After and beforeWhen I bought my condo, it had a terrible blue and black shiplap wall that had some weird, random placements of the boards. I decided to replace it with a herringbone pattern wall made of weathered planks. Total cost of materials (paint, paint tape, rollers, wood, nails) was approximately $300. This project took about 4 days total.The first day included ripping down the old wall. The wall was attached with liquid nail and about 200 randomly placed screws (not an exaggeration). Once the boards were down, I scraped the liquid nail off and sanded the wall so there were no bumps that could prevent the new wood from lying flat.On day two, I painted the wall a dark grey so that any gaps in the boards would not show through as much.Days three and four were when we put up the new wall. I decided to use Weaber weathered wood, as it was the best price point and the boards looked pretty good. During the project, we found that about 5% of the boards were narrower or shorter than the rest, and we were unable to use them. To create the wall, we used a nail gun, a jig saw, and a miter saw. We began by finding the center of the wall, and placing two boards in the herringbone pattern, with the center of the top of each board in line with the center of the wall. From there, we nailed in all full boards that would fit. Next, we began cutting boards to fit to the crown, baseboard, ceiling beam, and adjacent walls. The left wall comes out at a 45 degree angle, so we had to tilt the blade of the miter saw to make an angle cut on the inside of the board. We could have just cut the boards at an 90 degree angle, but I think the fit looks much better with the wall angle matched.Overall, this project wasn’t too bad. The biggest thing is making sure you keep the tops of the boards going up along the same line, otherwise you have problems with shifting angles that may affect the fit of other boards.This may have been a lot of work for something that could look tacky in 3 years haha.Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention. I ordered outlets extenders for the outlets so that they sit flush with the boards and I can put an outlet cover on them. Those haven’t come yet, so you can see on the left that the light switch does not have a board around it currently. via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2uEVXyM
