Finished Board and Batten Wall Treatment

{Board and Batten Wall Finished}

Gosh, I know... it took long enough, right!? lol.

We have been a bit sickly here at the Smith house lately and I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.

We've had this wall done for a while now, but just finished painting the wall above the B&B yesterday.

So here it is!

This room is far from finished, but I wanted to share our progress so far!

The owner seems to like it!... :)

I have about 6 projects in the works right now, and can't seem to finish up ANY of them. lol.

That doesn't happen to anyone else, right!?!? :)

Here is the wall before

and

During

**you can read more about this catastrophe HERE. lol**

I was debating on whether or not to show you the room, until it was "finished".

But since I have to wait another 4 weeks for her headboard to arrive, I still haven't finished picking out her bedding, have a bench to build and a nightstand to buy... and THOSE aren't even any of the 6 projects I have in the works.........weeeeeeell, I thought it would be better to show you now, rather that later. LOL

Here is the post I did for how I put up the board and batten. 

I don't think I mentioned in there though that these boards are SUPER cheap!

My neighbor Ronda told me about them.

She did her son's room with these boards and I LOVED the look, and the price, so I tried them!

K... so here is the cost breakdown.

These boards come in only one size.

16 feet x about 3.5 inches.

At MY Lowe's they are only $4.60 a board!!!

BUT here's the tricky part (Ronda, help me out here)

They are NOT located by the wood.  They are actually used for concrete expansion forming, and are made out of a compact fiber board material.  So they are by the outside, home building supplies.

At our location, they are on the floor at the VERY back corner of the store on the right... you know where I'm talking about??

Anyway... we bought 10 boards... finished THIS wall, AND we are planning on doing a grid wall in our laundry room with hooks... just like Fawn, from Frugal Home Designs.

I've been obsessed with her B&B entryway with hooks, for a WHILE now!!!  I love the look!

and I have PLENTY of supplies for both projects!!!

I LOVE this stuff!

Try it out!  It's a great way to have custom Board and Batten, without breaking the bank!

Tips: 

* This product IS made from fibrous compressed wood... so it's flimsy and will break easily.  Be careful when transporting the large boards.  They will bend and crack, of not stable.

*  Primer is a MUST with this product!  It's pretty porous, so you'll definitely need to prime the wood first.

* When you get the board, you'll notice that there are TWO sides.  One is completely squared off... and on the flip-side... there is ONE edge that is rounded.

I made sure to put the side that had the rounded edge, ON the wall, so you couldn't see it.

*it will make more sense when you actually SEE the board* 

The rounded edge is actually kind of nice, if your're making a top piece to your molding look.  You can put the rounded edge on the top, for a finished look.