Batten Up!

I have been reading about board and batten, and pinning all the great DIY tutorials for awhile now.  My extra bedroom, which at the moment houses the ironing board and paper shredder (well there are actually two paper shredders, I keep breaking them by shredding too many piece of paper at once :)), needed some architectural detail.  It is a very boxy room, with one small window.   At some point, this room will probably be an additional guest room.  It seems that many of our guests are used to sleeping in a larger bed than the double bed that is in the current guest room.  So having an extra sleeping space, even if it is an upgraded air mattress would be ideal.  But back to the board and batten...the room needed some interest, and a focal point.  Board and batten was the perfect touch, on trend but still a classic wall treatment.  And my father-in-law, who is very handy, was in town visiting.  Sounds like the perfect time for a house project!