How to Build Walls

Building walls yourself is no small feat. Let us help you out with ideas and tips from other Hometalkers. Take a stroll around the discussion board, ask a question, and check out top, new, and best projects to inspire and guide you. From interior and exterior walls, to partition and brick walls, we've got you covered.

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Walls - Where to Start

Choose your materials: Decide what materials to build your wall with. An interior wall is most likely to be wood, while the exterior uses a variety of materials.
Map out the wall: Before building a wall, map out how it's going to look, including measurements for openings such as doors and windows.
Use the floor as your canvas: When creating a wooden wall frame, put it together on the floor of the house first. When it’s done, simply lift it up and install it in place.
Create openings in a wall: You can build a wall with space for a door or window already made. If the wall is not load bearing, you can simply carve out the space needed.
To insulate the wall or not: Once a wall is put together, you may choose to insulate the wall using insulation boards or dry lining.

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Top DIY Projects for Building Walls

Top wall building projects all here for your DIY enlightenment. Have a look around.

How to Easily and Inexpensively Create Beautiful Shiplap Walls!

You’ve probably seen countless gorgeous pictures of the ever-popular shiplap walls. Shiplap walls are a great way to add texture and a farmhouse feel to a room. In your own home, you can use shiplap to create a shiplap accent wall, frame a fireplace, or cover all the walls in a room.

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Statement Panelling on a Wall Using Adhesive

We created an open plan kitchen and dining room area and still wanted to pull the two spaces together so I decided to make a statement wall which would match the kitchen island. The dining room wall is not huge and I wanted it to stand out a bit, panelling seemed like the best solution!

From Evija with Love

Updating Our Dining Room on a $350 Budget

I did not want to waste alot of money on the dining room (since technically we don't like to formally eat anyways) but still wanted to have the dining room look filled and inviting , just in case we have guests.

Dessya Palit

DIY SHIPLAP WALL FOR $50!

Being a military family and first time homeowners, we wanted to do something amazing for our small living room space. Instead of going the route of painting a wall a bold color - we decided to go with my love for all things farmhouse inspired - a shiplap wall!

Terri fuller

Affordable DIY Shiplap Walls

Adding shiplap to your walls gives your home an instant modern-farmhouse vibe and luckily there’s a super affordable way to DIY shiplap in your own home that will fit into any home improvement budget!The real magic behind this project is the material used to create the actual shiplap. With this method, the shiplap is installed over your existing drywall saving you time and cost. Can you believe that it only cost us about $20 per wall for the shiplap and Chris had it up in few short hours (spread out over a few days, but who’s complaining?) That’s less than a can of paint in many cases! I just love a project that takes really simple materials and turns them into something unexpected. You know, projects that are greater than the sum of their parts.

CreekLineHouse .

Farmhouse Plank Wall

This is where it started- an old mill in foreclosure that a man bought at auction and was giving away everything in the warehouse. We got about 900 square feet of 1/4" heart pine lumber for FREE!!!!!! It was dark, hot and dusty but it was FREEEEEE! As you can see, the boards were not in a finished state. But surprisingly we had very little waste!

Caroline

An Old Fence Thrown In The Trash? Not On My Watch!

Driving through a neighborhood on the way home from dropping my daughter off at school - I spotted 6-7 bundles of these at the curb along with the regular trash.

Passionately Grounded

The New Powder Room

We bought a 2 story home, with only 1 bathroom - downstairs... but none where the kitchen and living area are! I immediately forfeited our pantry for a small powder room! Here's how... You can see this, and all of our other projects, on our website! www.tailgateranchtx.com

Julia Fletcher

Widen and Expand Doorway

The front room in my house had unusual shaped doorways. I wanted to widen them and raise them a little. Both to get better airflow and to update them.

Michael Scott

How to Easily and Inexpensively Create Beautiful Shiplap Walls!

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Statement Panelling on a Wall Using Adhesive

From Evija with Love

Updating Our Dining Room on a $350 Budget

Dessya Palit

DIY SHIPLAP WALL FOR $50!

Terri fuller

Affordable DIY Shiplap Walls

CreekLineHouse .

Farmhouse Plank Wall

Caroline

An Old Fence Thrown In The Trash? Not On My Watch!

Driving through a neighborhood on the way home from dropping my daughter off at school - I spotted 6-7 bundles of these at the curb along with the regular trash.

Passionately Grounded

The New Powder Room

Julia Fletcher

Widen and Expand Doorway

The front room in my house had unusual shaped doorways. I wanted to widen them and raise them a little. Both to get better airflow and to update them.

Michael Scott

Wall Building Videos

Are you looking for DIY tutorial videos on how to build walls? Look no further.

How to Install Picture Moulding(faux Panel Moulding)

Picture moulding adds so much architectural detail and is surprisingly easy to install. My foyer needed a face lift so when my contractor neighbor generously gave me a bundle of chair rail I put it to good use.

Mimzy lombardo

Faux Paneled Door

No matter how many upgrades you do on your house, if you've got the flat, 'flush' hollow core interior doors, your home will still look dated. Spending hundreds of dollars replacing fully functional but less-than-aesthetic doors isn't necessary when you can use trim to quickly and easily create faux panels!

OnTheFly...DIY

4 Fast Home Builds That Will Make You Want to Do It Yourself!

You don't have to be a master DIYer to accomplish these quick builds. By the end of the video you're going to be running to the store to buy your materials!

Kara S.

Hometalkers' Favorite DIY Wall Building Projects

Looking for the best wall building projects? You've come to the right place.

My First Solo Project - Guest Bathroom Blah to Beachy...continued!

I have a love/hate relationship with my cats. While they are so very lovable when they want to be, I hate they can also be holy terrors.Case in point:You might recall my guest bathroom I turned from "Blah to Beachy," all by myself. I took so much pride in this particular project because it was the first one I did without (much) help from my hubby. Also, I was thrilled it had been published on many different websites, all thanks to the publicity I received from Hometalk. Well, my cats didn't care. You know how I know this? Just look at what they did:

Heather McKinney

Board & Batten Navy and White Living Room

It was time to update our circa 2000 Pottery-barn-inspired living room. The red walls and red couch were replaced with a more neutral pallet of navy and white, featuring a crisp white faux board and batten wall treatment. This post offers a before and after of the living room reveal.

Linda @ it all started with paint

My Very Own Pallet Wall.

After seeing pictures all over the internet showing pallet walls, I decided I needed one in my own house. Here is the wall We created in our own home.

Melly

Planked Dining Room Wall

My dining room is very open with only one long solid wall. It is the first room you can see when you walk into my home. I had been wanting to add some planking on the wall. Originally I wanted to add bead board. I had some bead board wall paper, but it was old and fell off the wall. My ceilings are 10 feet high and solid sheets of bead board would not work. I like ship lap but my handy hubby is not a fan. So off to Lowes and Home Depot to find a compromise.

Jennifer

DIY Accent Pallet Bathroom

We redid our bathroom maybe about 2 years ago when we moved into the house. Just mostly putting new floors and vanity. The space looked plain and I wanted to give it a little pop :]We had most of our tools already and really only needed the nails for the nail gun. $8 and a couple hours of our weekend time was all it took!

Dessya Palit

My First Solo Project - Guest Bathroom Blah to Beachy...continued!

Heather McKinney

Board & Batten Navy and White Living Room

Linda @ it all started with paint

My Very Own Pallet Wall.

After seeing pictures all over the internet showing pallet walls, I decided I needed one in my own house. Here is the wall We created in our own home.

Melly

Planked Dining Room Wall

Jennifer

DIY Accent Pallet Bathroom

Dessya Palit

New Wall Building Projects

Looking for new ideas for DIY wall building? You'll find it all here.

Master Bathroom Makeover

Master Bathroom make over using Bead Board and project Boards. Added New flooring and removed popcorn ceilings. Cabinet makeover, replaced tub but love the cabinet Idea❤️

Esther Cherry Carr

Fake Wainscoting Tutorial

An easy way to update your home with decorative moldings.This is the finished product and we created the look of wainscoting by first adding a chair rail from Lowe's using a nail gun, painted the wall in a semi-gloss white paint. You can find more ideas at my blog, www.decorchick.com.

Decorchick!

Cedar Planked Herrinbone Bathroom Wall

I really love those accent walls that are made from olds skids however I do NOT love ripping them apart. So when I came across Cedar planks for closets I knew it would be perfect for the look I wanted.

Amy

Easy Board and Batten With Minimal Mitering!

Board and batten or ‘wainscotting’ wall treatments look amazing but can be super labor intensive with lots of miter cuts. This easy version gives you a very similar look, uses existing baseboard trim, and cuts out time and work. And best of all - minimal mitering! Sponsored in part by Rust-Oleum!

OnTheFly...DIY

Shiplap Wall !

We needed to update our hideous purple wall In the living room. We figured the best way was to add shiplap! And it turned out better than we thought!

Edzon Plascencia

Creating A Space Dividing Wall With Wire Rope

In our previous home we had a half wall which divided the kitchen from the Livingroom. It was hard to keep clean because everyone would sit on it or place items on it.Well, one day discussing it with my husband, we decided to do something about it. It had to go. Originally, we thought about dividing the spaces with glass but for some reason ($$$$$$) we decided against it. My husband likes to cook while enjoying his favorite show on TV, so we had to come up with something that would divide the spaces yet afford a clear view to the Livingroom.After a few ideas back and forth, we agreed on one and I went upstairs to shower. When I returned, this is what I found:

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Walls - Where to Start

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Create openings in a wall

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