I am so excited to share our newest project with you! I have been trying to decide for months what I wanted to do with this wall. I've gone from shiplap, to faux brick, to just painting it a solid color, you name it I probably have considered it.
We finally decided on doing a dark board and batten accent wall, and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out!
Before, this wall was super plain, and just boring.
And now it really makes a statement when you enter our home. We have an open floor plan, so when you walk in you really see most of our living spaces.
I've really been working hard trying to incorporate more color into our home, so having a dark wall with some bright colored plates as accents really added the perfect touch!
This project was super easy and can easily be done in 1-2 days.
One thing I would recommend, paint your wall BEFORE you put the wood up. I don't know why I didn't think to do this but I didn't so I had to paint tiny cracks making sure the lighter grey didn't peek through.
First step is deciding how many rows and columns you would like to have on your wall. I decided I wanted 3 of each which would make 12 squares. I knew I wanted them to be equal in size so using some basic math we determined that the distance between the height and width of each square was around 22.5". We went to Lowe's and bought 7 general purpose boards (2.5 inches wide and 96" long") that can be found in the crown molding section. They were the only boards that did not have some type of curve or design to it. Another tip that I learned along the way, sand your boards. I thought because they were smooth that they would be fine, but in certain lights you can really see the wood grain on the boards and I would have much preferred a completely smooth finish.
Once we had our wood we first nailed our three vertical wood pieces up. We just used small general purpose nails to do all of our nailing. Some people use wood glue, I personally didn't want to put anything on our walls that may damage the dry wall later. If we ever get sick of this project we can just pull the nails out and take it down. Then we cut our small horizontal boards piece by piece because we wanted to make sure they fit snug. Once we had all pieces up, I took spackle and just coated it on the seams to try to make for a more seamless appearance to the wood. Once it was dried, I sanded it and started painting.
The color we decided to use was Sherwin Williams Caviar and I love how it turned out. It is truly a very pretty shade of a light black, and coats well. We used two coats for this project.
All together it took me about 9 hours and around $100 to complete this wall. Definitely a cheap way to add some character to your home that won't take up a ton of time and resources.
The plates I collected from various places including: Goodwill, World Market, and Walmart. I will share another post soon on how I hung them and what hardware we used!
Please let me know if you have any questions! Would love to help you with this project!
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