05-09-2008, 02:34 AM
I want to put a curved wall behind my sofa, and I'm looking for ideas on what material to use.
This would be a gentle curve, approximately one-eighth of a circle 16 feet in diameter/50 feet in circumference. So the material would be six feet wide, and eight feet tall. I won't be mounting anything on it, nor will anyone lean very hard on it, and I'd like something that doesn't involve much structural change to ceiling or floor. The material must be paintable.
Drywall seems hard to work with and messy. At the moment I'm thinking about thin masonite, two 3 x 8 panels, drawn tight to studs at both ends with drywall screws every six inches, with seam and screws filled with drywall compound and sanded before painting. Is there some other easily curved material? Any ideas on steaming the masonite in order to curve it? Whatever I do has to be done in my living room; I have no garage or back yard.
This would be a gentle curve, approximately one-eighth of a circle 16 feet in diameter/50 feet in circumference. So the material would be six feet wide, and eight feet tall. I won't be mounting anything on it, nor will anyone lean very hard on it, and I'd like something that doesn't involve much structural change to ceiling or floor. The material must be paintable.
Drywall seems hard to work with and messy. At the moment I'm thinking about thin masonite, two 3 x 8 panels, drawn tight to studs at both ends with drywall screws every six inches, with seam and screws filled with drywall compound and sanded before painting. Is there some other easily curved material? Any ideas on steaming the masonite in order to curve it? Whatever I do has to be done in my living room; I have no garage or back yard.