Decorating with Painted Bead Board

Cottage decor is one of my favorite decorating styles and nothing says cottage style like painted bead board. It lends a simple architectural charm no matter where it’s added in the home. Today’s Humpday with Houzz focuses on my love of painted bead board. (Click on pictures to see original photo on Houzz.)

Traditional Laundry Room by Petoskey Kitchen & Bath Designers Designs by Dawn at the Lake Street Design Studio

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but if my laundry room looked as charming as this one, I would actually enjoy washing clothes. Oh who am I kidding? That would last for about a week! About a year ago I started peeling the wallpaper off the plaster walls in my laundry room with the intent to add painted bead board. Well, the laundry room has bare, plastered walls to this day but I keep telling myself we’ll add the bead board soon. Lucky for now, I can shut the laundry room door and forget about it until another day.

 

Traditional Family Room by Millbrook Architects & DesignersCrisp Architects

Okay, so who says painted bead board has to be on the wall? This room sports white bead board underneath the chair rail … but check out the ceiling! Is that gorgeous or what? Add that gorgeous fireplace and large multi-paned windows and my heart was immediately captured!

 

Beach Style Powder Room by Rehoboth Beach Home Builders Echelon Custom Homes

How adorable is this beachy style bathroom with its rope towel bar and porthole-style mirror? Oh wait … this post is about painted bead board. I love the cool aqua color that they chose for this cozy little bathroom.

 

Farmhouse Kitchen by Middlebury Interior Designers & Decorators Connor Homes

Painted bead board is used here for the backing of the cabinet – you’ll notice the bead board extends up into the glass door cabinets, as well.

 

In my own kitchen, I’ve used painted bead board as a back splash.

It cleans up incredibly easy which makes me love it even more!

 

Contemporary Bedroom by Middletown Design-Build Firms Aquidneck Properties

Another beautiful room with bead board on the ceiling. My dad installed bead board on the ceiling of the kitchen of my childhood home, but he stained it instead of painting it. That was my favorite part of my parent’s kitchen.

 

Traditional Home Office by Dallas Media & Bloggers Sarah Greenman

Bead board doesn’t have to be narrow. This room showcases a wider beaded board. I’ve always loved this look. It adds such a simple texture to the wall and creates greater interest than a plain, flat wall. Love the creamy yellow color, too!

 

Rustic Bedroom by Greenville Architects & Designers Wright Design

Finally, I’ll wrap it up with this example of painted bead board placed horizontally. I’ve often thought of adding horizontal bead board in my family room but that would be a big project and we need to paint the outside of the house first.

So what do you think? Are you a fan of painted bead board?

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