I jumped on the board and batten bandwagon. Only, unlike all those other girls, I sat back and watched while the men in the family did the work. My hero, Kimba, got a wet saw for mother’s day. I mean, you would think her husband could at least dry the thing off for her. I got a finished office and all I had to do was paint. Who’s laughing now? You know how some people’s love language is like touch and talking and junk? Mine is fixing up the house.
This is not a tutorial post. Karla, Kimba, AnNicole, and Sarah have already done the hard work for us of writing in detail about their projects. I read each of their posts a few times before we decided what to do. But I will give you the short version of how we did it.
First, I picked a height where I wanted my b&b to end. It can be high or low, just don’t cut the room in half because that might look funny. it’s hard to tell in this photo but mine is about 2/3 up the room. I painted the top 1/3 an olive color called Village Square.
Then I painted the bottom 2/3 a semigloss white color. What a weird experience to paint a wall all shiny. I felt like I was turning my office into a hospital, or a mac store, or one of those eyeglass commercials where everyone is wearing white because it’s the future and clearly, in the future we will only wear white.
Then I had to wait 2 weeks to do anything else because I was having a slipcover party and my man was out of town. So of course, because of my great sickness, I had to somewhat accessorize the board and battenless office so it wouldn’t feel naked.
Then finally, last weekend, we spent 2 hours at Home Depot. We went with all our measurements and our goal was to not have to cut anything ourselves at home. So, we bought three 12 foot, 6 inch wide preprimed MDF boards and measured them in the store and had them cut to the right size.
And, if were were more lazy than cheap, we could have bought 2 inch wide MDF boards for the vertical strips and just had them cut to the right length. Turns out that we are both cheap and lazy. So, we grabbed one 4×8? sheet of non primed MDF and had the Home Depot man cut it into strips for us while we high fived each other. We saved about $80 by slicing up one sheet of MDF instead of buying already cut 2 inch strips.
I paid my son and his friend $5 to paint the strips because again, cheap and lazy I am.
Then my man put everything into place while I took a Mother’s Day nap and read a book. Meanwhile, Kimba was probably toiling away with her new wet saw.
By the way, where the boards meet the baseboard, we just left it as is, no tapering, no special treatment. Sorry no photo, but you can imagine.
This was a super easy project {says the girl who didn’t do the work}. However, I did do all the painting and measurements. We spent about $150 and that includes a new toy for my husband–the nail gun. My husband got all the wood on the walls in about an hour or so and then he caulked and we both painted a final coat. I think we’ll add a shelf on the top in the future but for now, I’m thrilled.
When I was getting ready to do our board and batten, I scoured the internet looking for photos for inspiration. Do you have a board and batten room you’ve written about? Link up, I’d love to see it.
I just emailed this to my husband telling him I want it in EVERY room of the house. No pressure or anything. ;)
I absolutely love it! Too bad my house is in the Southwest (complete with dark brown vigas), or I would completely board and batten every single room in my house! (Okay, maybe not EVERY room, but pretty close.)
I’m totally freaked out about this post because last night at 10:30 I was searching “board and batten” on your blog! So weird! I love, love, love your office…pretty! So I have a question for you that I was going to e-mail to you last night, guess I should have. I want to do quite a bit of board and batten in my house, both in individual rooms and in some hallways and entryways. How would you go about deciding where or where not to do it? Maybe I should just do it everywhere! I have NO interesting architecture in my house. Well, the kitchen has low board and batten and the playroom has a former exterior wall (it used to be a deck) that still has siding. Other than that it’s all boring. What would you do?
Your room looks wonderful! Peaceful, serene – I want to work there!
That looks so amazing. I have been “batting” around the idea of doing that for a few weeks now. I was thinking of doing the dining room, now I am considering my bedroom, or maybe the den, perhaps youngest daughter’s room..ooooh maybe even the closet and the foyer and the deck…
You have outdone yourself yet again. Well done nester lady
U r a genius for cutting mdf into the strips! I have a large stack of 2″ strips and 4″ boards in my garage right now waiting for myself to create board and batten in the entryway. PLEASE answer me this: would u ever consider painting the white in high gloss? I have a whole gallon of it and don’t want to buy another gallon of semi-gloss for this project… But also don’t want to hate the whole thing when I am all done!
I got a nail gun for mothers day… Best mothers day gift ever! I have been pfffd pffffd pfffd-ing ever since! See the photo lovefest session at my place!
Angie
AMAZING and gorgeous! And what a great Mother’s Day gift…it won’t die OR make you fat!!
Beauty, beauty, beautiful!
I love the shades of blue and earthy-taupe you are using. Would you consider sharing the names/brand of paints you use? Paint can be so tricky! Thanks….beautiful office!
wow. all I can say is wow. I am a landlord and all we see from our renters are cigarette burns in the carpet and holes in the walls. You sure you don’t want to move to Illinois? Seriously, your landlord should knock some $$ off your rent or something! You are inspiring me to get off my butt and decorate my bare walls. We’ve been here for almost 3 years and I think I have maybe 2 things on my walls and a SHEET over my bathroom window (and not in a good mistreatment sort of way either!)
thanks for all you do! You are so talented, but more important – you have a beautiful heart :)
Bravo! Beautiful DIY work. I need to rent your husband for a month to get some of my projects done. My husband can work a mean adding machine, but a nail gun??? Never gonna happen.
Thank you for all your inspiration. I can’t wait to tackle projects after reading your posts!
So, you didn’t have to remove the baseboards?
Looks great!
We are moving in to a rental soon and I’m planning on doing this treatment to cover up some imperfections in a wall removal the owners did recently. This post convinced my husband that board and batten was the way to go, so thanks!
I have been reading your blog for a LONG time and have always been a lurker. I am coming out of hiding now and plan on writing more regularly. Thanks for the daily inspiration for all these years! I love your style and wit.
…it is simply beautiful…and the “atmospheric ” lighting just makes it more cozy…
I love your board and batton and the contrast olive color is beautiful! My masterbedroom makeover is still in progress but I’m hoping to get it finished soon and share the finished project.
Love, love, love this!!!! Can you please, pretty please, post a photo of what your bottom trim looks like with the batten?
Love the entire room! You are so talented! I wish I had an eye for design like you. Can you tell me where you got the curtains for the room? I am in love with them! Once again, excellent work!
Nester! It’s gorgeous! Please tell me you got the fabric for those curtains at Mary Jo’s???
I. LOVE. IT.
Seriously. I may be “accidently” leaving this post up for my husband to see… because I am thankfully married to a man who also has a sickness for fixing up the house. ;)
Hi here….would you mind telling me which nail gun your hubby got…and is he pleased with it !!!??? Thanks so much, mine has a b’day coming up and I know he’d love one
This is so pretty! I love it, you did an amazing job! It’s amazing how wood can add so much to a room!
Enjoy your day!
kristin
Looks great. I love the height.
You know the verse in the Bible about not coveting any thing that is your neighbors? Every time I visit your blog I have serious coveting issues! You are so talented!! I love everything about your style, decor, whatever you call it. I would decorate just like you but alas, I can only dream because what starts in my brain, never produces what it thinks it wants- which is your style. However, when I start making changes around here, I’m going to do some major copy-catting. Hope you don’t mind. Thank you for sharing your gifts with the world – and me.
love the child labor! lol!
p.s. I wrote dwell on one of my chalkboards last week. I like it and I figured all my real life friends are not bloggers and will not know I am a copy-cat. I did not reallize it was assoicated with psalm 91. I read it and realized how fitting it is for where I am right now and that I need to work on dwelling more as well. so I am going to have to write it down and dwell some more… :))) I love that you use one word on your chalkboards that have a bigger picture behind them. I am a big words person and am constantly seeking my chalkboards for reminders throughout the day. thank goodness for chalkboards because I don’t think a white board would do so well with the decor!
LOVE this post!!!!!!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the board and batten and have been wanting to do it in my house. My only problem…all my trim is cherry. Can I stll do it or will it look strange? What about if it was in a non-white neutal? would hat be better?
I chuckled out loud at this post, Nester! The projects here in our house are conducted in a similar fashion. My husband and I are a great project team. I dream up all the projects and he executes them. What could be better? Ha! Seriously, my man has amazing skills and a huge workshop so I have to keep him busy so he doesn’t get bored and his tools don’t go unused. I marvel at women and their wet saws. Now, I do my fair share of the work too, I really do. I am in the middle of stripping the weird paint treatment we did a few years back on our fireplace mantle. Now, THAT is work, I tell you! But normally I am “researching” all over the blogosphere for projects to keep my husband in shape. Thank you for sharing yours!!!
that looks so good. you must have the best landlord ever and i’m sure he loves you guys now for making his house so nice. i’m still a mega fan of beadboard, but the board and batten is beginning to have a little sway to getting into the house.
ok, so I just might copy your home decor room by room. Then I’ll invite you over and you’ll feel like you’re still at home.
Ok, so I am wondering (and hopeful that someone actually reads this question, since it is so late after the actual post)… I would love to do board and batten- with a twist. My boys’ room is going to be nautical themed, and we would like to do it in navy blue on the walls, with white and red accents… So we thought it might be kind of cool to tone down the EXTREMENESS of the dark, bold navy, with board and batten, but instead of white between the boards, just have the navy show through. So it would basically be the framework of the b&b, but navy wall. Is this crazy/ugly sounding??
Love the board and batten! What color is on the wall above the board and batten? Also, I’m looking for a nice robins egg blue, sort of grayish blue, nothing bright. What do you recommend? Love your site!
LOVE the idea! I would love to try this, but I guess I am a little nervous! I have what may be a completely stupid question…..what was the caulking used for???
Love your board and batten. How far apart did you place your vertical boards?
Thank you for all this inspiration and all in one place. I have dreams for my walls and these posts are great to get me inspired!! Rebecca
Hi Nester,
I love this idea. I’m probably going to be here in our rental for a couple more years at least while we hammer away at our finaces. Can I please ask you to share your approach on landlords and fixing up your rental. Do you ask first.. or just improve things as you go along. Do they expect you to remove it? What is your take on this subject (or maybe you have already posted on this and I missed it). The reason that I aske is because my apartment is old and needs love. The owners live far, far away and the landlords are hands-off to the extreme (I have to hunt them down to get things fixed)… I want to make some improvements. Thanks for all of the inspiration!
Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous!! The whole room is!! LOVE the board and batten, but I also LOVE LOVE the way you put the whole room together! It is magazine worthy!!
Love the bird on the stick! LOVE that!
Lou Cinda :)
This room looks stunning. Beautiful, clean lines, soft, restful colors…makes me want to just go in there and think about everything I’d like to do…it’s simply dreamy! Congratulations on a job very well done!
hmm…i think i need to move. :-/
Lovely room and great tutorial! Can I also ask about the door trim in picture 8 (with your husband in it)- did you change the trim on the top of the door? It looks like the side trim is usual door trim which usually continues mitred around the top, but yours has a craftsman type cornice which is a little dressier. I’d love to do this in my house and it’s the first example I’ve seen. Thanks in advance if you have a how-to about this!
Love your tutorial! You have inspired me. I want your opinion though- what do you think about doing board and batten in a living room that has high vaulted ceilings?? Would it look goofy? Thanks!
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Question…did your Home Depot give you any problems about all those cuts? When I went to our Home Depot today he said they are not allowed to do cuts that small. Can’t decide if it was truly an issue of them not being able to do it or it he just didn’t want to do it. He did throw around the OSHA safety (or whatever it’s called) name. I’m really bummed bc that would make things so much easier. Just curious if you had any problems?
really nice concept.