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February 14, 2017 By Jenna 10 Comments

DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting

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DIY Wood Paneled Waiscoting | Simple Wall Treatment | Simple Wainscoting

One of my favorite things in our recent half-bath remodel are the walls – the glorious black and wood stained paneled walls.

Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

Grunt Labor and I came up with this idea when we first started brainstorming ideas for the bathroom and they turned out even better than we thought.

If you have never done any sort of wainscoting on a wall before, but you really want to, then this wood paneled wainscoting is a great place to start. It’s really simple, but has a big impact – and best of all, it’s easy on your pocketbook!

DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting

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Tools & Supplies

  • Luan Panels
  • Chair Rail Trim of Your Choice – preferably one with a lip that will slightly overlap your panels to hide any imperfections. We used one like this.
  • Inside Corner Wood Trim
  • Baseboard (you may be able to re-use what you already have)
  • Stain Color of Your Choice
  • Polyurethane
  • Circular Saw
  • Drill and Hole Saw Drill Bits, if you have circles to cut out for pipes.
  • Miter Saw
  • Nail Gun and Finish Nails or Hammer and Finish Nails
  • Jigsaw, if you have electrical outlets to cut out.

Steps

Step 1.

Measure all the walls you’ll be covering with the panels. Mark the measurements on your panels and cut the panels with the circular saw.

Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

If you have any places where there are electrical outlets, pipes or water lines, mark where these are on the boards and use a jigsaw or a drill with a drill bit that makes a large hole to cut out these spots.

Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

Put all the panels in place to make sure they fit.

Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

Step 2. 

At this point, I opted to go ahead and stain everything before actually attaching it to the wall. I stained the panels, the chair rail and the corner pieces at this time. I painted the baseboard. I gave everything two coats of stain. I did not apply polyurethane at this point though.

Step 3.

After the stain is fully dry, you can attach everything to the wall using a nail gun or hammer and finish nails.

The image below shows the order in which to attach everything. First, attach the luan boards to the wall.

Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

Next, cut the chair rail to the needed length at 45 degree angles on each end and attach to the wall.

Repeat with the baseboard at the bottom of the panels at the same angle on each end.

Finally, measure the distance between the bottom of the chair rail and the top of the baseboard in the corners and cut the inside corner pieces to that size, then attach to the wall.

Step 4. 

After everything is in place, fill any nail holes with nail filler and touch up the stain as needed. Give all the stained woodwork two coats of polyurethane and then let it fully dry.

Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

See! Pretty easy – even a beginning DIYer can do this!

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Looking for an wood wall treatment that's easy on your pocketbook? This DIY Wood Panel Wainscoting is something even a beginning DIYer can do!

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  1. Pam S says

    February 20, 2017 at 2:54 pm

    Loving this look….very rich!

    Reply
    • Jenna says

      February 23, 2017 at 7:41 am

      Thank you, Pam!

      Reply
  2. Linda S says

    February 23, 2017 at 3:31 pm

    That wood grain is beautiful! Enjoy your new space 🙂
    Thanks for sharing this today at our Encouraging Hearts & Home blog hop.

    Reply
    • Jenna says

      February 24, 2017 at 8:06 am

      Thanks so much, Linda!

      Reply
  3. Christine at Light and Savvy says

    February 26, 2017 at 10:41 am

    Thank you for sharing at Wonderful Wednesday! Wow, how gorgeous is that wood grain! Awesome job:) Christine at Light and Savvy

    Reply
    • Jenna says

      March 8, 2017 at 11:38 am

      Thanks, Christine!

      Reply
  4. Jessi says

    February 27, 2017 at 12:42 pm

    Wow this turned out great! Thanks for linking up with #TurnitupTuesday

    Reply
    • Jenna says

      March 8, 2017 at 11:36 am

      Thank you, Jessi!

      Reply
  5. Debra says

    March 5, 2017 at 9:12 am

    It always feels good to get projects like this done, doesn’t it? Thanks for sharing with us at Funtastic Friday!

    Reply
    • Jenna says

      March 8, 2017 at 11:26 am

      Yes, Debra! Feels so good!

      Reply

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