DIY Wood Tongue-and-Groove Siding Wall (Laundry Room Makeover Part 2)

Clean slate.  I have a clean slate, guys!  I wiped my slate so clean you just won’t believe it’s the old slate, just clean   Does that even make sense?  I think it will once you see the “DIY Wood Tongue-and-Groove Siding Wall Laundry Room Makeover Part 2”.  Let’s not waste time blabbing.  Let me show you it.

Here’s a little reminder of what it use to look like.  Hideous I tell you.  I think I must have been eating too much sugar or something.  That wallpaper was the worst.  That’s okay though, we all make mistakes with decorating.  If you don’t, then you really don’t know what you love in my honest opinion.

Here’s the first step in our laundry room makeover in case you missed it last month.  Click here to follow our easy full tutorial: “How to Strip Wallpaper (Laundry Room Makeover Part 1).

I was so happy to see that wallpaper go bye bye.

I know a few of you have been waiting very patiently for this next step in our laundry room makeover, so thank you for sticking (no pun intended) with us.  When I was trying to figure out what to do on that large main window wall in the laundry room, I just kept picturing it white.  I think all of that busy wallpaper just made me want it white.  However, painting it white sounded too easy and too boring  😀   I wanted texture.  I wanted COOL-ness.

So, we decided on a wood tongue-and-groove white siding.  I want you to know that this is not shiplap.  It is actually very similar, and my husband and I have had many discussion on it.  Shiplap boards rest on top of one of another overlapping, while tongue-and-groove siding interlocks.  They are very similar and it does confuse me a little.

So lets take a look at the finished wood tongue-and-groove sided wall (after we painted it of course)…

I told you I have a clean slate.  It’s the cleanest slate in town folks.  I am absolutely in love with the “tongue-and-groove” look.  It’s a little on the farmhouse, rustic side and of course it will always be a classic look. It adds texture, charm, and personality.  I think it might even add depth to the room.

You may have also noticed some other differences in the room?  Here, take a another look…

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Bingo!  We painted the cabinets, too.  I originally painted them from dark oak when we did the ugly wallpaper thinking that if they were white, they may look better up against the ugly.  It helped a little, but I made the mistake of distressing them on the edges.  Do yourself a favor and don’t do that to cabinets.  A dresser, sure, but not cabinets.  Here’s what they looked like before, with the old knob on the left (yes I switched the knobs, too).

Here’s that clean slate again all finished…I love this classic clean look so much I could just look at it all day.  They look like diamond earrings to me 😯

If you’re interested in where I purchased these pretty knobs here you go…

Crystal Glass Cabinet Knobs

I also happen to have a matching glass door knob on the closet/pantry we have in there.

Glass Door Knob Information

After I figured out the knobs, I started thinking about the other accessories such as the light fixture above.  Hmmm…do I switch it or not?  I mean, it looks fine I think.  We had to paint the ceiling, so that is why it is unscrewed on top.

Well, I can’t tell you what I did because that is for the final reveal 😀 .  Before we get to that final reveal, we still have the 3rd reveal coming up next Friday.  So, yes there are 2 more reveals coming up for our laundry room makeover.  Next week it will be all about the floor.  Yes…the floor!  I need a rug guys.  I can’t have my kiddos coming in this entrance without a rug, so stay tuned.  You are going to flip when you see the one I chose.  Lets just say it is very colorful.  Then for the final reveal I will be decorating the entire room {YIPEE!!!) and putting back my laundry baskets.  I can’t wait.

Before I go, I promised a full “DIY Wood Tongue-and-Groove Siding Wall” tutorial, so here it is.  My husband wrote it up for me, and he did a fantastic job.  Well, okay, I tweaked it a little.

DIY Wood Tongue-and-Groove Siding Wall Tutorial

Important TIP:  When you encounter windows, cabinets, or any other obstacle that you will have to custom cut the siding to fit around, measure the total length of the siding you will need regardless of the obstacle.  Next, with a spare piece of siding placed temporarily over the groove of the previously installed piece, mark where you will need to remove siding at the obstacle by marking a horizontal line where you need to cut to, so that your siding fits over the cabinets, window, etc.  Next, measure from the beginning of the obstacle to the end to mark the section of the siding to be removed.  Make appropriate cuts to your siding and install in the same fashion as indicated above.

Don’t forget to come back for Laundry Room Makeover Parts 3 & 4 (beginning next Friday)!