I've got a sickness...

Can't.stop.doing.projects.

I went straight from painting the kitchen cabinets to chalkboard paint projects to the pantry makeover to making an ottoman cover and book page wreath to board and batten in my entryway.  I am completely exhausted but there is so much more I still want to do!  So let me share the latest project:  board and batten in the entryway.

This is the before.  Booooooringggggg...

If you search Pinterest for "board and batten" and "entryway" it is ridiculous the amount of pins that will pull up.  But I was inspired by another blogger I follow and my friend, Kaiti, after both of them did their own versions.  Also, the hubs bought an air compressor to blow up a kiddie pool on 4th of July and it came with a free nail gun.  He has no idea the monster he has created;)

In all the extra time I have on my hands, I removed the trim and got started...

(These next few pics are all iPhone pics.  I just move too fast to take the time to take pics with my real camera:))

I just went to Menards and got some 1X4s for the top and bottom and 1X2s for the vertical pieces.  The 1X2s were already 4' in length so there was no cutting needed.  I pretty much eye-balled the placement of the slats after getting a general idea with my tape measure.  Nothing is exact and I did have to fudge the one near the outlet as to not have to go over the outlet cover.

Then, of course, I could not stop at just that wall, had to extend it to the walls on either side of the front door and the little alcove by the front door.

This is how it looked after the priming and 1st coat of paint was on.  (Sorry these iPhone pics are terrible!)

After a second coat, I hung the hooks.

(The piece of driftwood in the above pic was taken from the beach on Lake Michigan we went to on our most recent camping trip)

So then I stood back and admired my work...

...and quickly realized I needed a new bench.  One that I could shove that basket under.  So I got to sketching one out and texted my parents with my plans...

I am sure my dad just loves getting my chicken scratch sketches to work from;)  But within a few hours, my barnwood bench was well on its way to being built.  Here was the text I received...

Can't wait to get it all together!!  For now we both have to wait for the big reveal.  In the meantime, I am thinking up something genius for a different light fixture in the area and have started pinning my plans for my upstairs bathroom makeover.  Like I said, I've got a sickness...

 

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