How To Hang A Wooden Board On The Wall

Wooden signs are a great way to improve a home.

How to hang a wooden board on the wall.

Pallets are not perfect and no matter how hard you try there will be a gap or two here and there. Before you install the pallet boards you want to paint the wall they re going on a dark color. I happened to have some black paint in my garage cabinet so i grabbed it and quickly painted the wall. Most wall framings set studs every 16 inches so you should be okay to measure from there but double check with a pilot hole.

The pallet is going to hang from screws protruding from the wall and the weight hangs from the boards that are running parallel to the floor at what is now the top of the pallet. Family names favorite teams or vintage advertising signs are all meaningful additions to your décor. For a small pegboard two horizontal furring strips should be adequate. Rebecca and shannon of petite party studio are accomplished diyers and decorators and they love the look of distressed wood.

In the kitchen you might front face an island with barn wood or perhaps diy a barn board backsplash. The trick to wood plank walls is to keep it simple. Use reclaimed barn boards on only one feature wall in a room to keep the look simple yet make a statement. They look great as an accent wall in a bedroom or living room.

Ask a friend to help you install the furring strips. Alternatively to hang your whiteboard with hooks affix eyelets to the back of your whiteboard and hang them on screw in or adhesive hooks on your wall. Adjust until it is level and then ask a friend to hold the strip while you drill long wood screws through the furring strips and into the studs or wall anchors. I had planned to use toggle bolts to attach the 2 x10 x 20 or so on the length to the studs but the studs are in the wall the wrong way for me to drill thru and use the toggle s wing anchor.

Hold them horizontally across the wall and place a level on top. Hanging wooden signs is a simple do it yourself project that almost anyone can tackle. Step 5 line the pallet up with the studs in the wall as best you can. A wood plank wall can add a rustic focal point to a room.

Wooden signs inside the house can add a rustic touch communicate a message or complete a collection. The hard part in adding distressed planks to a wall is preparing the wood cutting and painting all the planks to get a uniform look. You need to drill through the plaster and into the wood framing.