Do you ever wish there was something more interesting than sheetrock? Well, of course there is, sillies! You can cover existing sheetrock or crackling plaster with fun panels, but if you are down to the studs and want to use a sheetrock alternative, you would want to make sure that 1), you can insulate without it poking through and 2), you have enough studs to support each panel.

OMG, I love the paneling in the top photo. Do you know what that is? Just some crappy new wall paneling. Hung sideways. Painted and distressed. Yup.

To be honest, I’m not sure how this was done as the website isn’t working and I was only able to pull the Pinterest photo. What would I do to recreate this look? I’d start with the painted sheetrock and then unless I had several frames, I would do a cheater version and just run some furring strips across the entire wall to create the boxes. Or you can just create lines. Or you can use frames with varying sizes and shapes. Go ahead and miter every frame if you want. But me? I’d be too lazy to do that.

This is an easier way of sectioning off the wall instead of frames and it’s lovely how they used wallpaper inside each frame.

There’s a DIY tutorial for this veneer panel wall on the BHG site. Click on image.

What about just stapling some fabric to a board and hanging it? Bam! Done!