My Favorite Wall Treatment

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I’ll be honest here, I’m not great at drywall! So when we took the tile off the walls of this space I decided I’d put the drywall up and then add a beadboard wall treatment instead of having to make the added drywall match the existing. But also because I love a beadboard! And as you can see above, instead of going vertical with the breadboard lines like you normally do, this room was small enough to go horizontal without having a seam where 2 panels meet. I love to be a little different sometimes!

I first started with the easiest wall to the right, I didn’t have to cut around any plumbing with this wall. I took measurements and ripped the beadboard down to size and nailed it into place with my brad nailer and 1.25 in brad nails. I don’t have a bunch of photos of this process since this room was so tiny and hard to video as I manipulated this big piece of beadboard into place.

I added a 1×4 primed pine trim piece to the top and some fancy baseboards at the bottom.

Then it was time for caulk and paint. I first painted the beige colored wall Pure White by SW and ceiling.

My friends, Andrea and Jason, and their kids were out of town during this part so I took it upon myself to pick a paint color I thought they would like. I decided to go bold! Worst case, if they didn’t like it, it’s just paint and I could paint it another color. I went with the color Ocean Abyss by Behr. I know it’s a bright color, but keep in mind that this is a kids bathroom.

Are you as nervous as I was about the bold color choice?? Well, I went for it anyways! This is the moment I was super excited and super nervous, I didn’t know if they would like it!