Board & Batten in the Billiard Room DONE!

Updated 3.06.20

Board and batten adds so much character to a room!  We started this a couple of months ago and we finished!

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Well, most of it... You know I'm a 95%er...

I'm telling you the painting part is tedious! Some serious claw hand going on over here.  It's sooo close, and it's soooo gorgeous!!  We are loving it!

The whole room isn't finished, but it's getting closer and closer. 😊 Did you spot the outlet cover isn't even on? 🤫

Now, let's remember what we started with here....

This was our 'formal' living room.  Who does that anymore?  It seemed like such a waste of space.  You can read all about how this, Crazy Idea For A Formal Living Room, got started.

Before we got started, we cleaned it all out and added a pool table!

You can read all about the pool table adventure.  Pool Table Room (A Work In Progress).

My plan from the beginning was to add board and batten to this room.  I just love how it transforms the space.  We purchased primed MDF boards, to make it easier... less painting! 👍

We used our miter saw to make the cuts. (This one linked is similar.)

Bringing the miter saw into the house was probably not the smarted thing we did.  This contraption is an old housing for a portable dishwasher.  Hey... it's actually a great little workstation. 👍

Anyway, we had dust from one end of the house to the other... I would suggest you skip that step! 😜

Hubby, the mental math wizard, that he is...  Worked it out so that we would miss every outlet!  We did fudge a little here and there, but it worked out! 

Here we installed the 1x6s on the wall.

Next, we started on the vertical boards.

This was a tedious job.... We found that our walls are not flat nor straight, but that's pretty typical in most houses.  So, you have to find a way to deal with it...

Smiling was easy in the beginning. 😄  There were plenty of frustrating moments, but he is such a trooper!! Using Liquid Nails Adhesive along with the finishing nails, helped solve some of the wall issues.

Half finished!

We added another top board and more vertical boards to create the double board and batten look. ❤️

We are so happy with how this is turned out!!  Hubby even added little corner shelves for drinks and snacks.

At this point, we weren't sure if we wanted to add a top to create a picture ledge, so we left it for a few days.

In the end, we decided a picture ledge would really be functional.  But before we got started on it, we invested in a nail gun!  Why did we not get this earlier?  Working with a hammer and nails is not the easiest!!!  Yeah, we kinda kicked ourselves for not breaking down and getting one sooner.  This is really going to up our game!!

We purchased the Hitachi Brad Nailer at Lowes.

This project would have gone so much quicker...  Oh, well.  Now, we're going to move at lighting speed!! 🤣

Here's Hubby adding the picture ledge.

Oh, my gorgeousness!!!

Wow! What a difference! The plan is to create a gallery wall of family photos.  I'm not sure what we're going to do with the other walls.

UPDATE!! Gallery wall is finished! It's actually been updated twice... 😉

Blessings!

Here's one to pin!