed an addiction to spray painting...The oil base primer I used for the shutters also came in a spray can...Lucky me!