Corner Banquette Makeover + How to Redirect Air Vents Under Cabinets

All of the details to give a corner banquette a new appear with paint, as well as how to put in an air vent redirect below a cupboard.

Last but not least!

Soon after months of searching for a secondhand corner banquette on Fb Market, driving almost 4 hrs spherical-vacation to select it up, shifting a doorway, installing LVP flooring, redirecting an air vent, and painting for days, we have the slight makings of breakfast nook!

I managed to shoot the banquette’s new digs correct immediately after the electrician still left from putting in those sconce packing containers and relocating for the linear chandelier, so forgive the dust. 😉

I’m however ready on reupholstered cushions, but even “naked” this banquette previously has us envisioning so a lot of pleasurable relatives dinners collected about the desk with several far more liked ones squeezed into this minor house!

How to Redirect Air Vents Below Cupboards

A single small impediment we had to tackle before building the shabby corner banquette glimpse stylish was rerouting the air vent on the floor that was positioned right beneath the under seat the cabinets.

(There often has to be at the very least a person impediment or it wouldn’t be a residence advancement venture, would it? Murphy’s Legislation every time.)

If you are ever developing constructed-in cabinets, cabinets, a window seat, or a corner banquette like ours, you unquestionably cannot go over and ignore any vents the air flow must be redirected to continue to keep the place thoroughly heating and cooling.

How to Put in an Air Vent Redirect

We used this air vent redirecting kit named a Toe Ductor (it is effective for wall registers and baseboard registers far too).

The kit will allow you to thrust the air stream beneath your constructed-in household furniture. (Not sponsored… just a interesting thing we have discovered and applied for DIYs around the yrs.) Make absolutely sure you allow at minimum 4 inches of area beneath your cupboard or crafted-in.

We did the identical beneath the designed-in cabinets and window seat for our neighbors’ rec home makeover past yr. In hindsight, I would paint that vent grate to mix it.

Materials

• Toe Ductor Kit (wall vent package right here or baseboard vent package below)
• Drill
• 1/2″ wooden screws
• Oscillating device
• Duct tape

Stage 1 – Attach Box to Ground Vent

Include the floor vent initially with the Toe Ductor box and screw into place.

Stage 2 – Evaluate and Minimize for the Toe Kick Go over

Make a decision in which you want to place the new air vent on your constructed-in, evaluate, and mark. Working with the oscillating device, cut out a rectangular area.

Action 3 – Connect the New Vent

On the backside of the rectangular hole you just slash, attach the new vent with screws to the toe kick.

Move 4 – Connect Flexible Duct

Use the delivered metal strip to attach the versatile duct to the back again of the vent. (Our steel strip place up a bit of a fight, so we strengthened it with duct tape.)

Step 5 – Connect Flex Duct to Box and Situation Cupboard/Created-In on Top rated

Extend out the versatile duct beneath the corner banquette designed-in, and connect it to the box on the ground with the kit’s metal stripping. We bolstered ours yet again with duct tape so no air escapes.

Put the cupboard or designed=in on major of the box and anchor to the wall as you’d like. You can attach the toe kick grate to the front following painting.

Stage 6 – Prep and Paint

I went by way of my typical cupboard painting process since this corner banquette is extremely significantly like a piece of cabinetry.

• Sand with an orbital sander applying medium/fine grit
• Vacuum and tack cloth away dust
• Apply liquid sander deglosser
• Key with shellac primarily based primer
• Paint with enamel satin

Verify out that deep, desaturated olive environmentally friendly! It blends perfectly with our a lot more vivid hunter inexperienced kitchen area cupboards when continue to emotion like a neutral. Enjoy! The shade is Benjamin Moore Southern Vines.

We anchored the new-to-us corner banquette to the wall whilst we were being at it so the youngsters can get rough and rowdy on this bench all they want.

The Painted Corner Banquette

I cannot hold out to see some pretty striped cushions on this bench soon, but it appears to be like so excellent already!

This linear chandelier is fantastic for the narrow rectangular eating table that will go right here soon. For the reason that this room is windowless, and this corner feels so darkish, we included sconce packing containers to give it some excess enable.

I program to go back again and paint the vent cover the identical Benjamin Moore Southern Vines to blend with the relaxation of the corner banquette so it will just about vanish.

Are you starting off to see the vision choose condition in this small eating nook? Are we feelin’ the bench seating problem? We have an affordable wall therapy planned up coming to add some extra dimension that I just can’t wait around to present you!

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