How To Diy Beadboard Panel Wall

We grabbed a piece of wall trim from the hardware store it has a little notch on the back perfect for resting on top of the beadboard to ensure it s level and used that along the top of the beadboard.

How to diy beadboard panel wall.

Use a level to get your first sheet straight and the rest will follow. Hanging beadboard is a snap once you know these tried and true techniques. Measure mark and cut the beadboard. Remove baseboard and outlet covers.

Assuming your cuts are accurate start on one side of your room and attach the sheet of beadboard to the wall with construction adhesive on the back in a squiggly shape and then with lots of nails. Watch how to install beadboard paneling from diy. And the cost is extremely affordable. Use a stud sensor to locate and mark the wall framing.

Compared to board and batten this assumption is correct. In a conventionally framed room with wall studs 16 on center each 4x8 ft. One panel was 22 at the home depot. So if you want to add architectural interest but for whatever reason don t want to measure much then beadboard is a great introduction to the diy world of wall paneling.

Also use a level to make sure the panel is level. After your beadboard is installed throughout the room you re ready to trim it out. Panels or vertical boards baseboards and top cap moulding which provides an elegant finish to the top of the panel. We used 1 4 thick scrap plywood pieces to help do this.

We only needed to use one panel and a half. Panel should end and begin on a stud. If you are reusing the baseboard carefully pry it from the wall. Line up your first beadboad panel to the wall starting from one corner of the wall.