Staten Island
contractor and hold onto your safety goggles, its 2,000 words long. But don’t
let all the words fool you; we’d say that this was one of the biggest
bang-for-you-buck / most fool-proof ways to make an easy upgrade that we’ve
encountered in a while. Wow, just realized I’m five sentences into this and
I’ve already said “bang” twice. Not sure if that’s a good sign Contractor Staten
island or what…
We had long known
that adding some sort of molding feature to our hallway was in our future… and
now we’re just kicking ourselves for waiting so long. It cost us a mere $57 for
the materials (we did buy a tool on top of that, but we’ll get to that in a
second) and it only took a few hour-or-two-long work periods over the course of
6 days (including some break days for paint-curing) to finally bring some oomph
to our boring hall. So anyone who’s looking to tackle this on nights and
weekends could hopefully do it within a week since each step only took a few
hours and could be spaced out across each evening Contractor Staten island.
We were inspired by a
few other tutorials – like Ana’s, Kate’s, Sarah’s, and Emily’s – and took
pieces and parts of each to figure out what worked best for us. So our tutorial
below may not be exactly what your space needs, but between the lots of us
there should be a fitting solution in there! Let’s just say that we learned
that there are many different ways that you can approach board & batten, so
a lot is about personal preference, what suits your home, etc.
And fret not if you can’t
watch the videos (if, say, you’re at work) – we broke down all the steps with
photos and descriptions right here (note: watching them later if you’re
planning to tackle this might simplify things a lot – I always think videos
make things less intimidating).
But on with the
words! To start, we measured the space and planned our materials. My
graph-paper sketch was probably over killed, but it made me feel better. It
helped us plan how many boards we needed for the top rail and ledge, as well as
count how many battens (the vertical strips) we might need.
Next up was a supply
run. We had most of what we needed on hand, so the only four items that we
ended up purchasing are pictured below (the nail gun being a belated birthday
gift from my sweet wife who was just waiting for me to pick out the one I
wanted).
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