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Board and Batten

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Board and Batten

I’ve jumped on the board and batten train! My husband went out of town for about 36 hrs…so I thought I could put up board and batten, paint and get the Master bedroom I’ve dreamed of…all within the 36 hr time limit. Why is it when husbands leave to go out of town, every creative juice starts flowing? I think I can re-do the entire house while he’s gone. I also think I’m on vacation and I don’t have to cook and we can eat out for every meal. He’s home now…so I will cook tonight.

Lowes Home Improvement would not cut my MDF…something about no kick plate and not being able to cut anything less than 6 inches. So I went to Home Depot and, good natured, Mr. Patient, Josh…cut my MDF for me. I did end up getting charged $.25 a cut. That was a bummer. And a quick project has turned into me hammering my thumb nail 47 times. I’ll tell you all about how I did it when I show you the finished project. It’s 5ft high with 2in vertical strips. I’m painting the top gray.

gray paint swatches

Speaking of gray…let’s have a little impromptu contest. Can you guess how many paint swatches of gray I have painted on this wall?? I’ll choose the winner of the correct answers, via random # generator. The winner can choose between “The Lazy Girl Slipcover eBook” or “The Lazy Girl Quilt tutorial.”

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  3. Oh Kristi, I is going to be so beautiful! I love that you attempted it all by yourself while hubby was away. When I don't have a hubby to cook for, me and the kids eat popcorn for dinner 🙂

    I am going to guess 9 different shades of gray.

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  6. I guess 10! Also, have you ever seen a slipcover for a futon? I would love to make ours look more like a couch. I hate it, but cannot afford a new couch. Any ideas? Thanks!

    Tanya

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  7. Eight shades is my guess. I bet it will look fantastic. Did your husband come home and get excited about it, or was he completely skeptical, as my husband would be?

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  8. I'm guessing eight paint swatches. And I agree I do my best work when the hubs is out of town. One time I even tore a wall down. He wasn't that thrilled when he got home. lol

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  15. 8 colors of gray. I know the feeling. I also think I should win because I've always wanted the slipcover guide. I'm planning on starting that as my next big project.

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  22. I think it's 11 paint swatches. Can't wait to see the finished project. I love board and batten. I also dive into huge projects when my husband is away and we live on pizza and cereal! Amy

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  28. Girl I swhy youay 6 colors….and I know why your creative juices start flowing once the man is going to be away for a while….it's because you don't have to hear things like “Your going to do What to the livingroom?????

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  29. I am guessing just one…because of the light…Your post made me laugh because my husband is currently deployed to Iraq for a yr and I am on a mission to accomplish 100 deployment projects while he's gone. Last week, I put up my B & B…I tend to get more done when my hubby is gone too…. 🙂

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  33. I'm so excited for you Kristi and your room is going to be so beautiful! I'm going to say 12 grey paint samples, I think I have tried about that many trying to find a perfect grey! ~Deb~

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  36. My guess is 8. I am the same way when my husband goes out of town. The last trip he took I painted the basement tv room. The stairway is next.

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  55. OOOh, sorry to hear you hit your finger so many times. Hope it's feeling better.
    And yes, I do have to agree with you about thinking we can redecorate the house when our husbands go out of town. My creative juices are on overtime as well.
    Looking forward to seeing your board and batten….and oh, I think that there are at least eight paint swatches of gray on the wall.

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  56. I'm guessing 11 different colors because I really want the slipcover guide. I'm going to attack my three piece sectional this winter (as a first time slipcover project). So I need all the help I can get.

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  61. We just did board and batten in the dining room @ our new house. My hubby and FIL did all the hard work. I love it though. It's chair rail height painted white w/ a yummy chocolate brown above it. So pretty!

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  67. I just have to jump in here and comment about how you do projects while your husband is away. That is me!!! Particularly the part about eating out and pretending I don't have a thousand other things that need to get done! I love your finished product in the next post – what a wonderful job you did. I'm in awe. I need to go to Home Depot right now. Thanks for sharing – I'm fired up to do this!

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  68. Well, I have become your newest follower thanks to Amy from Maison Decor who suggested I put some of my slipcovers in your next blog party! I am laughing because I have to do projects when my husband is away because I don't have to ask him what he thinks – he doesn't step in and halt my project for whatever reason (because you have to have v i s i o n when decorating rooms… so it's either I stay up and finish a project late into the night, so it's all put back together when he wakes up, or I do it when he's out of town 🙂 Then everybody's happy! He comes home and says 'WOW, looks great hon!' etc. I have been toying with this whole board and batten idea for a long time now. I need to do it in a room or two in my own home because to do beadboard would just be too difficult to cut around the hot water heat registers. I always wondered how I would merge the existing floor molding with the flat board though, and it seems to look fine on your example!

    Oh, so why did you use mdf and not just 3/4″ x 3″ pine? mdf is SO hard to nail into that I wonder if it was actually made to be nailed into! No wonder you hit your finger 🙁

    Looking forward to future posts. If you get a chance, stop by my blog and see if you might want to follow me back!

    Michelle
    http://www.jamiesoninteriors.com

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  69. LOVE the board and batten look! Still trying to convince my hubby that we NEED to do this in our bedroom. I'm only seeing 7 shades of gray…and good luck on that by the way. I've been searching for THE dirty gray/blue for, oh about 3 months. 🙂

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