Slat Curved Wall

Supplies

MDF board
Plaster
Brad nails
Fiba tape
Wood glue
Hot glue
Trim of your choice (optional)

We made three attempts to get this curved wall right. With an aggressive 6 inch radius curve, I made 2 feeble attempts to curve the wall despite what I researched on YouTube and try to prove that it could be done.

First Attempt. It has been said that if you score the back of dry wall and dampen the gypsum, the board will curve. Nope. At least not in our few tries! The curve was far to aggressive and caused cracking even with a 1/4 inch drywall. This type of drywall can only handle an 18 inch radius.

Second attempt. Scoring MDF Board. Score the back and since it’s a more flexible material especially when its thin.

What worked. Good ole’ fashioned lath and plaster! We used a technique which consisted of nailing narrow wood strips to studs vertically from floor to ceiling then coated them 4 times with plaster and fiba tape.

Trim

We cut 1/2×1/2 mdf trim pieces for the slat wall, a chair rail to finish off the slats to finish off the slat wall, crown molding and ceiling trim. The slats were attached to the wall by brad nails and wood glue. I made a 1/2 template block to space them as I fastened them to the wall.

We came across some old Grecian architecture that caught our eye, but wanted to have a more modern feel to it. Here is a diagram so you know what I’m talking about.