DIY PLYWOOD PEGBOARD WALL

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This post is sponsored by BEHR®; all opinions are 100% on my own.

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Who wants to make this OVERSIZED PEGBOARD?!

Today is reveal day, my friends. I was excited to join BEHR for their #BEHRbox Challenge this year. I love challenges, and this one was a fun one.

A couple weeks ago I was sent a large box of items and three fantastic paint color samples. My job was to come up with something awesome and showcase BEHR’s 2018 colors. If you missed seeing the  “What’s in my #BEHRbox“ post you can check it out here. 

I had lots of goodies in my box, and I was inspired right away. I didn’t just want to build something, I wanted to create something that we desperately needed. My little man’s room was lacking a study area. He is in first grade, so now he needs to sit at the desk for a good 10 minutes every day and practice his writing skills. This was  perfect opportunity to make an awesome study area for him that would also work as a shelving unit. I envisioned a large wall in my head  (the entire surface of one of the walls in the room), using big plywood pegboard sheets. I kept seeing a sort of plywood pegboard idea on Pinterest, and I was itching to try it myself.

So here is the wall BEFORE the DIY pegboard organizer:

Yes! This wall needed some love for sure. 🙂 And yes, this is how the boy’s room looks like when there is playing going on in there.

The project was easy to tackle, and in my opinion, it turned out fantastic.

Are you ready to make this simple but super fun project? Let’s do it!

Materials for the Giant Pegboard project:

• 2 – 4×8 sheet of 3/4″ plywood sheets
• 3- 8′ 2x4s
• 1  – 4×8 pegboard sheet
• 4 – dowel, 1″ diameter
• boards for shelves ( I used 1×8-6FT common board)
• wood screws
• wood for the desk top
• 2 – dowel, 2″ diameter
• paint ( My choices were In The Moment and Off The Grid from BEHR®)
• hardware ( I used pulls and doorknobs) from Liberty Hardware

Tools for the pegboard project:

• drill
• 1″ Forstner bit
• circular saw
• stud finder
• level
• safety glasses

Cut the Pegboard holes…

To start the project, place the plywood on the ground and lay the pegboard on top of the plywood to mark out the holes. Using the pegboard will help to mark out the holes evenly. I measured every 9th hole horizontally and every 8th hole vertically. It didn’t take much time to plot out the holes, I promise. Use a pencil to make a mark (or scribe) through the pegboard. I drew lines on the pegboard creating squares, so the second time around it was a piece of cake because I already knew which holes to trace. Now start drilling all the holes you marked. We used a 1″ Forstner bit. My hubs is the best helper!

Add hardware to your pegboard project…

I wanted to add on hardware to the wall to hold pencil boxes and baskets to keep my kiddo organized, so before we hung our plywood sheets on the wall, we installed our hardware from Liberty Hardware. I found these fun wood knobs, and I also used some simple bar pulls. It is important to secure them before you hang the sheets of wood to the wall because you will not be able to access the back to secure knobs and handles once the ply wood sheets are mounted.

Securing the large pegboards to the wall safely…

Before you secure the plywood sheets to the wall,  find the studs using a stud finder. These plywood sheets are super heavy, and you want to make sure that the wood is all well supported by the studs- not the sheet rock. Screw your 3- 2x4s into the studs leveling the boards horizontally . The first should be about 6″ from the top of the wall, then 6″ from the the bottom and the last goes across the middle section of the wall. The exact position is not super important – just make sure it will be where you cannot see it through the holes in your plywood. Use the level to make sure all boards are straight and mark or measure the 2x4s locations for the next step.

Use long wood screws to secure the plywood sheets (hanging them longways) to the 2x4s on the walls. Then determine where you will hang your shelves and add extra screws to make sure the splywood is completely secured but the screws are not visible.

As you see in this image above, I also cut a hole out for the outlet, and I made it round to look cohesive with our project.

Taping and Painting your Pegboard Wall…

I taped off my triangles with painters tape and painted my design on using these trending colors, In The Moment and Off The Grid from BEHR®. 

I painted my wood knobs as well.

Adding Shelves to your pegboard…

Cut the dowels to size. We cut down 1×8 wood boards to create the shelves. I cut my dowels 9″ long so the dowel could go into the holes and extend behind the plywood sheets.

I pushed the dowel pieces into the holes.

And then I added shelves. Once the shelves were placed where I wanted them, I secured them with a screw at the bottom of each dowel.

Creating a desk for your Peg Board Wall…

And last, I added the desk onto the wall. I used long dowel pieces to support the back of the desk, and I cut two sturdy legs using the 2″ dowel that we screwed onto stabilize the front of the desk. Voila!

I truly loved how this study area turned out! What do you think?

I added some personal touches as the last step, and my little monkey was ready to sit down to practice on his writing skills in style.

If you are crazy about this macrame make sure to check out my other macrame posts to make one yourself DIY MACRAME WALL HANGING and learn here first if you are a beginner MACRAME KNOTS .

And the obligatory BEFORE AND AFTER pics 🙂

PIN THIS PROJECT FOR LATER!!

I hope you got inspired today! Check out BEHR’s amazing colors for 2018. They are all fabulous.

Cheers,

Aniko

COMMON QUESTIONS:

Q: Can you tell me what drill and bit are you using for your plywood pegboard?

A: The drill is a batery operated Ryobi and I used a 1″ Forstner bit to create the peg board holes.

Q: Are you able to add more knobs after you put up the plywood?

A: Not these knobs. The knobs we used screw though the back of the board into the knob. Although, you can purchase knobs that screw in from the front like these.

Q: Are you able to add more dowels after you put up the plywood?

A: Sure! You can move them around as much as you want.

Q: Why did you use the plywood behind the peg board.

A:  I used the pegboard only to measure out the holes on the plywood. The holes I drilled were a LOT bigger than the holes on the pegboard.

Q: What type of wood is shown in the photo. Any old kind of wood wouldn’t look nearly as nice as this exact stuff.

A: I used a 3/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. PureBond Birch Plywood. You can find it at a local Home Depot for about $50 /piece.

 

ENJOY THIS LARGE PEGBOARD WALL PROJECT!!!

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