Powder Room Redo

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we are in the process of updating our rental house to resell.

Last week, my son and I sporadically hung beadboard in the Powder Room and also painted the room.  My husband later hung new lighting.

Here is the before of the yellow room....

Bor-ing.

Originally, the beadboard was going to go in the kitchen as a backsplash, but we did away with that idea and as my son and I entered the house to start painting last week I glanced over at the $40 worth of dejected beadboard panelling and decided that I simply could not waste the beadboard.  So we began measuring and sawing. 

The beadboard we used was the super-cheap, not very pretty type - the kind that comes in sheets.  (I personally think the type you install strip by strip is more attractive). 

My son applied the liquid nails and I hammered in a few nails to secure the boards to the walls.

We found a wooden chair rail molding that we liked for the top trim of the board.  It is just a simple flat piece of pre-primed wood that we bought at Lowe's.  Here is the detail from Lowe's...

 

Not too intricate - but perfect for the simple, 'clean' look we were seeking.  This added another $20 to the project.

By the way - since this was a spur-of-the-moment project - we thought it best not to tell my husband.  I am funny like that.

He discovered it for himself when he went to the house to install light fixtures.

Of course the beadboard added "caulking" to his to-do list. 

But doesn't it look great?!!!

The gray color is "Bay Sands" by Valspar and it is a fairly pale gray. 

House Tweaking


I also used it in the neighboring kitchen.  I thought it would tie the old white cabinets with the new granite, which I will share with you, soon.

Very happy with the powder room.   It now looks clean and fresh.

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