How to Transform Your Plain Wall to Shiplap for $1!
Shiplap is everywhere and keeps popping up more and more every time I turn around. I have always been a fan but felt I didn’t have the right place for it, like it belonged in a big old farmhouse or a nice coastal house…but that is so not the case! Check out how easy it can be to transform your wall into a "sharpie shiplap wall" and cost $1 in total...all I had to buy was a sharpie marker from the dollar tree!
Start by painting the wall white, if it isn't already, and then take a dry brush and brush left to right to give it a wood grain kind of look. Once the paint dries, measure every 6 inches starting at the floor and go up the wall and make a mark with your pencil on the wall. Make sure its big and dark enough for you to easily find it again.
Once you’ve made your marks, take a level and a yardstick and draw a line across the wall, making sure it’s level all the way across! I checked my level on both ends and the middle just to make sure. And if you don't have a yardstick, any straight edged piece of wood will work!
Then take your sharpie marker and trace the pencil line, I used to level again with my yardstick just to make sure it stays level across the wall.
And there's your DIY sharpie shiplap wall! If you end up making a line too thick, or find any type of mistake, just use some white paint to cover and make the line again! It takes a double take before realizing this isn't actual panels on the wall, especially in areas with are covered with items for example, entry way walls with coats/baskets or in the kitchen as a backdrop. You could use this anywhere!
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Vicki Hopkins Adkins on Jun 12, 2020
Wow, what a great and easy idea! I have the perfect wall to try this technique. Thanks!
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Eileen Smith on Jun 29, 2020
Won't it look like magic marker , just like lines on your wall
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Marcy Dillman on Jun 30, 2020
I tried this on a corner niche. It fools your eye from a distance but up close, yes, it’s lines on the wall :)
I have textured walls - it would probably work better if your walls are an untextured flat surface.
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Wanda Dregalla on Jun 13, 2020
It looks really great. I know my question does not pertain to the post. But do you happen to know the color of you kitchen cabinets? And what brand of paint it is? I really like it and am looking for a color just like it. It would be very much appreciated if you do know. Thank You
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Your lines look very straight an even.
Did you use a level set against the yard stick?
Lindsay,
did you make a mud room structure using cabinets from Amazon. I thought I had it saved, but can’t find it. Help please if it was your post. It was so ingenious and good looking.
is that a black sharpie? it looks gray