A Beadboard Feature Wall

My front entry now has a beadboard feature wall:

I wanted to do a small beadboard panelling project to get used to working with the panelling and my new tools before the major bathroom let's-put-beadboard-on-every-surface project.  I'm so glad I did because I had some issues with the tools that needed to be addressed before continuing...

So back to my front entry. There was a ginormous electrical panel and a huge chunk of missing drywall.  Since I still had some electrical work to do in the house, I had to find various ways of hiding the missing drywall until I was finished my projects.   First I used the doors of a wardrobe to cover up the mess:

 Then when I sold the wardrobe, I built a couple of t&g pine panels and hinged them together like shutters:

Now that the electrical work is mercifully done, I can finish the wall and trim out the panel.  I decided on beadboard panels so that I didn't have to deal with mudding, taping, sanding and dust everywhere.  So I installed one piece of beadboard which snugged up to the edge of the electrical panel:

so now you can the ugliness I've been trying to hide.  This is right at my front door...

and then I built a box around the electrical panel, running it right to the floor so that it would be properly anchored and allow me to hang a hinged door over the panel:

Then I installed beadboard over the bottom half of the box and above the box:

Ooooh it looks so much better already!!!

Next task was to build a door panel to cover the electrical panel itself.  That extra box on the wall is a pain in the butt, it is where the panel used to be when the house was built and there are conduits sticking out of the wall and other messes that... well, it has to stay.

I took a piece of maple veneer and cut it down to fit.  With some decorative hinges and a couple of coats of chalkboard paint, I was thrilled with the final product!  

 I love this little bench, but the colour of the wood didn't work with the other pieces in my entryway sooooo

a coat of white paint and a good distressing later

                                                   VOILA!  Cute Electrical Panel Cover!

B E F O R E 

A F T E R

Have a happy and creative week!

Linking to all these fabulous parties:

The Brambleberry Cottage

the Grant Life

My Repurposed Life     a Little Knick Knack

Chic on a Shoestring

Homespun Happenings

One Project Closer     Funky Junk Interiors

Common Ground

I heart Nap Time     It's Overflowing     DIY Showoff

a Pinch of Joy

You're Talking Too Much

Serendipity and Spice

Homemaker on a Dime

Coastal Charm

Between Naps on the Porch

Salt Tree

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Not Just a Housewife

Creatively Living     Mod Vintage Life

Cedar Hill Ranch

Nutmeg Place     In the Old Road

Saavy Southern Style

DIY by Design

Clean & Scentsible

Beyond the Picket Fence

Embracing Change

Thrifty Decorating

From My Front Porch to Yours