Shiplap Accent Wall
Looking to spice up a wall or bedroom? I think accent walls are the way to go with spicing up a space! This was such a fun and honestly easy project that I did in a day!
This is our guest bedroom and it needed a make over since we usually have guests come and stay with us every month! St. George is a pass through location so we always have friends and family stopping through but this room has been cold and bare!
What you’ll need:
Tongue and Groove Wood - I got mine for $50 off of Facebook Marketplace
Tape measure
Level
Pencil
Interior Paint color “Backwoods” by Benjamin Moore $35
Roller
Paint Brush
Trim Piece $12
TOTAL: $97
I wanted to do a bold color since I don’t see this room every day and could do something a bit different and fun! What really sparked this project was finding all of the wood on FB marketplace for $50, and with wood being so expensive right now I just couldn’t pass it up!
Let me show you from a different angle how far this wood overhangs and how terrifying it was driving home….Some pieces of wood were 12 ft long and our truck bed is 5ft long. I’m sure everyone on the road stopped and stared at what I sight I was just crossing my fingers and toes I wouldn’t get pulled over haha
This wood is tongue and groove and has two different sides you can use! There is a wide side that looks like your traditional shiplap and then the other side has more of a bead board look with a thinner wood look and that’s the side I chose!
I measured my first board, trimmed it, put it up, and realized how incredibly crooked our walls are haha Nothing we can’t hide with a bit of paint, right??
You can see at the top of the wall that not all the cuts are perfect which is fine because there will be a trim piece covering it! Some pieces took a little bit of maneuvering and tapping with a hammer to get into place but then just used the nail gun to secure to the wall!
Just waiting for Dallin to get home to help me cut the piece around the door frame since this was still beginner level for me using the miter saw! Also, I think with every project I do I panic at some point that it might not turn out good and this was probably around that point haha
Cutting this piece that will run along the door and then above it with our jigsaw to get that tight corner!
I guess I didn’t take any pictures of me painting but it took me a quick 30 minutes to paint this wall and only had to go back over a few spots since the paint covered well!
I plan to do wallpaper in here to compliment the green and add a lot more to this room but the accent wall itself was quick, easy, and totally a great project for beginners!
Thanks for reading!
xoxo
