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Here is my second scrap wood wall. This one is made from various lengths of 2×4s ripped in thicknesses from 1/4 to 1in. I put all the pieces through the thickness planer to get one smooth side and gave them a walnut stain. The pieces were then randomly attached to the wall with hot-melt glue. The project was not much fun to do, but I like the result ;)





























25 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 409 days ago
That is a really great effect! Nice job.
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Canexican
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posted 409 days ago
That must of been a heck of a lot of hot glue stick, pretty cool texture.
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sidestepmcgee
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posted 409 days ago
i like the idea ,great for scraps of any kind.great stain for the 2 bys also.thanks for sharing.
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BrianM
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posted 409 days ago
Outstanding! It looks like a museum wall. Actually, it looks like a large piece of modern art in a museum.
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Damian Penney
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posted 409 days ago
Fantastic :)
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bigguy
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posted 409 days ago
Love the effect! I think I would loose my mind doing it!!! Great work.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 409 days ago
This is certainly another unique wall. The various thicknesses adds an unusual touch to the wall. I am sure that I would not have had the patience to attach this many individual pieces onto a wall despite the nice effect it brings.
Well done. I am sure that this wall is the focal point of the room.
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Karson
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posted 409 days ago
Great wall of China. What a view.
Nice job. What kind of time did it take from start to finish?
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CharlieM1958
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posted 409 days ago
Wow…. nice effect!
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Jarrod Zion Murphree
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posted 409 days ago
Damn, you’re a patient guy….
Looks awesome though. Is this your place, or was this a commission?
Regards,
Jarrod
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Napaman
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posted 409 days ago
wow….this could be the next thing we see on HGTV…get the PATENT!!! lol….this really looks great…the rooms you have shown seriously look like a museum…
you mentioned a walnut stain—-but do the woods vary in variety? how many woods do you think/
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miles125
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posted 409 days ago
Gives the wall a cool looking texture. Great job!
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jockmike2
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Outstanding, and beautiful, I really like the texture. I’ll bet it was a lot of work. mike
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runngt
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posted 409 days ago
that did turn out great!
runngt
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mdf
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posted 409 days ago
Thanks!
I don’t know how long it took to make it, but it was many hours over a period of two weeks. I think there are about 1100 pieces, so it is definitely a tedious task. It is our own place, so I was not too concerned about how long it took. The pieces vary in height so it is a bit of a puzzle. If I had to do it again, I would make sure they all have the same height.
Rob
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posted 409 days ago
That’s a very stylish wall. This room could be in a decorating magazine. Good job.
Sawdust2
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Is that what you do to keep from being board in the bedroom?
Lee
-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.
FJDIII
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posted 409 days ago
Awesome looking wall but I wouldn’t want to be the cleaning lady!
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gator9t9
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posted 408 days ago
That is really something ..!
You know …I hope you have better hot melt glue than me ….Cause most of my hot melt glue projects …seem to disassociate themselves after awhile ….
I guess what i am saying is I would not trust sleeping under a wall madewith or constructed with hot melt glue….
I am sure you used much better hot melt than me ..
good luck
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bfd
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posted 376 days ago
Beautiful, Great aesthetic! Very warm and modern.
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mohkev
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posted 351 days ago
Fantastic idea! Love it.
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woodspar
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posted 351 days ago
Really like the look of that wall.
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jeanmarc
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posted 344 days ago
Fantastic
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choppertoo
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posted 30 days ago
Very cool. I will do this in one of the room at my lake place. On your end grain wall you mentioned you nailed the pieces in. If yu did another wall would you glue or nail the pieces?
Thanks.
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a1Jim
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posted 30 days ago
cool
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