Beadboard on a Little Shelf

I have a quick project to share with you.

I was removing the china from my little white shelf in the living room.

We don't need as much display space for china now that we have the kitchen shelves. 
We have an abundance of dishes on display at this point. 

I emptied out the shelf and decided it was time to do something about the back of it.

The back was made from new wood and it has split as it has aged over the years. I can't put a new back on this piece because this shelf is molly bolted to the wall and can't be taken down. Covering up the cracks seemed to be the best option.  

I love beadboard and had two types to choose from - wallpaper and wood paneling.

It seemed that wallpapering the back was the easiest way to go.

I measured, cut and pasted. This product is pre-pasted so all you need is some warm water to moisten the back. 
The directions are on the roll.

It is so much better. When I used beadboard wallpaper upstairs, it needed a coat of paint to look like wood.
Here it looks pretty good without painting it. 

Instead of the plates I used a wooden block, books and a little rusty grate to add interest. 

The little piece of grate came from our trip to Arkansas.

I love this. It was such an easy fix.  

Katie


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Beadboard Wallpaper

I made a vow.

I promised myself that wallpaper would never enter this house again. 
I stripped all the wallpaper from this house back in '98. Most of the kitchen wallpaper came off in pieces no bigger than my palm. It was three days of holy terror! 
 That's when I made the vow but who knew that wallpaper would make a comeback?

I had hoped for a very cottage-y look when we installed the wooden bathroom countertop last year. My plan was to do the walls last summer but I lost steam after the other bathroom remodel. 

I love the contrast of the wood counter with the white walls and woodwork.

 After a year of daily use this counter still looks as perfect as the day we put it in. That wasn't the plan. 

It was supposed to be used occasionally by guests but three weeks after we finished the install our daughter had her stalking incident and moved back in with us.

Two months later, our youngest moved back in. 
He moved out last Saturday. 
Daily use and this counter still looks fabulous. 
I love it with the white walls instead of the black.
I'm smitten with the backsplash. 

White walls were part of the original plan but I was afraid that white walls alone would be boring. The other two bathrooms have the beadboard wainscot going up only a few feet. Here it needed to go higher for more impact.

Beadboard wallpaper seemed like  an easier option than those ginormous sheets of plywood. 

The sacred vow to never have wallpaper again has been broken and my wallpapering skills all came flooding back.

Does it look just like the walls in the other bathrooms? 

Does it look like real wood?

No - on both counts. 

Is it still cute?

Yes - it's adorable.

Be careful, this dings very easily but it was an easy fix and it adds a little interest to otherwise boring walls. 
The wallpaper is about $18.00 a roll at Lowes and 
it took less than two rolls to complete this project.
Once it was up and had a coat of paint, I trimmed it out with some molding the neighbor gave me when she moved. 
That's what makes it look more like real wainscot. 
I'd hoped for some better photos but this room is a beast to photograph. It has zero natural light and that huge mirror.
Framing that out is on my project list for this summer. 

Katie 
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