The project begins with Eric and Kaylee prepping the walls with nailer boards. She loves to help daddy when he's working on the house! Eric removed the trim and quarter round and measured up from the floor to the desired height which for us was 36". He used two sets of nailer boards, one at the top and one on the bottom to secure each board to.
Make sure to start at the edge of your wall and work your way around fitting each board as close to the other as possible to avoid having a see through gap. This is a little difficult if you are using reclaimed wood as we did due to the aging and warping of the boards. It doesn't take him long to finish something when he gets an idea in his head. I think the whole project only took about a half a day to complete.
Rather than a simple chair rail to top the wainscoting, he decided to go with a ledge. It's about 2 1/2 inches wide and gives me a great space to display some items.
After all is said and done I think it turned out great! The boards came from a hundred year old barn that a friend was tearing down. Eric = Free labor = Free barn wood This is great because if you try to buy this stuff it can get pricey and that's definitely not in my budget! I love reclaiming old barn wood to use around the house and you will notice in later posts that it is our "go to" material for many projects.
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