Yes measurements are important, but the human eye is going to determine if things look right. Setting individual pieces slightly off would throw the whole row off and like a ripple effect, throw off the next rows as well. Using the painters tape also allowed us to make any adjustments in keeping the rows in line because, well, human error. Painters tape gave us the chance to see the pieces in place before securing it with a brad nail. Painters tap, brad nails, wood filler, but NO CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVE If you have a sliding miter that does greater angles, you should be totally fine. To keep the pattern going, we held up pieces to see where the wood would intersect if the door wasn’t there, marked where to cut because of the molding, and pieced it together.įor the end pieces next to the wall, and because our miter saw couldn’t do angles greater than 45 degrees, we used a jig saw to cut the angle we needed. There was a door to contend with, which made things a little tricky. Measure, cut, check, secure, repeat, patienceĮach row and each diamond helped build the row next to it. We would put a few up and take a step back to check. This is where your protractor is going to be your best friend. Once we got all of the long pieces set on one side of the wall, we started with the cross pieces to form the diamond. Not only did the math need to be correct, it needed to be visually pleasing to the eye. There are going to be lots of angle cuts and by the time you get to your saw, you’ll want to remember which direction you’re cutting the angle. TIP: Mark on your piece of wood where you need to cut, but try to make a line to simulate the angle. With these two pieces in place, we marked out the top and the bottom of the wall in 18 inch increments. Next, we cut off the bottom of the lattice to 30 degrees and secured them with the brad nails. With another long piece, it was set next to the first piece to get the 18 inches spacing between the two pieces. Those numbers refer to the degree of the angle to be cut. If you look close at the bottom of the saw, there are numbers. We cut the first piece of long lattice on one end to 30 degrees, set the top to where we marked the middle of the wall, and held it in place with painters tape.
Our fancy design “software” gets the job done. Check out our even fancier design software. We also decided that 18 inches was a good amount of space between the cross pieces to create the size diamonds that I wanted. To achieve that the lattice would need to be cut at a 30 degree angle. Measuring out spacingĬourtney’s fancy math problem determined we were going to use 60 degree angle at the top of the diamond pattern and 120 degrees for the sides of the diamond pattern. We were concerned if we started on one side and worked our way across, there was more chance to mess up the measurements. Working from the middle out, there would be more whole sized diamond patterns and leave any partial diamond patterns for last. The thought in doing this if the middle of the wall was set, it would help us build off and keep things consistent. Framing the wall gives you a straight working line and looks better.
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Plus is just looks more finished in my opinion. Framing the wall with the lattice will help give you a straight line to work with all around.
Wood filler (I highly recommend making sure it’s paintable and stainable) Frame your wall Jig saw (If you don’t have a larger sliding miter, you will need this to make some of the angled cuts.) Miter saw (If you have a larger sliding miter with a wider range of degrees, that would be most ideal) Wood Lattice Molding (The width is up to you for the look you want to achieve.) You’ll want to grab the longest pieces you can because when you set them on a diagonal, they’ll need to be long enough to reach the top and bottom of the wall. Also, please read the instructions and follow the safety protocols when using tools and power tools. NOTE: This information is based on what worked for us. Completely blank slate for the trellis wood accent wall. Before I knew it, he was using terms like “pythagorean theorem” and just as my eyes rolled back in my head, he figured it out. Protractor from Amazon Thank goodness for husbands who are good at math.Īfter I told my husband what I wanted to do, and knowing that we were going to get super cozy with angles, I handed him over my design plans.
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