Bathroom Beadboard Design

Beadboard is not only beautiful but it adds perceived value to the room. In this tutorial we are adding beadboard in a bathroom. I recommend going with the 7" tongue and groove in a bathroom.

The reason for the 7" is there are various accessories in a bathroom that you will need to cut around, ie. paper holder, towel bars, counter-top, cabinets, toilet plumbing etc... It is extremely difficult with a 4'x8' sheet of beadboard to cut around all the accessories. In this particular bathroom, I went with the 7" T&G with chair rail and base board all in one kit. The beadboard kit comes pre-primed and the trim is pre-routed.

Before you get started you will want to prep the bathroom. Protect the floor, counter top and tub with paper, plastic or drop cloths as this will get a little messy. Remove all bathroom accessories that you can. In our case we removed the old ceramic paper holder and towel bars. We decided to go with new chrome accessories.

Depending on the height you want to install the beadboard you may also want to remove the mirrors, electrical plates and medicine cabinet. We also removed the toilet tank for an easier install around the plumbing pipes. Remove the baseboard and shoe molding if applicable. We installed new trim so we removed the door casing as well but you don't have to if you want to re-use it.