![]() The vibe in our home was cottage-y and I loved the coastal look, so I thought doing some kind of wainscoting to the wall would be a good way to cover the drywall and add interest and texture. Just painting it would look really bad and scraping off all the glue residue already took hours. ![]() We needed an inexpensive way to cover the drywall that was no longer completely smooth. This was our first big home project and we were learning as we went, so skim-coating the wall wasn’t in our repertoire. I won’t get into how to remove wallpaper in today’s post, but what we found after we removed the wallpaper was damaged drywall from all the glue used on the paper. It had original linoleum flooring, fixtures, ugly vanity and countertop and purple and white wallpaper all from the 1960s. The house was small so it was the only bathroom in the house and it needed to be updated BAD. The first project (excluding painting walls) was gutting our bathroom. Our first home was a fixer upper and full of projects. Hopefully this will help answer your questions on if beadboard is right for your next project. I will share our DIY tutorial for how we installed the beadboard paneling and the tools needed along with what beadboard material to choose that’s moisture resistant. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. We love the textural look it adds to a space to an otherwise boring room plus it’s super affordable and easy to install! When we gutted of our bathroom in our first home, we decided to install beadboard paneling to the walls. ![]()
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