Here's a project that I'm so excited to share with everyone! If you follow me on instagram  (you should!), you probably saw all the new additions of brown in my home lately. We've been staining so many things darker to add a little more depth against all the lighter wood tones that we have going on. But.. what I've realllllly been desiring to do? Paint a wall brown.

& so a new project is born: Roman's bedroom.

You might be thinking, "This is supposed to be a room for a 5 year old kid?" .. let's remember, Roman is not your average 5 year old kid, lol. He has been begging us for wainscoting in his room for quite awhile now. I would've loved to make that happen for him, except there was already existing board & batten. We honestly didn't want to go through the trouble of ripping it all out and repairing any damaged drywall. That's one of the things we enjoy the least! So, I decided to work with the board & batten which I'm so ecstatic that I did. It turned out better than I imagined.

We painted the battens a rich, deep chocolate brown and added stained pole wrap to the inside squares for the reeded detail. It gives me wood wall moulding vibes that you see in all those amazing, old interiors.

This wall is probably my absolute favorite in the house. Rich & reeded. Moody & masculine. Perfect for the sweetest, growing little boy. He got to help out a tiny bit for this project which we all know he loves doing so much!

Here's for every, "Where did you buy those wood panels?"  I received..

POLE WRAP @ HOME DEPOT!

Roman always loves helping dad whenever he can.

Pole wrap is typically used to wrap columns up until the DIY community discovered it. You'll now see it used in so many different ways! It's such an easy-to-use material. We've used this product to make tables, cabinets, step stools, desks, wall treatments & so much more! There's a whole pole wrap movement as the fluted/reeded trend has come through full-force.

It's such an easy material to work with! All we did was measure and cut to size for the length. You can cut in-between the grooves with a razor to shorten the width.

I used VARATHANE'S DARK WALNUT - GEL STAIN. 

I made sure to wipe-on/wipe-off. Using a brush makes it easier to get in-between the grooves.

I brought in a sample of the stained pole wrap to find the closest brown paint. My final pick:

TURKISH COFFEE by SHERWIN WILLIAMS

We didn't want the whole room to feel too dark, so we painted the rest of the walls a creamy white. Literally, it's called:

CREAMY by SHERWIN WILLIAMS

Time to install the pole wrap! We didn't want any nail holes, so we used LOCTITE to adhere it to the walls.

How beautiful did this turn out? It looks so elegant, especially with gold accents. Here's a peek at the bed we ordered. The entire point of this project was to get him a bigger, lower bed for him. There will be a DIY headboard for it! I'm thinking.. arches.

Currently, we're working on custom arched built-ins across from this wall. Stay tuned!