Look! IKEA slat wall inspiration

Horizontal lines are a great way to visually "extend" your space and make it feel larger. We spotted this simple but striking wall treatment in one of the model showrooms at IKEA. They painted the wall a warm grey and put up evenly spaced dark stained 1 x 2's on the entire wall. We love the end result. What do you guys think? Is this something you'd consider for your place? Has anyone does this before? (a few more pics after the jump)

Comments (7)

Stupid. Looks like a roll-up-door from a distance. Looks even uglier up close. At the very least they could have staggered the edges. I feel sorry for the guy that has to repair the walls after anyone actually tries this.

posted by boomer on May 14th 2007 at 11:24am
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i love this sort of wall treatment!
thanks for posting these pics - it is helpful to see that it can be just as dramatic with spaces between the slats!

posted by kimberlykc23 on May 14th 2007 at 11:42am
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I really like it, but I have a ton of walnut furniture and this would look way too gloomy. It cold look great in a room with lots of light or less heavy furniture than I have.

posted by alisong on May 14th 2007 at 12:27pm
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my first thought is that it would be a serious pain to dust.

posted by mariegael on May 14th 2007 at 3:01pm
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ok - PB has been featuring a lot of horizontal planked walls - I see this now at IKEA - personally, that's a lot of money and a lot of weight to have on a wall - but, could you create a similar effect w/paint....? (especially if you were going for a painted-plank wall effect?)

i love to see more on this.

posted by buzzybee on May 15th 2007 at 4:11am
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I did the wooden slats on metal framed glass panell wall for our company's offices downtown- looks fantastic.

posted by Stratos on May 15th 2007 at 5:00am
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I love this. seems like it would look great in a bathroom to give it a spa feeling.

posted by denise123 on May 15th 2007 at 7:57am
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