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Custom Tile Headboard with Columns: Getting Started From "Weekend Remodeling" episode WKR-307

Host Fuad Reveiz offers a project that will appeal to creative do-it-yourselfers: a unique tile headboard with columns.

On a difficulty scale of 1-5, this project ranks 4.
Estimated time of completion: 16 hours over 2 days (if materials bought in advance).

Before the Weekend Remodeling project, this bedroom needed a focal point.

After: the bedroom boasts more than just a bed. It now has a work of art that was created in only two days!

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Materials:

Several types of tile (smaller pieces for base and capitals; porcelain stone chair rail pieces; metal tiles for accents)
Mastic
Tile spacers
Caulk
Tile grout (both non-sanded latex-modified grout and sanded grout)
Drop cloth
2 x 4
1/2" drywall
Screws
Notched trowel
Wet saw
Circular saw
Sponge and bucket
Soft rubber float
Tape measure and pencil
Level
Reciprocating saw
Utility knife
Speed square
Rubber gloves
A drill and bits

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

1. After purchasing materials, sketch layout onto wall using the level and pencil.

2. Cut away baseboard as needed for columns, and install 2 x 4 bracing.

3. Cut drywall strips and attach to cover the 2 x 4 bracing (figure A).

4. Attach scrap drywall pieces horizontally on the vertical drywall (figure B) to delineate the column from the base and support the tiles.

5. Use notched trowel to apply mastic to drywall.

6. Cut tile to fit and apply from bottom up.

7. Use a wet saw to notch tile at areas where metal inserts will be added (figure C).

8. Apply mastic and arrange tiles. Install metal decorative tiles by adding mastic to back and pressing in place (figure D).

9. Measure sides to that only full pieces of tile are visible. Use the smaller pieces at bottom.

10. Work up from the bottom, adding bullnose pieces on side, and making smaller pieces on side align with front edges.