One feature in the lower level of a raised ranch is what I am calling the “shelf wall”. This is where the foundation which is above ground level meets the walls.
Before…
Here is what the lower level looked like before. The “shelf wall” was paneled top and bottom. My guess is that they wanted to disguise this feature and try and make it look like a regular wall.
In updating this space I wanted to take this awkward feature and making it special.
I decided to trim out the bottom in a board and batten style.
The New “Shelf Wall”
Clean and Crisp…this not only brightens up the space it also adds tons of character.
Painting the new shelf wall in a crisp BM Chantilly Lace and adding a dark color on top (BM Hale Navy) gave this space the coastal feel I wanted. It totally transformed the space and gave it new character that I love…what do you think of this before and after?