Do It Yourself: Beautiful Staircase Board As Well As Batten

Adding board as well as batten is the easiest as well as most cheap means to add together involvement to a basic basement staircase.

THE BASEMENT BOARD AND BATTEN STAIRCASE IS DONE!!!

You guys, I can't fifty-fifty tell you lot how practiced it feels to type those words.   Refinishing our basement stairs as well as adding board as well as batten to the walls has been a projection I've wanted to do ever since moving into our dwelling over 12 years ago.  It's also been i of those projects that I simply could non larn motivated to finish.  I was thus unmotivated that I decided to proclaim on Instagram (to concur myself accountable) that I was giving myself 2 weeks to consummate this half-finished project.  I'm happy to study that I non exclusively finished the molding, but I did it inwards less than 2 weeks as well as it looks amazing. 

Before I larn to the reveal, I wanted to dorsum upward as well as portion how this infinite evolved over the years.

When nosotros bought our house, the basement walls were covered inwards paneling as well as the steps were bare as well as clear coated, definitely a picayune dated as well as non my style.  

      

We eventually tore out the paneling, added drywall as well as rug as well as that's how it stayed for a yoke of years. 

           

I e'er wanted to refinish the steps as well as move on them bare, but my hubby actually wanted them carpeted spell our kids were little.  It was overnice having them covered amongst picayune ones inwards the house, but the rug wore out fast.  I lived amongst it for a while, but subsequently I accidentally flooded the basement as well as destroyed the rug I knew the stair rug had to become too. 

I removed the carpet, painstakingly pulled out hundreds of staples as well as then sanded, stained as well as sealed the steps.  (You tin read to a greater extent than almost that procedure HERE)

As much every bit refinishing the stairs improved the staircase, the walls withal needed to move repainted as well as I actually wanted to add together a wall treatment.   I eventually bought all the wood, started cutting as well as nailing the chair rails as well as batten pieces to the wall as well as then speedily got frustrated.  The vertical boards were non hitting studs as well as angles were non lining up.  So, what did I do?  I quit as well as allow it sit down for over a year.

I walked upward as well as downward the stairs hundreds of times, simply waiting for motivation to strike.   Eventually, (with my dads nudging) I in conclusion got my butt inwards gear as well as finished the molding. 

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO INSTALL BOARD AND BATTEN

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- 1'' x 4' x 8' boards (for chair rail)

- 1" x 2" x 8' boards (for overstep of chair rail)

- 1/4" x 3"x 4' Poplar boards (for battens)

- Stud finder

- Laser level

- Tape measure

- Nail gun

- 2 inch nails for smash gun

- Construction adhesive

- Dap cut caulk

- Wood filler

- Fine grit sandpaper

- White semi-gloss paint

STEPS TO ADD DIY BOARD AND BATTEN TO WALLS

I started amongst the chair rails first.  I used my stud finder as well as a Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation grade to grade the wall as well as studs all the means downward the stairs as well as along the wall.  I as well as then measured as well as cutting the 1x4x8 boards to size (mitering the ends) as well as nailed them into studs amongst my smash gun.   

After the chair rails was complete, I added the 1x2x8 boards on overstep to do a picayune to a greater extent than character. 

Once the chair rails was complete, I started mensuration as well as nailing inwards the batten boards.  You'll desire to mensurate as well as cutting each slice separately inwards illustration your flooring is uneven.  Most of the vertical boards are nailed into studs, but I also used adhesive mucilage to brand certain they were practiced as well as tight on the wall.  After I had all the vertical boards nailed upward I caulked all the gaps as well as filled inwards all the smash holes amongst forest putty.

I allow everything dry, sanded the forest putty shine as well as then finished off the steps amongst a yoke fresh coats of paint.

The walls are painted using Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige, the cut is take off the shelf Sherwin-Williams Super Paint semi-gloss as well as the door is Sherwin-Williams Iron Ore.

Can I simply tell how much I dislike ikon stairways?  Thankfully, my blood brother owns his ain ikon fellowship (Painting Contractors of Maryland for all you lot locals) who was overnice plenty to come upward over as well as do the cutting in.  I simply had to curlicue the walls, but it was plenty for me to tell that I am never ikon a stairway again.  There, I said it.

          

          

Updated metallic hardware cabinet / Fiddle Leaf (similar) / Eye Chart

I've been kicking myself for non completing the DIY board as well as batten on our stairs sooner.   I can't fifty-fifty limited how practiced it feels to move able to walk downstairs as well as bring this projection complete.  It simply goes to demonstrate that a few hundred dollars inwards supplies as well as a picayune difficult operate tin brand a dramatic difference. 

   

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