Plank Wall is Up!

Okay so I'm jumping on the plank bandwagon

and I couldn't be more giddy!

I've been eyeing all the beautiful plank walls I see out there

horizontal, vertical, wide, skinny, oh all the choices

Here are a few of my inspiration pictures



The Lettered Cottage

Decor Pad



We went back and forth on horizontal vs vertical

until I read somewhere that if you do it vertically you may run into problems

because not all the planks will be up against a stud

and may not be up there very securely

So horizontal it was

Then we needed to decide what to use

I priced out mdf, 1 by boards of pine (in various sizes)

and it seemed the pine would be the least expensive

but it was still going to be around $130

for one wall

and we weren't sure how to handle where the 1 by boards

would butt up against the door casing

and the baseboard

So the whole idea was just kind of put on the back burner

until we could figure things out...

until I walked into the restore and saw this

Each piece was 8ft long and 4.5 inches wide (or close to) and about 1/8 in thick

I had no idea what it was

I just knew it was perfect for our plank walls

and it was 70 cents each

I priced out how many pieces we would need

and came up with a total of $28 for the entire wall

Hot diggity dog!

I did check with my husband first

but as soon as I got the okay

I wrangled a coworker into meeting me there

so we could load my find into his truck

Once it was home

and the girls were in bed

we set up our workstation

and started planking our accent wall

(oh and I am so happy Nolee can sleep through the finishing nailer!)

We put it up leaving little gaps between each board

but not between the rows...

well after we got to about here 

I started thinking we needed to leave gaps between the rows too

to achieve the look we were going for...

so I pulled it all off and we started again

a pain in the butt, but I'm so glad we did

Much better

We used the thickness of one of the boards

as our measurement in between rows

and after about 3 hrs of holding our measurement board

I looked at the back and guess what

all this stuff is toe board

which my husband informed me is for the bottom of kitchen/bathroom cabinets

I don't know why, but it was really bugging me not know what it was

Oh and I got to learn how to use the saw

and this

I love learning how to use new tools!

So after about 5 hours of total work

we have this 

We still have to prime and paint, but it is up

I actually like this look but it doesn't go with

the look we are going for in our room

It feel very urban to me

and I don't know why but I think it

would make an awesome backdrop for a picture

So there you have it

our own version of the plank wall for $28!

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