hi it's carrie from lovely etc and today i'm going to show you how to make a super cheap
and beautiful herringbone wood wall in any room in your house. i made my wood wall in my master
bathroom as part of a 100 bathroom makeover and it turned out amazing. so one of the biggest tricks
to making this wall super cheap is we're not using expensive tongue and groove shiplap boards. we
are using super inexpensive underlayment which is a really thin wood that usually goes under
flooring. this is gonna save you tons of money and it's also a lot easier than you might think so
let's get started. as long as you get your first piece of wood correctly placed the rest of the
herringbone pattern is extremely easy to fill in. the first thing you need to do is draw a
line down the center of your wall this is going to help you line up your first piece. you want to
put your first piece of wood at a 45 degree angle to your ceiling with the
center of the board lined up with that line you just drew down the center of the wall.
then just use a nail gun to attach each piece to the wall you don't have to worry about nailing
into studs. i used dimes in between each piece of wood to create a little bit of space between
each board. this just makes the herringbone pattern really pop. from there just keep
adding pieces of wood using your dimes to space each piece of wood evenly and you can use your
carpenter square every now and then just to make sure that you are still on an even track
when you get to the edges of your wall there's a good chance that you're going to have to
cut a lot of small pieces to go all the way down the wall along the edge.
so the quickest easiest way that i found to do it
because of course they're not all going to be exactly the same size wouldn't that be wonderful
if they were but they're not, the fastest way i found to deal with all these small cuts is
to cut several boards in half at a 45 degree angle and put the pieces where you need them
and just use a pencil to mark exactly where you need to make a straight cut.
cut it to size and nail it in place
there were a few areas that needed really strange cuts that were hard to measure
so for those spots i just used a piece of
stiff paper, poster board and marked my pattern and then cut it onto the wood.
and it made it so much easier. the wall is in place. as you can see i decided to put up all
of the pieces unpainted except for these pieces right behind the toilet because there's nothing
worse than trying to paint behind a toilet. i used a little bit of spackling in all of the nail holes
to get a nice smooth surface for painting. when the spackling is dry just sand it down with 220
grit sandpaper and you're ready to paint. i used a small foam roller for smooth surfaces
to paint my wall and a paint brush around the edges to cut in and it actually went really fast.
there were a few spaces where paint got into the spaces between the boards
so i just used a utility knife and gently scraped it away.
and here's my finished herringbone wall. i think it looks gorgeous and
it adds just the right amount of texture and interest without making the room really
busy. next week i'm going to be sharing the full reveal of my 100 bathroom makeover and honestly
even i am kind of shocked at how amazing it turned out and how much i was able to do with only $100.
i really wish i had just done this years ago. so be sure to check that out and if you haven't yet,
subscribe to my channel lovely etc where i share lots of inexpensive diy projects to help you
create a home that you love from the home that you already have. thanks.