shiplap

Shiplap accent wall

Awhile ago I put up an accent shiplap wall for Janice and Dale; they called and wanted another one. I measured the wall, then picked up the MDF shiplap and left it with them to paint, and to acclimatize to the house as well for a few days. Later I came back to install it.

This is an exterior wall with a built-out area where the foundation wall meets the windows. The issue with shiplap here was that you could see the top of it when it reached that transition. My solution was a small bar/shelf that covered it a little bit.

Done and waiting for customer to finish with a bit of touch up paint

Fireplace Shiplap and Mantel

Carol wanted to change the look of her fireplace area. It wasn’t built well originally – the wall probably had to be pushed out during fireplace installation for clearance reasons? Anyway she just wanted a cleaner look. So first we got rid of the existing mantel.

There was some discussion as to how to apply ship-lap. I preferred a frame on the angled walls but we ended up going with mitred corners. I used 1/4″ D grade fir plywood, cut in 8-inch strips and painted, and brad-nailed on the studs. It took several hours to install it!

Lastly I built a mantel out of plywood and painted it.

Faux shiplap and shelves

Joan and Tom hired me to change a drywall step that was kind of awkward. I flattened out the step and put a long, flat shelf in. (The wall needed patching in a couple of places.) Then I made “faux” shiplap out of 1/4″ MDF. Tom painted everything and then I tacked it up on 2 walls. There are also some shelves: they are hollow inside so they can slide into the wall alcove without support brackets.