Have you ever seen one of these geometric accent walls and thought it would look great somewhere in your home? I’d seen a few different ones over the last few months and thought they were so unique and a fun way to add detail to an otherwise ordinary wall. I honestly had no plans of doing this in our nursery but once we got our new crib assembled and put it next to the wall, the color of the wall and the crib were just too similar and I really wanted the crib to stand out. We talked about a few options, we could paint the entire room white but at 6 months pregnant, that wasn’t something I wanted to do and I really loved the color we have on the walls currently. So I started out by just painting the wall behind the crib Chantilly Lace which is a neutral white. I didn’t mind that and it allowed the crib to stand out like we wanted it to. But we still felt like it could use a little more detail so we decided to do this fun geometric accent wall. And let me tell you, it was MUCH easier than I anticipated!!! Total it only took me about 3 combined hours to hang the trim, caulk, and paint this wall. I’ll show you how you can do this too!
First, I sketched out the design we were thinking in pencil. I used a square on the corners to make sure I had the angles at a perfect 45 degree angle. Once I got a small line started that was at a 45 degree, then I just took a scrap piece of trim to finish drawing the line across the wall. I used an inspiration photo I found online for the general design but customized it for what I thought looked best for this wall. I stood back multiple times to make sure I liked it and did have to erase a few lines, which is the reason I did it in pencil to start.
Next, I started measuring the largest pieces and cutting them to length. The trim I used for this project I actually found at Menards and it’s called ‘stop moulding’. I’m sure the other home stores would have something similar but this trim is what I used. It was 1 1/4″ wide and 3/8″ thick which was perfect for this project. I measured out about 6-8 cuts at a time to minimize the trips to the garage to cut. Once I had them cut, I attached them to the wall with 2″ finish nails. I made sure the top of each piece lined up with my pencil mark. I wasn’t too concerned about covering the pencil mark completely as I knew I would be caulking all the seams and the caulk would cover the pencil.
After I had all the pieces hung, I used Alex flex caulk to caulk all the seams and this is the first project I used a baby wipe instead of my finger to smooth the caulk. The baby wipe worked soooo much better!!! I also filled the nail holes with wood filler.
Last, I painted all the trim and I was done!! Brad was shocked to come home to this project finished in one day and honestly I was pretty shocked with myself too. This was so much easier than I anticipated it to be!!! Let me know what you think!!
