Create Your Own Shiplap Floor

Learn how to make your own faux shiplap and plank a wall for 30.

Create your own shiplap floor.

As long as the wall itself doesn t need extensive work installing your own shiplap wall doesn t take a lot of specialized carpentry knowledge. It s a salon with ten foot wall and i have brown walnut stations. If you install one don t forget the moisture barrier because shiplap warps easily. Remove wall plates and outlet covers.

Chris started out by cutting the full mdf sheet which was purchased at the local hardware store for less than 20 into 6 strips using a circular saw and a straight edge guide to create the actual shiplap pieces. Made famous mostly by joanna gaines star of hgtv s fixer upper. Shiplap walls are a popular design trend that can give a room a rustic look. The most popular accent wall right now is shiplap.

How to create your own affordable diy shiplap. Before you install your shiplap boards open your boxes and let the flooring adjust to the room temperature and moisture for at least 48 hours. In this video i demonstrate how to make your own shiplap it suits well for the farmhouse rustic style of decorating. A shiplap wall gives your home a countrified feel but a shiplap floor looks incongruous.

I was provided paint from sherwin williams for this project at no cost to me. Shiplap refers to a special type of inter locking board similar to tongue and groove but with a tighter overlapping fit. The first step in your shiplap accent wall is to remove everything from the wall including any nails use a putty knife to gently pry and remove baseboards crown moulding and trim. All thoughts and opinions are 100 my own.

This makes constructing shiplap walls a great project for fixer uppers to tackle. Learn how to make your own shiplap first you will need to select the boards that you desire. Keep in mind that if you will be painting the shiplap try to use a more inexpensive board since the results of painting won t be affected by. Let me start by saying this is not a complete overhaul of our room.

Hello you seem to know your colors so well. I am using ship lap as well on wall however stuck on what colors to paint i have a black ceiling molding and i have light maple floors. There is some brown grains in the floor. I recommend a 1 x 6 board of some sort.

I am stuck on what color to do the walls.