Project Wood Wall Art: Day 1, Prep work

When visiting friends in the Cleveland, OH area I was inspired by the ambiance at a local watering hole, The Bottlehouse.  The atmosphere was community-farm tables, B.Y.O.F (bring your own food), and quality libations.  With mild lighting and a modern take on rustic furnishing the place made you want to curl up with good friends and good stout.  This modern cottage vibe was completed with a "wooden wall". Serving as a backdrop to the band's stage was a reverse wood floor.  Essentially, wood panels on a wall.

The Inspiration

I love this idea and am attempting to recreate a similar piece in our home.  The challenge: making it removable and reusable. Being apartment dwellers we need to minimize damage but also create something we can save for future use.

The goal is to complete this within two weeks.  After some light planning (measuring and gathering pallets) I'm ready to get started. Day one...

Materials: 

• Old "freebie" pallets
• A hammer

Goal: Remove all old nails from pallets, trip to hardware store to purchase backdrop.