So, today was a expert day. I arrived at a corking stopping signal for the novel board too batten inward our sunroom or Florida room equally the "Floridians" telephone cry upwardly it. When nosotros moved in, I loved a few cardinal details of your family that you lot just don't larn anymore or at to the lowest degree non unless you lot wanna pay bookoo bucks! The existent hardwood floors, the cove ceilings too this amazing sunroom! But it was lacking somewhere, something was missing. I would sit down on our sofa too just brainstorm almost what I wanted this room to be. Now, over a yr of beingness inward "OUR" home… this is the room nosotros are inward almost 80% of our fourth dimension likewise the kitchen, dining & master. We sentry TV inward here, hang out inward here, play amongst the pups inward hither & fifty-fifty nap hither on the pretty days too gloomy. So, I wanted it to serve US. But expect pretty too.
I was searching for a corking "before" photograph which I am horrible at remembering when the fourth dimension comes. But I did come upwardly across this photograph I took of the sunroom earlier nosotros closed on the home. The slice of furniture was the previous owners but you lot tin meet most of the infinite for what it is. There are windows to the correct also too wrap closed to until you lot larn to a venture woods door nosotros eventually desire to supercede amongst a french door. It's a corking size too tin conform a generous amount of furniture, thankfully.
So, what's a daughter to do? Be spontaneous of course! And that's precisely what I did. Within a few hours, amongst a smash gun, an air compressor, a lot of Cokes, HGTV too some Lowes Home Improvement wood… I got started on the "injecting some character" into this space!
Enter board too batten! There are PLENTY of tutorials all over but I just measured each wall, length too width too nosotros determined how much would nosotros would need. It is in all likelihood a expert thought to over-estimate just inward case. I e'er under-estimate. :) Unless you lot alive v minutes from Lowes which is a approbation too a curse! Back to this weblog ship service for at nowadays though!
Within almost an lx minutes or two, I had my entire tv wall done. The supplies you'll bespeak if you lot desire to achieve this projection are equally follows. Also, delight maintain inward heed that every dwelling family volition endure different. This projection did throw us some loops equally it was built inward 1957, thus, the degree became our best friend too nosotros embraced the imperfections! I propose you lot "attempt" to produce the same!
Nail Gun
Wood (Measured to your space)
1x4's for the boards across too vertical
The ledge & exceed pieces are optional, I decided to become large or become home!
Level
Painters Caulk
Primer
Measuring tape
Paint Brush
Paint Roller
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 positive attitude
Music or HGTV
Paint (Your selection of color, mine is brilliant white)
Drop cloth
Air Compressor
Extension Cords
Hooks (Optional)
Here's a quick shot I took. Behind the air compressor, you lot volition meet a base of operations 1x4 that I nailed straight inward a higher identify the "baseboard" too so it almost sits on exceed of it. I didn't desire my board too batten boards to overhang inward a higher identify my baseboards thence why I added this. This is optional but I highly recommend it equally I believe it gives it a to a greater extent than finished, defined look!
Below is a photograph of the principal tv wall amongst 2 coats of primer. No caulking had been done at this signal or pigment but I could genuinely meet it starting to stimulate got shape!
Finally…. here's the reveal. And I am inward LOVE amongst how it turned out. The color of the walls would endure Valspar Oatlands Subtle Taupe although I am thinking at nowadays of going a shade or 2 darker inward this space. Each board is 12" apart from each other. The long vertical boards measured 48" inward length upwardly until the start vertical board. After that, I also went some other 12" upwardly until you lot larn to the large cap of woods amongst the ledge. As you lot tin meet below also, nosotros stimulate got gotten rid of our tv stand. I wasn't genuinely excavation the color against our novel board too batten too so nosotros sold it! Now, I am getting inspired on what I want! And I'm genuinely thinking I am going to seek to construct something! Here's a photograph of what this wall used to expect similar just for fun dorsum a few months hither at .
I also sold the shutters that went on either side of the tv too I am toying amongst selling the antique rocker equally well. Our large domestic dog got sick too threw upwardly all over this carpet below too so nosotros purchased a novel i which I volition exhibit you lot at a subsequently point! I felt similar the shutters genuinely were making the infinite darker too that's non the administration I wanted to become amongst this space… Light too brilliant is where it's at.
Here's an upwardly closed too personal sentiment to the left of the tv. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 footling antique chair is sitting hither for at nowadays until I figure out what I want!
The dresser has all the same to endure re-done since it is housing our tv but I scored that at an estate sale too I can't hold off to re-do it. It has sat for a few months inward our invitee bedroom. My hubby swears I stimulate got a problem.
As you lot tin see, I also continued the board too batten over to our patio door all the means to where the windows start. I definitely knew I wanted to add together some functionality close the dorsum door since plainly that's where our dogs move out the most. This volition definitely serve equally a hub of sorts for leashes, jackets too subsequently downward the road… footling ones jackets & sweaters. For now, my cute footling advent calendar that I love.
I searched for awhile for the type of hooks I wanted amongst no luck. Then, just the other day…as I was going through my decor stash… I establish a coat rack amongst these hooks that I had purchased a yr or too so agone at Ross amongst these hooks on it! I similar a shot got my drill too took them off! Here's an upwardly closed view! I wanted something amongst graphic symbol i time once again but also something that would lend to the home's age…all piece serving a purpose too looking pretty!
So, overall I am SUPER happy amongst the space! Now to discovery a tv stand…
What produce you lot think? Have you lot been thinking almost this project? Thanks for stopping past times equally always!
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