How to make a reclaimed wood feature wall
How to make a reclaimed wood feature wall
It is now September 2020, I’m trying to ignore the madness that is happening in the world and focus my energy on my projects, I am currently building a new workshop for Upcycle TV and I wanted a super cool backdrop for the channel.
I decided to make a reclaimed wood feature wall.
We had loads of scrap wood from all the renovation work that has been undertaken at the property, some of the timber is excess from the new building work but most of it is what was taken out from the previous occupier which was a Chinese takeaway.
How to make a reclaimed wood feature wall – Step by Step
1. I used CLS timber which fixed to wall by drill and screws – How to fix timber to a wall
2. These timber uprights were placed 600mm apart
3. The existing concrete was very unlevel so I used a long length of CLS to set the level at the bottom of the feature wall
4. Some of the wood used was from old pallets so we began splitting the boards
5. The next stage was to sort out all the timber into heights, I wanted each run of wood to be the same height
6. Start fixing the wood to the wall, ensuring that the wood overlays the wood fixed to the wall in a minimum of two points to ensure stability
7. Try to allow a careful balance of the distribution of the various coloured woods, for example; some of the wood was painted blue so this needed to be evenly placed across the wall
8. Working from the ground up all the way to the top of the wall
Video of How to Make a Wood Feature Wall
By Stuart Miles, Upcycle TV
This wall is going to be used for both the backdrop to my upcycle videos but also for professional business videos for https://developbusiness.co.uk so the setting has to be absolutely spot on, I cannot accept anything but top quality finish. There may be a TV that is used to display a logo or other information whilst filming so this also needs to be taken into account.
14th December 2020 – Update
The end wall with the window that you can see in picture two is now covered with OSB and I’m probably going to paint it white.
The next job on my list is to build a super awesome working bench and once complete, I can start making some really great YouTube videos for Upcycle TV, I’m really keen to get going now, it’s been a long time in waiting to get this workshop fully functional.
Most likely I will be putting a few tools on display on the OSB wall, this will double as much needed tool storage but will also look good when making Upcyle videos, however, if I am using the space for a studio for the business development videos, I can hide the tools from the shot. 3-4-The price of one 🙂
I will come back and finish this blog at a later date, hopefully, early January 2021 and I’ll be showing off the new workbench, if possible I will make a video of the design and construction of that.
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