Last Updated on February 12, 2019 by
Tricia at Simplicy In The South recently gave her hallway a makeover, taking it from a rather neglected 1980s look to a very light a bright cottage style hallway with board and batten walls.
Tricia added some cottage charm and character with gallery shelves, wainscoting, new lighting and oil rubbed bronze door hardware. She stayed on budget by using one sheet of MDF to make the boards and stiles for the board and batten treatment, and added texture to the walls above the board and batten using grasscloth. She and her husband built a set of picture ledges using pine boards, crown moulding, and a strip of lattice wood for the front ledge. She also built a new decorative air return vent cover.
Tricia actually did the entire project herself, other than having her husband rip down the MDF sheet and help with the shelves so that she could take pictures. (See there, ladies? You can pick up those power tools and get things done!!)
Head over to Simplicity In The South to check out all of the details (as well as tutorials for those projects) that went into this hallway transformation.
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7 Comments
Mari Paz López
May 28, 2013 at 6:26 amIncredible transformation! Greetings from Spain!
Podemos charlar juntas
Sue
May 28, 2013 at 9:05 amI love the new look! The crisp white really lightens up the hallway and those display shelves are perfect. Great job.
Karen Jorgenson
May 28, 2013 at 2:01 pmReally pretty. I love it.
Phil
July 31, 2013 at 2:51 pmThe makeover really seems to have brightened up the space! I love the high shelving and wall paneling. I think it makes the biggest difference!
Rosella
October 7, 2013 at 1:53 amTrying to finish a vintage style area right now, still trying to locate a bright red table
however I I really don’t imagine ikea would stock those!
Elizabeth Sagarminaga
May 9, 2014 at 3:48 amI love the new look and the shelves which you have displayed are marvelous. Really pretty. Nice post.
Jennifer Hyde
August 11, 2014 at 6:29 pmI just love what you did on this cottage charm hallway. How inspiring!