Tales of a Golf Gal fighting Sarcoma: board and batten

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

baby boy board and batten (say that 3 times fast!)

A nursery is such a fun room to decorate! With endless color and fabric possibilities...

how do you decide on a palette? Well, my daughter decided on bright yellow, gray and navy blue for her baby boy's room. She also wanted the walls to be board and batten. This was our first time doing that wall treatment and I have to say, the result looks great!

The first order was to choose a gray paint

We marked around the room with my trusty laser level (great for this)

and painted the top 1/3 of the walls Sabre Gray by Benjamin Moore,

and the bottom Brilliant White semi-gloss by Behr.

We primed all the boards with 2 coats, and painted them with one coat before putting them up. We started by applying the top 3 1/2 inch trim board using a nail gun. Next we measured around the room and added the 2" battens every 13" or so, because that's what came out evenly on the walls. We leveled each board to make sure they were straight. The last step was adding the 2 1/2 " top trim piece.

We caulked around the entire room and then painted all the boards one final time.

Then we got to "dress" the room and put the furniture in place.

Here's the baby bedding I made... stripe dust ruffle, gray minky sheet

and one bumper section (still finishing the bumpers)

This fabulous bookcase in the perfect shade of yellow was a shower gift from

my Golf Gal Pals, don't they have great taste!

Changing table dresser and navy blue rocker/recliner with a handmade lumbar pillow.

I couldn't decide so I made one side giraffe print and one side stripe. The yellow blanket was hand knit by Nathan's Great-Grammy.

And our last project of the weekend... cornice boxes for the two windows. I made the boxes out of 8" wide pine, having them come out 4" from the wall. I added batting around the entire thing and covered them in the gray graphic fabric that's on the outside of the bumpers. Simple and tailored for a boy!