Making Your Own Wall Panels

Here a panel from a store display gets converted into a stunning headboard.

Making your own wall panels.

Ez sips kits consist of 4 foot wide panels made of r 25 eps. By the way the recent revision in the irc states that if sip wall panels are manufactured according to certain guidelines and used in certain ways and if you have a proper quality assurance program in place your wall panels don t need to be tested in order to be considered certified so this should make it easier for independents to begin. Record in a space that s treated for sound. At first glance this panel design may look too complex for your average do it yourselfer but it s not.

Use it as inspiration to make your own from a room divider wall art or a vintage find. They are wall height and 6 thick engineered with channels routered in the foam to accommodate studs and top bottom plates. Simply ease ez sips down onto your 2 6 stick framed wall section made with standard lumber sheet over top with osb or plywood and stand it. Things you ll need four pieces of 2 x 3 wood any long slender wood a saw some wall insulation what you put in your walls underneath drywall a sheet of fabric a staple gun.

If it is structural you will need back up or proof of the strength of the panel and the strength onf the wall after constructed. See more at shining on design. Diy wall panelling 25 january 2018 as i was working on the library and posting updates on social media so many people messaged me asking to know more about our wall panelling because it s a project they d like to do in their own home. Below are all the tools materials instructions for building afford.

Large cork board with frame the one i used was 36 48 carpet samples flooring samples sandpaper use coloured sandpaper if you want reversible sequin mermaid fabric glittered foam sheet feathers pony beads faux tile or brick panels cork coaster beaded or sequinned fabric glass. From a practical standpoint you will have to make the panels a usable thickness and not let the 2 or 4 of foam dictate the panel thickness unless you want to enter the world of everything non standard. The panels are the wall itself. The panels are made from three horizontal 1 6 bands that run around the room with narrower vertical boards spaced every 30 in.