The wall is slightly curved and I had to make the cut a bit larger to fit – nothing a little caulk won’t fix. I used this because I am sure this will get wet every once in a while when someone doesn’t have the shower curtain closed just right. The top board is PVC board guaranteed not to rot. I then attached the baseboard to the front of the frame with Liquid Nails. Once the baseboard was attached it didn’t matter. When I cut the boards to the height of the tub the excess leftover piece of board wasn’t the right height, I hated to waste it. I have to save every decorating dollar I can with this project and only wanted to buy one package of bead board. I used Liquid Nails to attach the bead board to the frame. At first I thought it would be a real problem, but once I thought it through, I figured out I could still attach the frame to the side walls and floor for stability, so it was no longer a problem. I had to work around the curve on each side on the front of the tub. To make sure it was really secure – I used Liquid Nails also. I then nailed the sides into the Mdf on each side of the tub and into the floor. I had to play around with this for awhile, until I got it just right so that everything was secure and solid. Make sure the frame is at the right height so that the top finishing PVC board will be level when you attach it. I then created a frame in front of the tub that is level with the top edge of the tub.
I am going to be adding board/batten/bead board in the room and the frame on either side of the tub will be part of this. I started by creating a frame of wood along the wall on each side of the tub and the floor. Instead I created a very narrow frame and top that goes across the top of the tub so it doesn’t change the tub width much at all and the shower curtain rod has a wall to still be attached to. I originally wanted to create the frame with 2 x4’s, but that took the tub too far out into the room and the shower curtain would have to be placed through the window. I built the decorative front in a way that it could be removed with minimal damage to the tub itself if we ever decided we didn’t want it any longer – which I highly doubt, but you never know.
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At the end of the post I added how to add the frame and molding that doesn’t wrap over the top of the tub. I had to do it the “wrap over” way because of the tub I have and space restraints. If you have the space and a regular bathtub not the molded kind I have you can add the molding and paneling in a slightly different way so it sits outside the tub itself and does not wrap over it. I had to work around a few obstacles –shower curtain rod not lining up, curved walls in the molded tub, but it all worked out just fine.
I have always loved when tubs have decorative molding along the front to accent them and decided to do it for this bathroom. My home was the builders “Spec” home – pretty basic – no real tub or tile, just one of those molded tubs complete with its own wall. I have ripped out the baseboards, scrubbed the floor to see if it could be saved, painted the top section of the wall, and built a decorative frame for the bathtub using molding. I am happy to say that I have made lots of progress this week with the bathroom makeover. How to add decorative trim molding around a bathtub. The Best DIY Chalk Paint Recipe For Painting Furniture.Chalk Paint Furniture Before & After Makeovers.Tips That Will Make Paint Clean Up… Easy!.
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