I’m still alive! My house has not imploded itself and life is getting back to normalcy after the BIG project! Today I’m unveiling the board and batten process in the room! It really was super easy!
Before installing the Board and Batten I painted the top 1/3 of the room Silver Gray by Benjamin Moore (flat) and the bottom 2/3 of the wall just plain white Behr paint in a satin finish. I also removed the ceiling fan blades to clean (scary dirty!) and painted the inside of the tray ceiling Antique White by Sherwin Williams.
I used MDF for this project available at Home Depot for $31 for a 4 x 8 sheet. I used 2 sheets for this project. I decided to to the horizontal boards 6″ wide and the battens 2″ wide. I calculated out how many boards and battens I would need for the project and set off for Home Depot with all my measurements. Home Depot has a big saw that cuts boards down to any size you want! Take full advantage of this big saw! Have them cut it, even if you have the tools at home to do it yourself! MDF is messy! Dirty up Home Depot, not your house!
Up until this part of the project I have not used any help from anyone until the awesome employees of The Depot cut my wood and my precious 8 year old carried it all into my room! Where is hubby? Still wanting nothing to do with this project!
measurements
But, in order to get these boards properly installed onto the walls I was going to need a compound miter saw for the corners. Enter the hero with the saw, Scott Redmon. Scott is also a very talented graphic designer and owner of Triad Graphics. He is the one that keeps my website Seek the Triad looking so pretty! Scott, Trish and I show you in the video how we mitre the corners and install the boards. A very easy process using Liquid Nails and a trim nail gun. I was not allowed to touch the miter saw but I did feel nice and empowered with that nail gun! Hubby stayed far away still….but he did a fab job taking care of the kids!
assisting with the miter saw
It took us less than 4 hours to miter the corner boards and install all the boards and battens!
complete!
Scott packed his tools up and I was left with a room full of board and batten that needed to be primed and painted. Ugh! I had glorious plans to prime the boards before installation. At 10:00 the night before Scott was to arrive I decided that was not going to get done. I spent the next 4 days painting the board and battens while my precious father did my ceiling and one more coat of blue (just felt like it needed it!) and he painted the baseboards and the window and door frames! What a blessing!!!
Stephen Price from Stephen’s Flooring Company then came back to do a 3 day process of putting down the poly on the hardwood floors. Meanwhile, I was distressing the furniture to be put back in the room.
Stay tuned because I will reveal the loaded room very soon!!! I’m documenting this on my other blog, so I can’t get ahead of the came over here on One Nutty Girl!
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Wow your room is gorgeous! Can’t wait to see the next post!
For the first time since the board and batten started hitting the blogosphere, I have the urge to board and batten a room in our house! Thank you for sharing this great video. I just sent it to my Mr.
gm i am a new follower and loving your bedroom…..i am in process of doing my guest room and when done here going to show hub this and pout some see if he will do this!! anyways i follow on bloglovin but i do not see you freinds (followers) list am i doing something wrong or just blind this am….lol
what a thrill to stumbled across your blog! We are doing the exact treatment to our master (very beginning stage) so this video was awesome! Would love to see a close up of what your base moulding is and your crown, also. We will be adding both and I want to make sure the crown, especially, is the same “feel” as the board and batten. You guys did an awesome job and I thank you for taking the time to video the project.
My husband had better LOOK OUT. I’m in the mood to board and batten his garage with all that leftover mdf we have hanging around!
Oh, the possibilities!!!!
Lovely – wow! Thanks for the tutorial! Beautiful! I wanted to ask you – you mentioned painting your furniture the same color of white as the walls – are you still happy with that? I want to paint a hutch in my dining room – the wainscoating is white – but, like you I didn’t want them to clash….there are LOTS of WHITE colors! Whew! Your house is awesome
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