Walls-ideas

[waldenbound]

I had a plan to just use thin plywood for the van's walls, but after a lifetime of drywall, I want something a bit nicer.

So, any ideas? Knotty wood planks, peg board for a farm kitchen look? I just want some ideas so I don't have boring walls to look at.

 

[wagoneer]

Get creative with some paint.

 

[rvpopeye]

Get small amounts of several colors of paint , a bunch of 12 yo kids , an equal number of brushes and let 'em go to it! Whatever you end up with , it WON 'T BE BORING!

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

How about this?

 

[waldenbound]

Get small amounts of several colors of paint , a bunch of 12 yo kids , an equal number of brushes and let 'em go to it! Whatever you end up with , it WON 'T BE BORING!

That is so true ! I had an idea with paint but it would require a lot of time and money. I will have to evaluate when I get my insulation and furring strips up.

 

[waldenbound]

How about this?

That's fun too! I will have to think about this all day at work.

 

[bullfrog]

Check out the foam cabinets finish and TTnT's foamies section for cloth covered pannels, insulation and pretty.

 

[GotSmart]

Bead Board.

 

[masterplumber]

I'm really liking the look of tongue and groove pine. If you buy the closet liner material at the big box stores (they have it in pine and cedar) it's only 3/8'' thick so it's fairly light weight.

 

[Almost There]

I covered the panel sections in the ceiling and at both ends of the bed with marine vinyl in a color that co-ordinated with the rest of the paint job.

I also put a layer of CCF behind the vinyl to soften the look.

Whatever you decide to do, make sure it's washable as you'll be kicking yourself if it isn't.

 

[Cammalu]

If u want to see a wild one look up magnolia pearl airstream and look what she did inside. She has tapestry in places but has put up tin ceiling tiles also.


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[waldenbound]

I'm kind of leaning towards the beadboard, for a farm house look. I would have it vertical, then paint the lower half a dark brown, then the upper half a different, light color. I think that would look nice.

 

[rvpopeye]

That sounds like it will look great





Here's a pic of a bus conversion "The Emerald Gypsy"

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

You understand that, psychologically, dark colors contribute to a "closed in" feeling, while light colors tend to have the opposite effect, right?

 

[waldenbound]

A single panel may not be enough to cover from the ceiling to floor. I may have to use some plywood to cover the rest, close to the floor. Sort of like wainscoting. Hence the reason for two tone paint.

 

[Almost There]

If you're building in various furniture pieces like cabinets and the bed, your wall paneling doesn't have to go all the way from floor to roof height.

I attached 1/4" plywood to the back of the kitchen cabinet unit and then just added a wall panel above that. The same thing with the bed unit. It's separate at the bed platform height.

I did it because, you're right it's just over 48" which means a lot of wasted wood - you can't get two panels out of an 8' length. I was able to lay out the panels on the plywood so that I got maximum use out of a sheet and minimal wastage.

It also let me do fancier wall panels where they show and just used regular plywood where it wouldn't.