Board and Batten Treatment

Since we got our new front door, we decided that we wanted to make some changes to our foyer and hallway. Of course, we decided to tackle this project over the holidays when there's nothing else going on ((cough, cough)).

Here's one of my inspiration pictures from Pinterest:

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Here's the other inspiration:

Source: piccsy.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

We love the beach and lake, and we just have too much brown in our home. We're trying to slowly change out the decor to reflect our love of the water.

Kimba has a great tutorial on board and batten treatments, and so does Karla. We think we're pretty handy, so we decided to tackle it!

Here you can see a picture of the (previous) foyer and hallway wall color:

Actually, all the walls on the main floor are this color (with the exception of master bedroom). 

{Can you say Brown Overload?!}

We thought that changing the foyer and hallway would define the space even more and would be a beautiful welcome for our guests.

Hubs did the first job of removing all the baseboards. Then he painted the first coat of primer on the walls. (We had primer left over from another project. Yay!)

(Fancy curtains, huh?!)

A view of the hallway from the living area.

The next step was choosing a color for the top part of the walls. We picked out 11 paint chips... all in the blue/gray/green family. It was a pretty overwhelming thought to have to choose one.

But then we found it! Our color! Valspar Sea Salt Blue.

It's a grayish-blue, but in different lights it looks more green.

I'm in love!

For the next step, we measured down from the ceiling and used the level to draw a line for where we wanted our top rail. We painted the Sea Salt Blue above the line and a coat of white semi-gloss on the bottom. (We goofed and painted semi-gloss on the top at first. The second coat was with a satin finish.)

View from the living area.

View from the master bedroom.

(Yes, we are Bama fans in this house! Notice the A on the door.)

After we got the paint on the walls, we measured & cut the boards and used a nail gun and Gorilla Wood Glue to attach them to the walls. {We used 1x4's for the bottom and top rails, and we used 1x2's for the battens.} 

View from the front porch.

Note the laundry basket in the master bedroom. Putting away laundry has taken a backseat to this project!

This is where we are now. I've filled in the nail holes and sanded. We're going to prime the wood today and get the first coat of semi-gloss on. (We had a little state-rivalry football game to watch yesterday.)

I'll post pictures when we're finished. I'm going to use Brittany's tips for painting and Diane's tips for caulking. Wish me luck!

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