If you have a Sharpie, a wall, and a love for shiplap- check out this tutorial!
This project is great for a wall that doesn’t get close attention or that people stand a few feet away from.
My laundry room/space (a closet in our bathroom) needed a makeover. My first idea was to try out some stick-on subway tiles on the whole back wall, but this $0 option was obviously the winner. After all, I’m the only one spending any time here!
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After Photo
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Before PhotoHere is our laundry area “before” photo! Yikes… Good thing there are closet doors to cover this up! For this space makeover, I planned to:
- Put in shelves between the cupboards
- Spackle and paint
- Put handles on the cupboards
- Make some sort of cover for the laundry sink
- Add subway tiles or shiplap to the back wall
After pricing out the stick-on subway tiles (even the really cheap ones), I decided it wasn’t worth it for the back of a closet. After some searching, I came across this Sharpie Shiplap idea and had to try it out!
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- Black Sharpie
- Level stick
- Pencil/grey pencil crayon
- Your wall painted white (preferably a matte/flat white)
That’s it!
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- Paint your wall with a matte/flat white. This will help make it look more convincing- a glossy paint won’t look like shiplap.
- Measure down the wall and tick off every 6 or 8 inches. These are standard heights for shiplap boards.
- Using your level and a Sharpie, draw your horizontal lines across the wall!
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![0 shiplap and a laundry room makeover](https://cdn-fastly.hometalk.com/media/2020/05/21/6177896/0-shiplap-and-a-laundry-room-makeover.jpg?size=720x845&nocrop=1)
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