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Tutorial: How to use lattice strips as an uncomplicated, affordable option to set up a Do it yourself batten wall for adding vintage character to plain walls.
Lattice strips are the MVP of this Do-it-yourself batten wall task!
I signify they genuinely are the unsung hero of a lot of little DIYs and crafts close to right here. (Recall that shower curtain artwork we framed with lattice strips a when back again?) This time it needed a spotlight in the breakfast nook.
Considering that we type of have an dependancy to intricate wall molding around here, it is unquestionably no surprise at all that soon after we concluded setting up and painting our Facebook Marketplace banquette obtain in the breakfast nook, Robert and I looked at each other and reported, “Something’s missing.”
Those clean walls needed character! And lattice could do the task inexpensively. Mainly because molding is one of my preferred methods to make a residence seem lavish.
What is Lattice?
Lattice is designed of thin strips of wooden most typically utilised in a criss-cross composition for trellises to assistance climbing vegetation in gardens or to serve as porch skirting.
But it’s excellent for straightforward wall molding tasks way too. (Variety of like Sharpie shiplap but way extra legit.)
The cost of molding has skyrocketed currently (along with just about every other house advancement source), so we figured out a way to increase dear seeking batten wall molding for the portion of the cost utilizing helpful dandy lattice strips at $1.28 for each linear foot.
If you’ve hardly ever installed any form of molding before, it’s the best starter version to consider since it requires no miter cuts and lattice can sit flush ideal on top of your existing baseboards due to the fact they’re thinner than common 1×2 boards.
How to Make a Batten Wall Using Lattice Strips
You could incorporate this vertical batten wall all about the place, as wainscoting, or just as a board and batten accent wall. You could depart your partitions plain with out any wall decor for a minimalist strategy or layer it with artwork for even a lot more character.
It would be ideal for incorporating on to a simple kitchen area island as well. Hold in thoughts while, if you have a textured wall, the method will not be as straightforward, considering the fact that you will need to have to add these MDF panels to your textured walls making use of Liquid Nails and brad nails initial.
Materials
Actions to Make a Batten Lattice Wall
Phase 1 – Evaluate and Decide on a Format
Measure your total wall very first, make a decision how considerably apart you want your batten (vertical lattice strips) to be, and mark their placement on the wall with a pencil.
Remember that lattice strips are 1 1/2″ huge, so element that into your format system. We established our battens to have an 8 1/2″ gap concerning.
Move 2 – Reduce Lattice Duration
Measure the height of your wall from baseboard to crown and slice the initially lattice strip to the necessary length with a jigsaw. (Not all partitions will be perfectly the identical top all the way across, so do not slice all of your lattice based on that initially measurement.)
Phase 3 – Use a Degree to Examine Lattice Placement
“Dry fit” the initially lattice strip and use a amount to make confident it is perfectly straight.
Phase 4 – Nail Lattice
At the time you’re delighted with the lattice strip placement, nail it to the wall with the brad nailer (or a hammer).
You can use design adhesive below as perfectly, if you opt for, but for the reason that the lattice is so lightweight, it is fully optional. (The batten wall will also be a lot easier to take out without adhesive later on if one particular day you change your brain.)
Phase 5 – Repeat
Repeat Measures 2-4 right until you have positioned all lattice strips together the wall.
Action 6 – Caulk Cracks and Wooden Fill Nail Holes
Caulk all of the edges of the lattice strips to fill all of the cracks, and fill all of the nail holes with wood filler.
Step 7 – Sand Wooden Filler
When the wood filler is entirely dry, sand smooth with great grit sandpaper (we use an orbital sander to make the method go faster). Brush absent any sanding dust after.
Move 8 – Paint
Give everything a refreshing coat of paint and you’re finished! (We painted the wall initial with the exact same colour we prepared to use on the lattice strips so that we would not have to do the job close to all of the specifics afterwards.)
The Finished Batten Wall
Never you consider these two batten partitions include so considerably to this minor breakfast nook corner? I appreciate it so much!
We additional these vintage design and style sconces to deliver additional light-weight into this windowless place. What do you consider?!
They work so well with this linear chandelier that adds a touch of modern-day, and the brass pops against that batten wall we painted Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace.
Wrapping Up Breakfast Nook Details
I nonetheless strategy to paint the air vent and increase knobs to the banquette cupboard doorways.
(Now that it is dry, I have to confess, never adore the paint I had to use on the banquette thanks to offer chain troubles creating my favourite cabinet paints to be offered out. But oh properly. If that is our biggest problem, I’ll take it.)
I just obtained the call this week that the recently reupholstered cushions are concluded! So it will all be coming together in right here shortly.
These Do it yourself herringbone LVP flooring even now seem certainly wonderful considering that we put in them a handful of weeks in the past! Next on the checklist is constructing a table, refinishing some secondhand eating chairs for the other side, and including some classic artwork and decor finds.
It will be so charming as we wrap up the last information.
Have you at any time completed a Diy batten wall prior to? Or observed a new use for lattice strips? They are the finest for so many matters!
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