In this chapter of our next do-it-yourself home improvement project I convinced my Handy Man to help me dress up our little counter top peninsula thing. On one side, we had drywall and the other side was painted cabinetry. I was looking for a fashionable solution to tie the two sides together as a complete thought.
So I decided to dabble in bead-board!
Here is the before:
Side one installed.
I am starting to get excited!
Side two installed.
Really getting excited!
After nailing up both pieces, we competed the rest of the missing base boards. We then added a piece of corner trim to cover the seam from the bead-board. I used a normal latex caulk to seal everything and then taped off the floor to start the painting process.
I am already 100% glad I decided to add this little touch to our kitchen remodel.
Two coats of trim paint.
I decided to paint the bead-board the same color as the walls in order to tie everything together. The bead-board was primed, but still took two coats of paint. The standard roller I had was a no-go as soon as I tried it. I wanted a smooth finish and it just wasn't doing it for me. So, I brushed the paint using vertical strokes and worked in small sections from top to bottom before moving over.
After drying, you can't really see any brush marks - unless you are a professional painter and look very close and in that case, I don't want to hear it! I think it turned out beautifully!
This was a very simple project and really didn't take a lot of time. Installation only took about 30 minutes.
Waiting for the paint dry took longer but I was able to sneak in some laundry while I waited.
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