We installed wood planks on the walls and floors and painted the walls the same color as our exterior brick (which we left exposed in this space.)
In order to keep it from looking like a giant altar on the wall,
we installed wood planks behind it, stained a medium / dark tone, so your eye is drawn to the wood rather than the TV.
When
installing the wood planks, you need to locate where the studs are in the wall so you will be able to nail in to them.
In our kitchen,
we installed a wood planked ceiling, so I love how it plays off of that and adds some character to both spaces.
There are so many ways to
install a wood plank wall.
We literally just finished
installing the wood plank ceiling and beams over the weekend.
Not exact matches
Kith + Kin's barn
wood planks come in
planks that require using a nail gun and saw to
install.
10:33 am — Decide to go with Benjamin Moore's «Burnt Peanut Red» on our new (old) closet doors, and start
installing the rest of our
wood planks on the ceiling collapse from exhaustion, eat way too much food, and watch The Vow.
While we still plan to add larger baseboard moldings, we already
installed a
planked wood wall on the right side of the room.
I loved seeing this photo because I have often thought about drawing some
planks onto some of our walls vs.
installing real
wood.
The ceilings are a different story, and I've been thinking about
wood plank, not only because it would look nice (and update the house), but because it's not all that difficult to
install (and we've done a lot of installation of various things lol).
The next step is to replicate the blue - painted
wood ceiling in the inspiration photo up above, so this week, Kev and I are going to head back over there and
install 165 square feet of Sea Salt - painted
wood planks on the center part of the ceiling.
Oh I wouldn't worry about painted
wood paneling or
planked walls getting dated or taking away from resale value if they are quality and appropriately
installed.
We discovered an inexpensive solution to our problem a couple of months ago though, and once we had the new ceiling
planks installed, we fired up our True Value gift card again, and picked up some 1 ″ x 4 ″ MDF boards, and some 3/4 ″ round
wood molding to finish off the edges of the ceiling...
After Kevin finishes removing the drywall on the ceiling, painting the
wood planks «barely blue»,
installing the new light fixture, building and
installing the cutest little custom shutters on earth (no pressure honey), and putting up crown moulding - I'll get in there and finish painting my quote...
Did they
install drywall underneath the
wood planks Layla, or did the
planks go straight onto the studs?
3:30 pm —
Install the first
wood plank on top of our existing textured ceiling: (There's actually
wood up above our ceilings in this part of the house, so it made for easy nail gunning.
Establishing architecture where there was little, Rabaut
installed sustainable forestry
wood planks at the center, adding a flat - screen for tech - savvy tweens and wall plants to improve air quality.
It comes in tiles or
planks, and can be
installed by those who are familiar with similar installations on engineered
wood floor products.