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So how did I create this wall? I did it as inexpensively as possible. I had the idea to save money that for the panels I would use old fence pickets. Matt drove around a few neighborhoods and found old pickets that people were throwing out. I needed 35-36 pickets for the whole wall.
I sanded each picket down and filled in all holes and gaps in the wood. Let me just say though that the new fence pickets sold at Lowes/Home Depot are thicker than the old pickets we found on the curb. But that's ok.
The pickets are sitting on top of another fence picket that Matt put on top of the baseboards. The longest part was all the sanding and filling in the holes. Because I would get so dusty sanding I could only work on the pickets on Saturday when Matt was home to help with the boys. But alas I finished them all and Matt nailed them up for me. He also cut off the dog eared edges on the pickets so they would be straight.
After all the pickets were nailed up Matt added 4 pieces of wood to divide the wall into 3 boxes. This wood was the most expensive part of the project. The wood is thin pieces of pre cut Aspen wood. For the 4 pieces it was $25.
At this point I filled in all the gaps between the pickets with caulk. Then I primed and painted all the wood that was up on the wall. After I was finished painting Matt added an "x" to each box.
I painted each "x" and caulked all around them. The original plan was to put just another piece of 3 inch wide wood on top to make a ledge. But we had extra crown molding in the garage and so Matt added that to the ledge. It gives the ledge more of a finished look.
After the ledge was complete the wall was finally finished. Take a look again.
Now I have a place in their room to put their art and any other pictures or trophies or just whatever on. I need to finish up the rest of the trim in the room and Levi and Jax will finally have a room that I'm happy with.
What do you think?
