Learn to set up wainscoting (also referred to as beadboard) within the toilet or any room of your home! We’ll stroll you thru it with this step-by-step tutorial!
The longer I embellish, the extra I’ve realized that the rooms I find yourself loving probably the most have slightly “additional one thing.” I like the stenciled wall in my workplace. I like the vertical shiplap in our laundry room. And I actually love the excessive board and batten in our lounge.
So once I began planning out our little half toilet, I knew it wanted one thing to provide it that “wow” issue, and I assumed that the combo of wainscoting + wallpaper could possibly be simply the factor!
You will get my finest ideas and methods for putting in wallpaper on this submit. And at the moment I wished to speak alllllllllllll about wainscoting, also referred to as beadboard!
How you can Set up Wainscoting / Beadboard Paneling
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Step 1- Collect all essential provides.
As with every undertaking, the very first thing we did was collect up all the provides we’d have to do the job. Right here’s what we used to put in the beadboard in our powder room:
How do I understand how a lot wainscoting to purchase?
Wainscoting usually is available in considered one of two methods: in smaller packs of planks or in giant panels. We opted to go for the 4′ x 8′ panels. An enormous motive for that is that I wished a wider plank look reasonably than the tremendous skinny wainscoting that you just typically see, and the bigger panels supplied that possibility.
Our small powder room is 5′ x 4.5′, for a complete of 19′ throughout, so we bought 5 4′ x 8′ panels. (We knew we wouldn’t want beadboard the place the door and window are, so 20′ of beadboard ended up being a lot.)
To reduce the variety of cuts we needed to make at house, we had the fellows at Residence Depot minimize down our panels to our desired peak of 5’1/2″. We selected this peak as a result of we wished the ultimate trim peak to be 6 toes, or 2/3 the peak of our 9′ ceilings. (Chopping a wall into thirds reasonably than in half tends to be extra pleasing to the attention.) Our baseboard + prime trim piece added as much as 11.5″ complete, so once we added that to our beadboard peak, we ended up with our desired 6 toes. Yay math! 😉
Step 2- Change any trim work that must be switched out.
Earlier than we may simply begin putting in the wainscoting, we had to consider our trim scenario. You will have the precise baseboards and trim you need already. If that’s the case, you could have it straightforward and might skip this step!
Sadly, our home got here with actually low-cost trying trim work. So we’ve been changing the baseboards and trim across the home windows and doorways room by room as we work on our home.
Our home windows solely have a small ledge, with no trim round the remainder of the window. And with the type of baseboards that the builders put in, our beadboard paneling would stick out over the sting and look odd.
The trim round our doorways can also be actually skinny…
We love chunky craftsman type trim as a result of it provides our cookie cutter home a lot extra character, so we ripped out all the trim we didn’t like…
And put in new baseboards and door/window trim. (You possibly can see the tutorial for putting in craftsman type trim right here.)
As soon as we had the brand new trim all located and able to go, then we may…
Step 3- Set up the beadboard panels.
As a result of we had the fellows at Residence Depot rip down our beadboard panels to the proper dimension, a few of them may simply be positioned on prime of the brand new baseboards and hooked up to the wall!
We first used a stud finder and marked all accessible studs. Luckily, with most sections of the beadboard we have been in a position to anchor the piece to the studs.
We pre-drilled a small pilot gap with a cordless drill after which hooked up the beadboard to the wall with GRK model trim screws. The screws have a small head that makes the outlet simpler to fill.
For sections the place no stud was accessible, we hooked up the beadboard with liquid nails and 18 gauge brads into the drywall.
Making Cuts Round Obstructions
As good because it was to not have to chop down the peak of the wainscoting ourselves, we didn’t completely get out of getting to make cuts.
Generally the quantity of wall we wanted to fill required solely a partial beadboard panel, so we needed to minimize it down. Generally we wanted to work across the plumbing, so we created an additional cutout for that…
We needed to minimize across the shops and lightweight switches as nicely.
And beneath the window, we clearly wanted a shorter piece of wainscoting than we have been utilizing on the total partitions.
When slicing the beadboard to suit round obstructions, it’s essential to fastidiously measure. As soon as we have been positive of our measurements, we marked the cutouts on the beadboard with a pencil. We then used our Fein Multimaster flush minimize instrument to make the varied cutouts.
In some locations, we wanted to tear down considered one of our sheets of beadboard. A desk noticed can be ultimate for making these lengthy, straight cuts, however we didn’t have one arrange on the time. As an alternative, we hooked up the Kreg Rip-Minimize Round Noticed Information to our cordless Ryobi round noticed.
The Kreg instrument labored completely. The information has an extended ruler, and we used the grey adjustment clip (see in image under) to set our desired width. As soon as the width is ready, the information makes it straightforward to make an extended, straight minimize.
Step 5- Patch screw and nail holes.
As soon as all of our beadboard panels have been hooked up to the wall, it was time to patch up all the screw and nail holes. We used this wooden filler and a painter’s instrument to fill within the holes.
Whereas we have been at it, we additionally crammed in any bigger gaps that wouldn’t have the ability to be crammed by simply caulk alone.
As soon as we had crammed in all the pieces with the wooden filler, we used an orbital sander to clean down the floor to make it good and flat. That means after we paint, nobody will have the ability to inform the place the holes have been.
After utilizing the sander, the entire toilet was fairly dusty! So I took a moist fabric and wiped all the pieces down rather well earlier than shifting on to the subsequent step.
Step 6- Caulk small gaps within the wainscoting.
To make the beadboard actually look seamless, we additionally wanted to caulk any gaps. Just about wherever that wooden met wooden– within the corners, on the baseboards, and close to the door and window trim– received the caulk therapy. I used this caulk.
I merely squeezed a skinny line of caulk into the hole…
Then I used my finger to clean out the bead of caulk, serving to it to fill all the hole.
Patching and caulking is a tedious course of, however it’s completely very important to having a sophisticated remaining look! I handled myself to a brand new audiobook, popped in my ear buds, and began patching and caulking away! 🙂
Step 7- Paint the beadboard paneling and trim.
As soon as all the pieces was patched and caulked, it was time to color! I kind of lucked out as a result of our beadboard and trim have been each being painted the identical coloration (Behr Marquee Cameo White). Additionally, we have been going to be putting in wallpaper within the area above the beadboard, so I didn’t need to be tremendous cautious across the edges.
Portray beadboard is slightly difficult since you’re coping with numerous small dips and crevices. I used a paint brush to get into all the dips and crevices rather well first. Then I used a curler over all the wall of wainscoting to be sure that all the pieces was lined with paint.
The one spot that I ended up needing to tape off was the place the shoe moulding met our wooden flooring. I used my favourite product for this– Tape & Drape— to tape off the shoe moulding and shield the ground with plastic sheeting on the identical time.
Step 8- Set up wallpaper (elective), then add the highest trim piece to the wainscoting.
Since we have been doing wallpaper above our wainscoting, we determined to put in the wallpaper earlier than we added the highest trim piece to the beadboard. I’m SO glad we did– it made wallpapering a lot simpler.
Whereas I used to be placing up wallpaper, Donnie put collectively the highest trim items. To make the highest trim piece we mixed a normal 1×4 and a header cease piece from Windsor One. It’s the identical methodology we used to make the board and batten in our lounge.
In contrast to the wainscoting, we painted the highest trim items earlier than attaching them to the wall so we wouldn’t have to chop in and threat messing up the wallpaper.
Since we hooked up the trim items to the partitions with our nail gun, we did need to patch these holes with wooden filler and contact up the paint slightly bit. However that was solely on the entrance surfaces of the highest trim items, so we didn’t have to fret about messing up the wallpaper.
We additionally caulked the world the place the beadboard panel met the trim piece and painted over that after it was dry.
Step 9- Take pleasure in your stunning toilet (or different area)!
As soon as the highest trim piece was put in, patched, and painted, our wainscoting was completed! I believe it positively completed that “wow” issue we have been going for on this area!
The brand new trim additionally appears a lot extra substantial and provides a ton of character to this very small toilet.
Right here’s the boring “earlier than” in comparison with the tremendous glad after!
I confess, I discover myself lingering slightly bit within the doorway of this toilet anytime I are available our entrance entrance or come down the steps! It simply makes me smile to see this cute, cheery area!
When you’re pondering of including wainscoting to an area in your individual house, remember to pin the picture under so you may simply discover this submit later!
Have you ever ever put in beadboard / wainscoting in your house? I’d love to listen to about it within the feedback under!
Thanks a lot for following alongside! Have an exquisite day!
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