Installing Barn Board Wall

First you need to determine how many boxes of wall boards you will need to cover your wall.

Installing barn board wall.

Here s the simple step by step process to create your own stunning and housewarming barn wood wall. Use a masonry bit to pre drill the fastener holes. Installing the metal track on concrete walls. And barn boards are surprisingly stylish and functional in a bathroom as well.

Trim ends of boards at a 45 degree angle as needed to fit. Adhere and nail pictured. 96 square feet x 10 105 6 square feet. Use reclaimed barn boards on only one feature wall in a room to keep the look simple yet make a statement.

Rebecca and shannon of petite party studio are accomplished diyers and decorators and they love the look of distressed wood. April 22 2017. A 1x8x8 piece of barn board covers 5 25 square feet so you would require 20 pieces of board to complete the wall. Add four 8x32 inch barn boards to one side of the grid board and add a second 4x32 inch barn board to the opposite side.

In the kitchen you might front face an island with barn wood or perhaps diy a barn board backsplash. Find the square footage of the wall you are covering. Before you install your shiplap boards open your boxes and let the flooring adjust to the room temperature and moisture for at least 48 hours. How to install a reclaimed barn wood accent wall.

Divide your wall square footage by 10 5 and round up. Center a 4x32 inch barn board inside the center diagonal lines and perpendicular to the first barn board square. I had to cut all the boards that touched the ceiling. For a herringbone pattern add at least 15 20 for waste from cuts.

The first step in your shiplap accent wall is to remove everything from the wall including any nails use a putty knife to gently pry and remove baseboards crown moulding and trim. I continued my pattern up until i hit the ceiling. They used prepared planks to install a wood plank wall in their shop. Each box of barn wood boards will cover 10 5 square feet.

Remove wall plates and outlet covers. The hard part in adding distressed planks to a wall is preparing the wood cutting and painting all the planks to get a uniform look. They look great as an accent wall in a bedroom or living room. These were pretty simple cuts with the jig saw.