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The back entry of the studio is officially finished! I finished the second curtain panel earlier in the week, and then finished up the paint touchups last evening. Just don’t look too closely at the floor. 😀 It needs a good scrubbing, but I had a cold yesterday and was completely drained of energy, so I only gave it a half-hearted effort. The rest will have to wait. I also didn’t have the energy to get things organized in the carport, so you’ll have to see my tools and work tables through the doors. But other than that, it’s done!
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 1 studio back entry version 2 1](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/studio-back-entry-version-2-1-900x1200.jpg)
This is the second time this back entry has been “done”, and I hope it’ll be the last for a good, long while. The first look was this Kelly green, black, and white look that I did back in 2019…
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 3 back entry with curtains 1](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/back-entry-with-curtains-1.jpg)
I liked that look, and it was fun to put together, but when I started working on the studio again last year, that back entry looked way too harsh to me. I wanted a softer, more feminine look to go with the new, larger floral mural and pink and gold cabinets on the other side of the room.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 5 studio window shades 2](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/studio-window-shades-2-900x1200.jpg)
Here’s a side-by-side look at the previous look and the new look of the back entry.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 7 An aerial view of waves crashing against a shore.](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/back-entry-with-curtains-1.jpg)
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 9 studio back entry version 2 1](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/studio-back-entry-version-2-1-900x1200.jpg)
For those of you who may be newer around here, let me take a minute and go way back to the very beginning. My studio used to be our garage, and the area that is currently the back entry, with the studio half bathroom on one side, and the storage closet on the other side, was originally this storage area through this doorway at the back of the garage.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 11 7 1 17 garage and storage room cleared out 10](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/7-1-17-garage-and-storage-room-cleared-out-10.jpg)
Once you stepped through that doorway into the storage area, it looked like this to the left. That’s the area that is now the half bathroom. But you can also see how low the original ceiling was in this area. That back wall on the right, where the French doors are now, wasn’t even eight feet high.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 13 7 1 17 garage and storage room cleared out 7](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/7-1-17-garage-and-storage-room-cleared-out-7.jpg)
So when the original framing was done to turn the garage into my studio, there were no plans to raise the roof in that area. I was prepared to deal with the low roof/ceiling that barely cleared the top of the French doors.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 15 garage to studio conversion framing finished 7](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/garage-to-studio-conversion-framing-finished-7.jpg)
When we decided to add a carport to the back, that made it possible to raise the ceiling because of how the carport tied into the original roof. So now, the back entry has this wonderful, tall ceiling.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 17 studio progress 3 6 19 drywall almost finished 4](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/studio-progress-3-6-19-drywall-almost-finished-4.jpg)
And then in 2019, the view of the side of the back entry with the half bathroom turned into this…
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 19 back entry with curtains 3](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/back-entry-with-curtains-3.jpg)
And now that view looks like this…
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 21 studio back entry version 2 3](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/studio-back-entry-version-2-3-900x1200.jpg)
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 23 An aerial view of waves crashing against a shore.](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/back-entry-with-curtains-3.jpg)
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 25 studio back entry version 2 3](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/studio-back-entry-version-2-3-900x1200.jpg)
The other side, with the door to the storage closet, looked like this…
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 27 back entry with curtains 4](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/back-entry-with-curtains-4.jpg)
And now that view looks like this…
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 29 studio back entry version 2 4](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/studio-back-entry-version-2-4-900x1200.jpg)
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 31 An aerial view of waves crashing against a shore.](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/back-entry-with-curtains-4.jpg)
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 33 studio back entry version 2 4](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/studio-back-entry-version-2-4-900x1200.jpg)
I love the softer and more feminine look of the “new” back entry! I liked the first one, but those harsh contrasts just didn’t work for the overall look I was going for in my studio. The new one is much more me.
![The Finished Studio Back Entry 35 kristi january 2024 cropped](https://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/kristi-january-2024-cropped.jpg)
Addicted 2 Decorating is where I share my DIY and decorating journey as I remodel and decorate the 1948 fixer upper that my husband, Matt, and I bought in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do physical work, so I do the majority of the work on the house by myself. You can learn more about me here.
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