![]() ![]() In our former home we had a large checkerboard chalkboard wall in our kitchen. Wall #2: A chalkboard wall in 4 shades of black/gray with Benjamin Moore paint Each piece is attached to the wood mounting board with heavy-duty velcro strips. The space between each if the three pieces is 1/8″. They are 3/4″ thick so it gives it a floating effect. The finished piece is actually three pieces.We sanded the entire piece lightly to expose some of the wood and to make it look a little distressed and give it some texture.I went a little more cream considering it is going on a white wall and we wanted contrast. We then painted the opposite side a creamy white. We removed the tape and waited a couple of hours before taping the other side.We taped down the center and painted one side a mix of dark gray and black (just paints we had on hand from previous projects).We measured (measure twice and cut once is our motto), marked the cut lines and then cut three even parts.It was already pretty smooth, but we wanted to make sure there were no uneven rough spots. The first thing we did was sand the round piece of wood.A cordless drill to anchor the wood mounting pieces to the wall.You’ll need a circular saw or a jig saw to cut the wood into three pieces.Wood screws (anchors if mounting to drywall and not studs).3 2″ x 4″ x 3/4″ wood pieces or blocks to mount on the wall.Paint (two colors or more depending on if you are mixing colors to get the shade you want).One round wood board that can be found in the lumber section at places like Home Depot.Wall #1: How to make the piece of artwork The Supplies: She credited styling by Brady Tolbert with interior design by Studio LIFE/STYLE. I want to make sure I give proper credit for the inspiration behind this DIY. Maybe because it is exactly what I was searching for. I love this interior, but it was that round black and white wood piece that immediately drew my eyes into this space. Here is the room that inspired this simple project. I showed it to Brent on a Saturday morning over coffee, and an hour later, we were at Home Depot getting the supplies. I kept going back to it and thinking it seemed like it would be easy enough to re-create. We had seen a round wood piece in black and off-white in a mountain home on Instagram. Next, we wanted to create a focal point, something visual for the wall as soon as you walk in the front door, and then find something fun for the other blank walls. It needed a piece of furniture and this fits perfectly. Our first solution was to put a console table with folding stools in front of the stairs. But a staircase and five blank walls in an awkward hallway (if you can even call it that) seemed to be about three too many blank walls. We’re not ones to want artwork or something on every wall, and we do appreciate empty space sometimes. One has a door for a small closet, one has a Nest thermostat right smack in the middle, and then there were five blank walls. ![]() But…there’s this one area that leads from the living room/entry to the kitchen, and there are seven narrow walls. Then at some point, the entire house had been gutted and renovated. It may not have even been winterized for many years. Our home was built in 1922, probably as a summer cottage. When we first purchased our new (old) home, there were several things we loved, a few things we did not, and a few other things we didn’t even notice at first. ![]() Regardless of what you do in trying to make different layouts work, you always end up with an awkward corner or inevitable awkward spaces. Over the years, we’ve bought old houses, moved into existing structures and we’ve even torn one down to the studs and rebuilt. DIY: How to decorate narrow awkward wall spaces in the entryway of a beach cottage built in 1922.
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