A simple tutorial for cheap & easy DIY shiplap using inexpensive material from a home improvement store.
 
Remember when we were all into the board and batten wall treatment a few years ago" Everyone did it including me, and there were a zillion DIY tutorials published on the web.
Fast forward, now the rage is shiplap and everyone is doing it and there are a zillion tutorials published on the web. I?m late to this party but I?ve finally arrived. Yes, I?ve finally jumped on the shiplap bandwagon.
 
I mentioned in a post last week I was adding it to my bathroom and I received a comment, ?ouch, don?t tell me you too have gone the way of shiplap"? which I found funny and I had to reply ?just a touch?. If you watched my Instagram stories, you knew what I was up to last weekend.  
 
I wouldn?t cover my house in it, but in my powder bathroom I knew the look would feel fresh, modern, and coastal, and it would be the best complement to the waves wallpaper I?m about to install above it in this space.
 
When I was contemplating this wall treatment I did what any incurable DIYer does, I researched what others had done and then thought to myself how would I do it. I was going for simple and affordable.
At first I was thinking of using laminate or vinyl flooring because it?s thin. Not meant for walls but I thought maybe I could make it work. That idea was good but a little too dicey and pricey. Then I spied super thin plywood at Home Depot and thought that also wou...