How to Faux Shiplap with a Sharpie Paint Pen

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It is our third week into the $100 Room Challenge and this week I am going to show you how to faux shiplap with a Sharpie paint pen!

We only have one more week to go until the final reveal! I got so much done this week but I am going to show you the wall treatment project that I did.  On Wednesday, I packed my car with all the supplies that I might need and there were a lot of supplies since I wasn’t positive what supplies would work best for all of my projects. I drove to the lake house fairly early Thursday morning to work on the feature wall and a few other projects.

I know I want this room to be rustic and outdoorsy and I want the feature wall behind the beds to be different from the other walls. I love wallpaper but wallpaper is not in the $100 budget and I have removed wallpaper in 6 rooms in our home so I am not going to wallpaper even though I know that wallpaper is so much better today. I thought seriously about stenciling something like a herringbone pattern or some arrows on the wall but I wasn’t sure how it would look. So I went to Pinterest and searched “rustic twin bedrooms” and I was drawn to the shiplap walls for the look that I am going for. Now, shiplap is out of budget but I have seen many girls draw shiplap walls with Sharpies on IG and Pinterest. I wish I had thought this idea up but it has been done and I know that it looks like the real deal.

The best thing about committing to the faux shiplap with the Sharpie Paint Pen and probably the main reason I chose this wall treatment was the price. I had enough white paint left over from my DIY Faux Floral Wallpaper with a Sharpie for the wall and the Sharpie would cost less than $3 so I am sold on the idea.

TIP: You must use a Sharpie Paint Pen instead of a Sharpie  Permanent Marker.

I did not take a picture of the black paint pen but this is the one I used for a previous wall treatment. It says Sharpie paint.

I did the research when I did the floral wall treatment and everyone said to use the paint pen because it is very easy to cover up when you repaint the wall. In fact, I made a few errors and I covered the error with my wall paint and a tiny paintbrush so that draw the line again. 

Shiplap is 6, 8, and 10 inches wide and I like wider planks so I made my lines 8 inches apart. The lines you draw should be the thickness of a nickel and this paint pen worked perfectly.

I read to mark little lines with a pencil every eight inches from the top of the ceiling and not from your previous line.

I kept a ruler, leveler, and Sharpie Paint Pen in my hands at all times. I held up the ruler on the small pencil mark that I had made and made sure that it was level. 

You can use a piece of painter’s tape to hold the ruler in place while you draw your lines.

Remember that the lines you draw should be the thickness of a nickel. It doesn’t have to be perfect because boards are not always perfect but if you make mistakes, just paint over them with the wall color paint and a small paint brush. Let dry and redraw it.

Total Spent so far:

Faux Shiplap with a Sharpie Paint Pen $2.64

DIY Dyed Tassel Rug $2.49

Curtains $16.50

Pillows $8

Art $16

I can’t wait to see everyone’s reveals next week. Don’t forget to visit all of the other rooms.

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