You don't have to spend a fortune to turn your unfinished basement into a livable space. If you need privacy, or simply a way to section off specific areas in your basement, you can make walls out of cardboard that are
both functional and nice to look at. These walls don't give much privacy, but they do add dimension, and can be used as pieces of art to really make your basement unique.
Before you start working with your cardboard, you will need a piece of wood like a 1x1 that measures the length of how far you want your wall to be. You can also use a curtain rod or dowels as well. Have a friend help you hold the wood to the ceiling to mark a straight line across the studs of the ceiling so you can hang the wood. This wood will be what your cardboard pieces will hang from. Once your studs are marked, screw hooks large enough to hold the wood into the studs
To get your cardboard, you simply collect several boxes. The boxes can be the same size or they can be varying sizes. I used small boxes (which work best) that are all the same size and I really like how it turned out. Though it isn't necessary to use the same size cardboard pieces, it does make the process easier. For the wall I am going to explain how to make, the pieces have to be the same size. To get your individual pieces of cardboard, you cut the boxes apart at the fold lines. Doing this helps insure that the sides are even, and the individual pieces themselves are near perfect squares or rectangles, something that makes the wall much more appealing.
Before you start working with your cardboard, you will need a piece of wood like a 1x1 that measures the length of how far you want your wall to be. You can also use a curtain rod or dowels as well. Have a friend help you hold the wood to the ceiling to mark a straight line across the studs of the ceiling so you can hang the wood. This wood will be what your cardboard pieces will hang from. Once your studs are marked, screw hooks large enough to hold the wood into the studs
To get your cardboard, you simply collect several boxes. The boxes can be the same size or they can be varying sizes. I used small boxes (which work best) that are all the same size and I really like how it turned out. Though it isn't necessary to use the same size cardboard pieces, it does make the process easier. For the wall I am going to explain how to make, the pieces have to be the same size. To get your individual pieces of cardboard, you cut the boxes apart at the fold lines. Doing this helps insure that the sides are even, and the individual pieces themselves are near perfect squares or rectangles, something that makes the wall much more appealing.
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You don't have to spend a fortune to turn your unfinished basement into a livable space.
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