How to Build Walls

Building walls yourself is no small feat. Let us help you out with ideas and tips from other Hometalkers. Take a stroll around the discussion board, ask a question, and check out top, new, and best projects to inspire and guide you. From interior and exterior walls, to partition and brick walls, we've got you covered.

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Walls - Where to Start

Choose your materials: Decide what materials to build your wall with. An interior wall is most likely to be wood, while the exterior uses a variety of materials.
Map out the wall: Before building a wall, map out how it's going to look, including measurements for openings such as doors and windows.
Use the floor as your canvas: When creating a wooden wall frame, put it together on the floor of the house first. When it’s done, simply lift it up and install it in place.
Create openings in a wall: You can build a wall with space for a door or window already made. If the wall is not load bearing, you can simply carve out the space needed.
To insulate the wall or not: Once a wall is put together, you may choose to insulate the wall using insulation boards or dry lining.

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Top DIY Projects for Building Walls

Top wall building projects all here for your DIY enlightenment. Have a look around.

High End Wall on a DIY Budget

How to transform a wall, and a room, with inexpensive wood lath!Product links may be affiliate links which are no extra cost to you but your purchase helps me help you with more fantastic projects!

Becky at Flipping the Flip

DIY Wooden Backsplash

If your looking for an inexpensive way to upgrade your kitchen this DIY backsplash is a fraction of the cost per tile and has a major WOW factor!

Denika Coakley

I have been dreaming of adding a beam down the center of the middle of our house since we moved in back at the end of 2018. If you look closely you will see how our house comes to a 12' peak. The plan is to add a board down the middle of the peak and form a beam around that board. Being that the peak is 12' I wanted a nice size beam. You would't want something so big if you have shorter ceilings but the process on how we did it would be the same.

Jessie

Bedroom Moulding Design Feature Wall

Check out this easy bedroom feature wall that only costs around $20! This project can be made into any pattern or colour of your choosing and requires minimal supplies. Transform your bedroom with this fun one-day project!

Lauren Ann Design | Farmhouse on Gunn's Hill

How to Frame Your Builder Grade Mirror

Hi, I'm Amber Oliver! I hope if you enjoy this project you'll also stop by my blog!When you hear "builder grade" you probably have the same yellow/beige color I'm thinking of come to mind. You've seen those boring bathroom mirrors that are essentially just glass stuck to the wall. I teamed up with a Hometalker who had FIVE of these mirrors in her house and knew she needed an easy way to transform them.If you're in the Houston area, I can help you create this look for your home! Click here to see how I can help you & send me a message to get started!

Amber Oliver

How to Build a Frame Around a Window With A Curtain Box

We have a very large curtain rod over our window, and it just didn't have the aesthetic finished look I wanted for this room. So, I added a new feature to our window with a DIY curtain box. It made such a beautiful feature to an otherwise boring wall. And it was a fairly easy and budget friendly DIY.

TANGLEWOOD HOMES

Dress up Corners With Handmade Plinth Blocks

Corner molding never looked clean to me, so I made 50+ of these plinth blocks to dress up my room's inside and outside corners! Similar off-the-rack products are sold for $5.00 each, but I made 50 of them for less than $9.00 total.

Brett Lipton

How to Build a DIY Wood-Slat Wall

I have a great project we did in our son’s room makeover this past spring that I want to share with you. It is how to build a DIY wood-slat wall. It is all the rage!

Houzewize.com

Faux Rustic Wood and Beams

I've always loved the look of rustic wood and beams mixed with chandeliers and French Country decor. We've always had a support beam in our living room but it was covered with dry wall. So recently, I painted it to look like wood.

Lynda @ Gates Of Crystal

DIY Faux Ceiling Beams

As I started my sunroom renovation I had so many different ideas for the ceiling! I contemplated between a black planked ceiling and a white planked ceiling with faux beams. Black ultimately just didn’t seem right for a sunroom in my opinion. I started by planking my ceiling using 1/4in plywood and painting it white! Then I tackled some DIY faux ceiling beams and I am so happy with how they turned out!!

Abbbclark_homeee

High End Wall on a DIY Budget

How to transform a wall, and a room, with inexpensive wood lath!Product links may be affiliate links which are no extra cost to you but your purchase helps me help you with more fantastic projects!

Becky at Flipping the Flip

DIY Wooden Backsplash

If your looking for an inexpensive way to upgrade your kitchen this DIY backsplash is a fraction of the cost per tile and has a major WOW factor!

Denika Coakley

How to DIY a Faux Wood Beam

Jessie

Bedroom Moulding Design Feature Wall

Lauren Ann Design | Farmhouse on Gunn's Hill

How to Frame Your Builder Grade Mirror

Amber Oliver

How to Build a Frame Around a Window With A Curtain Box

TANGLEWOOD HOMES

Dress up Corners With Handmade Plinth Blocks

Brett Lipton

How to Build a DIY Wood-Slat Wall

I have a great project we did in our son’s room makeover this past spring that I want to share with you. It is how to build a DIY wood-slat wall. It is all the rage!

Houzewize.com

Faux Rustic Wood and Beams

Lynda @ Gates Of Crystal

DIY Faux Ceiling Beams

Abbbclark_homeee

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Wall Building Videos

Are you looking for DIY tutorial videos on how to build walls? Look no further.

DIY Wooden Backsplash

If your looking for an inexpensive way to upgrade your kitchen this DIY backsplash is a fraction of the cost per tile and has a major WOW factor!

Denika Coakley

Faux Paneled Door

No matter how many upgrades you do on your house, if you've got the flat, 'flush' hollow core interior doors, your home will still look dated. Spending hundreds of dollars replacing fully functional but less-than-aesthetic doors isn't necessary when you can use trim to quickly and easily create faux panels!

OnTheFly...DIY

How to Make Raw Wood Beams

Love the look of reclaimed wood? Farmhouse-style finishes like large, weathered ceiling beams add so much warmth, charm, and character to a home but finding the perfect materials is not easy. Without easy access to an old barn—or antique wood looking to be reclaimed—I knew I would have to get creative to achieve a similar look. I was determined to learn how to make faux wood beams and with some new lumber, a few tools, and a dark walnut stain, I did just that!

HowToLou

Make Your Own Shiplap

The most popular accent wall right now is shiplap. Made famous mostly by Joanna Gaines, star of HGTV's Fixer Upper. Learn how to make your own shiplap

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Hometalkers' Favorite DIY Wall Building Projects

Looking for the best wall building projects? You've come to the right place.

Front Door Makeover

The previous homeowner removed the regulation size door 6'8" and replaced it with a much shorter door. The door itself is very unique and I want to keep it but make it look taller. I think I've achieved that goal with lots of moulding

Teri Uliasz Boyungs

How to Build a Half Wall at Top of Staircase

A couple of years ago I found a very good deal on a condo - no more renting apartments! The unit was in very good shape already (aside from minor repairs like a broken outlet or two, replacing some bathroom hardware, etc.) but now it's time to start making it "my own".

Ziz

Faux Paneled Door

OnTheFly...DIY

DIY Craftsman Door Trim

Craftsman style door casing is defined by simple profiles in flat stock, built up with stepped reveals and overhangs. There are an infinite number of sizes and combinations available, but if you get the proportions right, it’s a classic look that never goes out of style. Here’s the process I use to install craftsman style casing, which in many ways is harder to pull off than traditional miters.

Steve

Truly Awesome DIY Ways to Install Wainscoting in Your Home

Wainscoting is a lovely addition to any home. It adds elegance and a finished air to interior walls in a traditional, modern, country, or rustic room. Originally meant to protect walls from scuffs and damage, today it’s more often installed for decorative purposes.

Best Of Hometalk

Gorgeous Shiplap at a Fraction of the Price

I have a girl crush on Joanna Gaines and when I grow up, i want to be her. Seriously. Not only are Chip and Jo the definition of "relationship goals", but Jo has made a career doing what she loves and has been such an inspiration to so many people along the way - myself included. Not to mention, she basically introduced the world to shiplap and for that, I am eternally grateful. Shiplap doesn't seem to have been used in the homes in east Tennessee so I wasn't able to salvage any and i definitely wasn't lucky enough to discover it behind some nasty drywall on the infamous "demo day." so we made our own and we spent less than $60 doing so!

Susanna | Livin' The Life Of Riley

Front Door Makeover

Teri Uliasz Boyungs

How to Build a Half Wall at Top of Staircase

Ziz

Faux Paneled Door

OnTheFly...DIY

DIY Craftsman Door Trim

Steve

Truly Awesome DIY Ways to Install Wainscoting in Your Home

Best Of Hometalk

Gorgeous Shiplap at a Fraction of the Price

Susanna | Livin' The Life Of Riley

Popular Wall Building Discussions

Our building walls discussion board is the place for your DIY wall building ideas.

Looking for an idea to make the bookcase look flush against the wall.

/> Miami Pat

It’s an Ikea Billy bookcase. The cut out for smaller baseboard doesnt work. Would like it to look flush with the wall. Would rather not have to cut the baseboard. Looking for a way to cover/disguise the gap. Any ideas?

Looking for an idea to make the bookcase look flush against the wall.

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What sheen do I use for shiplap?

/> Nichollesimmons

Putting Shiplap on back wall of 1/2 bath. Going with white and I was going to go satin, but I am seeing a lot of eggshell?

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How do I install shiplap on a wall with an outlet?

/> Christy

I want to shiplap my entry wall about 3/4 the way up with a picture ledge and coat hooks. I’ve wanted to do this for 2 years now. Looking at different products, pictures, drawing it out, running it over in my head again and again. The 2 things that keep scaring me are the baseboards and the one outlet on the wall. I’m terrified to attempted to pull out the baseboards fearing I’ll mess something up but I’m not sure about the look of starting on top of them. The wall outlet! Going around it is not my concern it’s getting the outlet back out flush with the newly installed shiplap. Any tips, confidence boosters, anything you’ve got from your own experiences are greatly appreciated.

How do I install shiplap on a wall with an outlet?

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Should baseboards and window/door casings be the same size?

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We thought of doing the same size baseboards as the window/door casings!Thank you,Sand

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New Wall Building Projects

Looking for new ideas for DIY wall building? You'll find it all here.

How I Painted Wallpaper to Create an Accent Wall

Have you ever painted wallpaper? I know that some people have done so but I had never tried it; probably because once I got tired of wallpaper, I just took it down. I've been helping one of my sons refurbish his first home. We've been painting, removing & replacing trim, etc. I had already removed a wallpaper border in the kitchen and had planned to remove the wallpaper in the master bath....that is until he suggested we try painting it.

Jeanne

How to Install a Vertical Shiplap Wall

This guide will walk you through the steps of installing a vertical shiplap wall in your home. It’s actually easier than you think! Find out what tools you need to get started, how to avoid common installation mistakes and what paint sheen provides the best finish look for your project.

Martina at The Lived-in Look

Use Plywood Strips to Create a Statement Wall

I’m not one to display toilet paper on shelves behind my toilet on the wall. It might be for some but it’s not for me.The wall behind the toilet always throws me for a loop. When I was doing this bathroom I wanted to do something different, so I decided to do a simple skinny lap feature.Follow along with me and I will show you how I did it....

Amber (elk island rustics)

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Walls - Where to Start

Choose your materials

Map out the wall

Use the floor as your canvas

Create openings in a wall

To insulate the wall or not

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