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Bea (@bea.copeland) just bought her first house, and it needs a lot of work! In this episode, Bea tackles transforming the entryway of her home with a wallpaper design from Morris & Co. dating back to 1875 and a wood paneling design called wainscoting painted with zero VOC paint from Clare Paint, a women-owned paint company. Tune in to see how she did it!
Wallpaper: Marigold design in the color Artichoke from Morris & Co. found here: https://morrisandco.sandersondesigngroup.com/product/wallpaper/compilation-wallpaper/marigold/dcmw216837/
Paint Swatches & Paint: Neutral Territory color from Clare Paint found here: https://www.clare.com/products/paint-neutral-territory?_pos=1&_sid=87a57615d&_ss=r
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Wallpaper: Marigold design in the color Artichoke from Morris & Co. found here: https://morrisandco.sandersondesigngroup.com/product/wallpaper/compilation-wallpaper/marigold/dcmw216837/
Paint Swatches & Paint: Neutral Territory color from Clare Paint found here: https://www.clare.com/products/paint-neutral-territory?_pos=1&_sid=87a57615d&_ss=r
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00:00This always kind of scares me.
00:03This room has four corners, and each corner has its own problem.
00:07It's fun, but it's also stressful.
00:13I'm Bea, a designer and a DIYer with a passion for home improvement.
00:17Whoa!
00:18I just bought my first house, and it needs a lot of work.
00:21A lot of vandalism.
00:22Rodent.
00:22Stripper pool here.
00:23Ratt stage here.
00:24So it's time to put my skills to the test.
00:26I love learning from the pros, but sometimes I'm gonna try things my way.
00:32Join me for the adventure.
00:42Hey, I'm Bea.
00:44Today, I'm transforming my entryway.
00:47So when I first bought the house, I immediately knew that painting this room
00:52was one of the first things I wanted to do.
00:54It was bright orange.
00:56There was this light pink tile on the floor.
00:59I knew that I wanted the entryway of the house to be inviting,
01:02to be kind of tranquil, to set the mood of the rest of the house.
01:06So to transform this room, I'm thinking wallpaper up top,
01:10wainscoting below, cleaning up this light fixture,
01:13cleaning up the closet area, and a new door.
01:17There's limited light in here, and I want to pick a color combination
01:21that lightens it up.
01:23I love this marigold pattern from Morris & Co.
01:27It's one of their oldest patterns.
01:28I think it was designed in the mid-1800s.
01:31And because the wallpaper is so busy, I just want to keep it very kind of grounded
01:36and neutral for the wainscoting below.
01:38We got a winner!
01:41So this is my wallpaper table setup.
01:44The first step is to cut all of your wallpaper.
01:47A sharp knife, especially with snap-off blades, is super important.
01:52So I'm cutting my strips at 48 inches.
01:55That just gives me enough wiggle room on top and on bottom.
01:58I've added this blue tape here, and that's an indicator for me.
02:01From the edge of the table to the blue tape is my 48 inches.
02:06Using a metal ruler just to get that nice clean edge,
02:09sharp knife, apply a little pressure, clean, cut.
02:13Below my ruler, I just have a rubber mat so that I'm not slicing into the table.
02:19It's great to keep all scrap before you kind of throw things away
02:22because you never know where you can use a scrap.
02:25It's also really important that you buy extra wallpaper.
02:27Another interesting thing about ordering wallpaper is you want to make sure it's all from the same batch.
02:32If you order different batches of wallpaper,
02:34you can end up with slightly different little variations in color.
02:38So I'm just going to roll these up, put them to the side,
02:40drop some plastic so we can paste.
02:43I'm going to bring my wallpaper back.
02:46So we've got our paste.
02:47Let me just shake this up.
02:49Pasting is just like painting, but you just want a nice, even coat.
02:54Remember the whole piece.
02:57And you definitely need to get the edges,
03:00because that's where your seams come together
03:02and you want to make sure it's like a nice, secure edge.
03:07Wallpaper is a balance of quick and delicate.
03:10So now that I've pasted my first sheet,
03:12I'm going to do something called booking.
03:14And this is only something you need to do with pasted wallpaper.
03:17You're folding the paper in on itself so that the paper can saturate.
03:23The paste can become part of the paper.
03:25Some people even say that the paper expands a little bit.
03:28So I will let that sit before I apply it to the wall.
03:32All right, the first piece, here goes nothing.
03:35You simply unfurl that top piece and then you go in.
03:40Now you want to leave excess.
03:43Here's my plumb line.
03:44This is from a laser level.
03:46It's showing me what is straight, what is plumb to this wall.
03:50Now is where I need my tools.
03:52And I have like a palette knife.
03:55And this is for smoothing.
03:57I'm smoothing onto that laser level line.
04:00I can see a little puckering here.
04:02I might just need to come back with a little bit of paste
04:04before I do my next.
04:06And I'm going to smooth it up to this top edge
04:09and just get a nice crease up there.
04:11The key to trimming up top is that you want your knife
04:15to be on the side of excess, holding my palette knife below.
04:19And I'm just going to run it along.
04:21Now I ran into a problem here.
04:24So the paper is super wet.
04:26And you see it bunched up there.
04:27I'm hoping I can salvage that.
04:30It's bound to happen somewhere.
04:32It could happen on the first go.
04:34All right, well, I'll paste it in
04:37and you and I will be the only people who know.
04:40All right.
04:42And because it's very wet outside,
04:45I think the paper is just feeling extra soggy.
04:49With the right tools, you know,
04:51it just takes a little bit of back and forth,
04:54a little bit of trial and error.
04:56I'm going to take this off here.
04:58Okay.
04:59And this edge is going to be covered with wainscoting.
05:01So you can see there are certain areas that matter,
05:05like this top crease and certain areas that will just disappear.
05:10The first one is up, which means it's time for the second one.
05:13And now the trick here is you're matching up your seams.
05:18You want to bring it just up to the seam of the previous paper.
05:23You just want them to like kiss.
05:25Oh, that's a perfect little seam right there.
05:28Time for the knife.
05:30Let me just snap this off here.
05:33Like that.
05:34Fresh edge.
05:36Okay.
05:36On to the next one.
05:38Oh, it's a corner.
05:39The corners are so tricky.
05:44Be very cognizant of this seam because that is the most important part right now.
05:49What I feel like I have to do is cut like a relief in here.
05:55Doesn't this just look so complicated?
05:57I'm sure there's an easier way of doing this.
05:59I just have not figured it out yet.
06:02Okay.
06:02Okay.
06:03I like what's happening there.
06:06Ripping off that top edge.
06:08So I've got that edge.
06:08It's because this wall is not straight when it meets the corner that like there's some rippling happening.
06:16There's some movement.
06:18It's really hard to get this little corner perfect.
06:22A wonky wall like this throws off this edge, which then would throw off this edge.
06:28So I'm trying to reconfigure it so that nothing is thrown off and it's a little tricky.
06:32Probably just match the seams up because you're never going to know that the pattern is, you know, off of
06:39a quarter of an inch.
06:40What?
06:40You think?
06:41I think.
06:42What?
06:43Are you saying?
06:45Even though look at that, but that over so many rolls, you don't think that's going to look way off?
06:51Damn.
06:52You underestimate my perfectionism.
06:55Okay.
06:55I wonder if wallpaper pros are like rolling over in their grave by you saying that.
07:01It's because I messed up.
07:02No, it's because I messed up the corner.
07:04That's what it's about.
07:05Oh, 100%.
07:06I mean, I think that's right.
07:08Like this seam looks really nice.
07:10Once it dries, it'll be nice and it'll kind of disappear.
07:13So I'm just going to leave it because Liam said so.
07:17Even though the pattern is slanting, it's a little bit more than an eighth of an inch.
07:23We're just going to go with it and hope that it all comes out in the wash.
07:30I love wallpaper because there are so many options for any kind of design aesthetic and for renters.
07:39And if you just don't want to deal with the hassle of pasting, peel and stick is a great way
07:44to go.
07:45Oh, it's a shoulder workout for sure.
07:53I like the sound of that.
07:56Good.
07:57We're installing a nailer here so that the wainscoting can nail into something solid.
08:02I don't recommend doing demo while also doing wallpaper.
08:08But it's a time crunch.
08:09So wainscoting.
08:10Wainscoting.
08:11It's the same thing no matter how you pronounce it.
08:14Hey, Liam.
08:15Should we look at this, uh, at these boards?
08:18Figure out our pattern?
08:21Wainscoting actually dates back, I think, to the 1300s.
08:25Traditionally, wainscoting is used to protect the walls in high traffic areas like a dining room from the backs of
08:32chairs or in an entryway, a mudroom.
08:34I think originally they were used to protect walls from swords and scabbards, which is kind of funny.
08:40But they've kind of had a comeback in the last couple years.
08:44Yeah, we've got this, like, nice finisher.
08:47We're juggling a lot of wood right now.
08:49This kind of does double duty.
08:51It closes those edges, but I also can put hooks here.
08:56I'd love to have some individual hooks on this board so that it's an easy kind of coat area to
09:03take off your coat, your bag, anything.
09:05Just store it right there.
09:06What if we add a little shelf?
09:10I don't know, to me it just looks more finished.
09:13Ornaments in the holiday time.
09:15Exactly.
09:15I like what you're thinking.
09:17This is all going to be painted that neutral territory color.
09:20Um, so it's a lot of wood, a lot of painting, but I have the spray gun so I can
09:26make quick work of it.
09:28And then, what, we're just nailing all this in.
09:32That's why that nailer was really important.
09:34It'll just secure them even better.
09:35I'm feeling this.
09:37And then talk to me about doors, door framing.
09:40Ooh, it looks good.
09:42I like the way it looks.
09:44So you have to trim out this door, this door, this opening.
09:48We'll all get that trim.
09:49I'll get this trim.
09:50Great.
09:52Because I'm painting all these trim pieces, I'm going to use the subtle semi-gloss.
09:57Usually walls are some sort of matte finish, like an eggshell, and trim is more of a glossy finish.
10:05Just because they're easier to wipe down.
10:09Cool.
10:09So this takes about two hours for that first coat to dry.
10:13So I'm going to let that go, and then I'll come back and do a second coat.
10:19So this is a 16-gauge nail gun.
10:22And it uses air compression to shoot these finishing nails in.
10:27When you're using them on finishes, you see here, it's just a little pinhole.
10:31You can wood putty it, and then paint over it.
10:33And you won't even see it.
10:36Or you've got a seam.
10:37And it looks a little rough right now, but that's what the finishing touches are for.
10:41You kind of sand that out, add some wood putty to these nail holes, and it's good to go.
10:49So this is the first piece of wainscoting going in.
10:53Can we level there?
10:59Ooh, it's sticking.
11:01All right.
11:01Next.
11:03Yeah, this nailer makes such a difference, being able to shoot it right in there.
11:11This is liquid nails, and it's just a glue that will just run right along the bottom.
11:17Just another way to kind of adhere this stuff.
11:24This is going to be pretty secure.
11:27I guess that's the whole point.
11:31Good.
11:36Great.
11:37So that's this header piece.
11:40And I'm just, like, hanging my body weight over here to keep this wood that wants to warp
11:49upwards to keep it flush.
11:55So you can start to see the look of the wainscoting, but, you know, we have all these nail holes.
12:01I'm going to put some wood filler in them, and this is paintable wood filler.
12:04So the idea is it'll fill these little nail holes, and you won't even see them.
12:09There may be some touch-up painting I need to do, too.
12:12You know, I'm so much better with my hands.
12:23And if there's any rough edges, I can just sand them down.
12:29So I'm going to finish filling these holes.
12:31I will see you at the reveal.
12:34So the room is finished, and you can see we hit the wallpaper.
12:39We hit the wainscoting.
12:41I even had time to move in a couple of my own things.
12:45Cleaned up this closet area.
12:46Got my new door in place.
12:50Brought in a runner.
12:52And brought this original light fixture back to life.
12:57I'm really happy with how it turned out.
12:59I think the color scheme is great, especially for an entryway.
13:03It's just so kind of inviting and peaceful.
13:06I love the kind of dual tones going on here.
13:10They feel like they're part of the same look.
13:12And I love the woodwork.
13:13I mean, I couldn't have done it without Liam.
13:14There were so many cuts involved.
13:16There were so many intricate little corners.
13:19From working on this project, I learned that when you want your home to reflect who you are,
13:25you need to spend some time making thoughtful decisions.
13:28Spending time with materials.
13:30Sourcing things that you really love.
13:32Sourcing things that really speak to you.
13:35None of this happens overnight.
13:37It's about putting time and effort into it.
13:40And never be afraid to ask for help when you need it.
13:42The entryway is done, but there's so much more work to do on this house.
13:47So I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the journey.
13:50A great craftsman doesn't make no mistakes.
13:53They try to make their mistakes less noticeable.
13:56Yes, yes.
13:57They're good at hiding their mistakes.
13:59That's exactly what happened here.
14:02Another one in the books.
14:04All right.
14:05See you tomorrow?
14:06Same time?
14:06Same place?
14:07Got it.
14:08All right.
14:09I'm the easy one.
14:10Yeah.
14:15Anyways, awesome to see you all.
14:16See you later.
14:16Pansyn.
14:17You
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