Gotta find your studs in the wall. Looks great!! Aaron June 27, You literally just saved me a weekend of work taking down crown molding and repairing the walls! Kristen March 10, Moldimg for stopping by, Luanne!

Hi Beverly! We did not remove the baseboard or the crown moulding. We did have to pull out the outlet cover. You can buy spacers at a home improvement store to go between the electrical box and the outlet cover to account for the thickness of the shiplap.

Sorry I completely forgot to put that part in the post — that probably would have been helpful!! Why did you use the spacers? Do you think this is a must or could one or ones husband do it without spacers and just butt them together? Love how your nursery wall turned out!! Hi Carla! This was definitely a two person job, even without the spaces. The boards were pretty long! The spacers are like that on real shiplap to create expansion joints for the wood.

You definitely need them. Seasonally they will expand or contract. No spaces and they may bow or force pieces to pop. U now gave me the idea for a focal wall in living room. I would love to try something like this for my bathroom ceiling. Thank you for sharing. Aww the planks would look amazing on a ceiling!! Such a great idea! I am going to do this on my ceiling this weekend, but wondering how to nail it to the ceiling. Should I be using a special type of nail?

The wall looks amazing! We are going to put it up in our laundry room. But I was wondering what paint color your ceiling and trim are? Thanks so much Mallory!! What a great feature wall for your laundry room.

The ceiling and trim are Behr Premium Plus ultra pure white in high gloss. Have a great day! I wonder if this would work if I stained each plank in different stains, lights and darks stains for a boys room or spare room!? That sounds like SUCH a great idea!! I think the contrast between different stains would be amazing. Plus, this type of wood is naturally kind of rustic with knots and imperfections throughout which would be highlighted by stain a good thing, I think!!

That would look amazing!! It is so much easier to prestain the wood and paint a complimentary colour on the wall itself as there will be gaps. I used old cedar fence panels that were a disaster at first but once sanded down well and treated with a faux barn wood finish specialty paint store looks stunning!!

And, if I can do this anyone can!! Plan it out on the floor before hand to be certain You are happy with the layout first!! Have fun changing Your wall!! Blessings, Michelle. Such a good idea, Michelle! We used old cedar boards for a wood feature wall in our master bedroom. The cedar adds character and staining is a fun take on regular white shiplap.

And yes, set up and planning are the most important parts, but also the least fun! If the wall to be shiplapped is less than eight feet could you cut the boards to length of the wall or should you still cut the boards so that you need two for each row? Hi Jacquelyn!! You could absolutely just cut the boards to length and not worry about having multiple boards per row.

Good luck!! WITH multiple boards per row — do you fill where the ends butt up like the nail holes or just leave them? Thank you SO much Emma!! Love the idea. Terrified of doing this and messing up and having to start over.

Hi Jenny! We used a very, very small brush and hand painted in between each board. When painting the wall under neither, did you paint it black or white? Doing this soon! Looks awesome! Hi Nancy! Stained or pink or really any color would be pretty, too. We did a dark gray shiplap in our master closet and I love it! Did you find that sanding the wood, and not just the nail holes, would have been preferable?

Or did the paint smooth it out enough? I love the look! Hi Laura!! The wood we use is pretty much smooth on its own and the paint smoothed it out even more. Hi Denise! We tried to find the paint in the basement but I think we got rid of it! It was Behr brand and the kind that goes on pink and dries white. Did you sand the edges of the planks or just leave them how they were after cutting? I am working on my entryway now!

Thanks for the post and inspiration! Hi Aaron! This is gorgeous! This may be just the inspiration I need to paint it all white! I quick coat of paint could definitely bring them back in style!!! Good luck, girl! Love that wall, Sarah! I want to do our bedroom and need to show this tutorial to my husband!!

Thanks so much for sharing it! I loved what you did and the tutorial was fantastic! I just re-read your tutorial and now I see what you recommended and what you used.

I should have read everything first!! Thanks again for a great tutorial!! Really like your blog! What kind of wood did you use? How thick was it? You mention using a table saw to cut it. Thanks in advance! Hi Rhonda! We used underlayment plywood — I actually linked to the exact product in the supply list. You used luan underlayment plywood. Luan contains high amounts of formaldehyde. How thick was the wood that was used on the floor?

Hi Helen! The wood flooring is bamboo from Lumber Liquidators. It scratches if you look at it the wrong way and shows every single scuff mark and scratch and everything.

Love this tutorial! The previous owner had an obsession with pressboard. The entrance is entirely pressboard. I want to add a wall length shelf to it as well for plants and a more farmhouse look.

Should I keep it one color? And would the gap between the shiplap be enough to hang a full wall floating shelf? I need to cover this awful pressboard any way possible! Hi Brandi! Those plans sound beautiful.

Maybe use a cream or white? Is it really necessary to use the glue in the back of the board? I just hate the thought that in the future if you want to remove it the mess would be awful. We did that just to be on the safe side.

Hello: LOVE this shiplap wall!!!! Very beautiful. I know I know…. Do you think? Would this be suitable material to use? Loved reading about your experience with hanging your shiplap! I will totally remember this! We have used mdf plain white molding on our shiplap projects but they come out less rustic than this.

I love this wood you used better! Beautiful nursery?? Just wondering how you painted the actual planks? I saw that you used a small brush for the cracks… Did you use a roller? We rolled the wall planks and brushed in the cracks.

Love the end result, but I have to tell you…. Took forever to load everything and it kept freezing as I was trying to scroll down. I am so excited about this idea.

It solves a problem wall of mine and it would look so awesome. We just did this in our master bedroom and are getting ready to prime and paint. Did you have any issues with the paint chipping off or not adhering the way it should? Hi Jenn! We have not had any issues at all with paint chipping or not sticking. We did this about a year ago at this point.

I have a hallway that is wallpapered. I started to remove the wallpaper at the wall near the kitchen which everyone can see and the wallpaper came off with chunks of the drywall. Thought about applying this technique in the hallway. Any suggestions if this is a good idea? What size planks? It would take several sheets to cover even a small room. I have to agree. As someone in the construction field, this clearly does not take into account any time nor misc.

Congrats on the new addition! I love your shiplap wall in your nursery! I have done this process twice and thought I would give a couple of suggestions: with the first wall we did, it was almost impossible to go back with a tiny paintbrush and paint the wall in between the planks, but at some angles you could see the wall so you could see how shallow our faux shiplap boards actually were. So the second time we did it we had some very dark gray paint and would run a line where our seam would be.

It really made it easier to do this before the plank was set. The second suggestion is we used nichols for our spacers. They seemed to work perfectly. I love the shiplap look and I think it gives so much interest to a wall.

Love the way your wall looks! Even better to work with! Thanks for sharing! Just remind people that if they use old painted furniture or old painted wooden windows that they are careful to check for lead paint. We were able to use chelation therapy which decreased the lead in his brain tissue and restored his balance and fine motor control and returned his speech to normal! I love this idea!!! When we moved in, the walls and ceiling , were varnished plywood — nice, eh? I want to do the whole room, the only tricky part will be the corners, as there are 10 windows to work around.

Thanks again for your great tutorial! Two questions—did you paint the edges of each board along with the face of the board so bare wood could not be seen between the small gap? Looks great!! I know you used spacers between the planks as you worked your way down.

My question is did you use spacers between the pieces of planks in one row? Side by side? Or did you try and put them flush against each other? Just beautiful and your detailed instructions are amazing! Thank you!! Quick question.. Did you paint the shiplap SW Alabaster? Also, do you know the color of your crown molding too?

Thanks again! What type of sheet wood that the name you never heard ofbdid u use? Hard tonfind at the lumber yaed with no name. Looks great! Where did you get the wood? The link that you have here is for Home Depot and the wood is like 13 dollars per piece!

Thank you so much for the tutorial!! I had a quick question. Did you space the boards in order for the shiplap look to be more evident? Thank you for your input! Your opinion? I just love how everything looks white and fresh. We wanted to do a planked wall for our island cottage, but whoa, the cost put us off. As someone who works in a home depot lumber dept. A second point though is anytime your working on a project like this come find that departments staff member. You literally just saved me a weekend of work taking down crown molding and repairing the walls!

Love shiplap and trying to avoid having to Do It Yourself Wood Plank Wall Ideas take down ugly brown tiles that run from floor to ceiling. What size wall did you plank? I have 10 ft. Hi Sarah This room looks great and your directions sound so easy! When it came to the outlets and switches, did you have to use spacers behind them to raise their profiles out from the original wall?

Did these planks hold up over time? I read another DIY post that used the same material and they ended up warping and bowing away from the wall since they are so thin. Did you have any trouble with this? We had our local HD do the cuts for us on. Your hubby was able to get each of the boards perfectly straight? Hi Chris! We moved 2 years after we finished that room and none of them had bowed or warped in any way. We did use glue and nails on each piece though.

My husband and FIL did get completely straight boards with the saw! My husband thinks we used 1. I would love to try this but we have plaster walls. Do you think the adhesive would work alone?? Any suggestions? Hi Kathy! Clean the plaster walls down thoroughly to get anything off the painted plaster. She did one wall of a tiny room…. Is the adhesive necessary, or can we use nails only? You can definitely just use nails. Okay, i really loved the way you explained it in simple ways, gonna try it on my ugly wall for sure.

This is a great tutorial and fairly easy for the average person! My husband and I were able to plank an accent wall and it was totally doable!

Hi, this is beautiful and the instructions are super easy to follow. I imagine that the price really depends on the size of the wall. Thanks for sharing. Question Do you have strips down your walls? If so did you just place the planks Do It Yourself Wood Plank Wall Key right over them or remove them? I want to do that to our walls we live in a manufactured home with the strips on the walls. I love your room , but yours is the first I have read that has used glue!! What type of wood? In your checklist you stated..

I would love to do an inexpensive wall, do you think I could stain it different shade of a light wood color? Or, it may not look exactly how staining a piece of pine would look, if that makes sense. For a time saver, most lumber yards will rip your lumber to width you choose. That way you would only need to use the chop saw for end cuts. Unable to do the things i used to but still enjoy watching the fun projects.

Thanks so much for sharing. The wall looks amazing. God Bless you and your family. Especially your new little one. Thanks again. Love your shiplap wall and would like to try it in my living room but only on one wall. Question, what wall do you put the ship lap on? My living room is quite small! How visible are the knots in the wood after painting? Does the paint do a good job at hiding them?

I would still prime before painting! Would love to do this on our main wall in our living room. Any suggestion on how do that with all of those obstacles on that wall? Thank you. I love your project!

I absolutely love it! If not, what product did you use to seal it? If you have big knots in your wood we have used wood filler in the past to fill them. Hi, I was wondering if you filled and sanded where you joined the 2 pieces of board together for the length of the wall. Did you see the seam after it was painted? Or did it look like one long board. I enjoyed the explanations and it was very helpful. This is a project I might try in the future.

Looks great, thank you for all the tips on what to do and not do. Would like to this in my entrance where the drywall was not taped very well. Do you think this type of wood would work if we use wood stain and poly on them instead of paint? This is beautiful! Curious the width of the boards? I really do not want to take my existing baseboards off the walls but I am thinking this will overhang? February 2, Leave a Comment Cancel Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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