The great news is that this design can be used for a standalone column or on the corner of a wall.
Building half wall columns.
Ever since we have been showing you the wrap up of the living room and the built in s plans part one and part two we have had a lot of questions on how we built our columns so we broke the process down for your building pleasure.
Once the frame is in place check to see if it s level.
Make sure it is the pressure treated bottom plate that makes contact with the concrete.
Install the back finished columns and put a couple of nails in to hold the column into place along the wall.
Measure five equidistant lines down the length of the column to place the colonial panel molding and mark off on column with a pencil.
Measure the completed column to cut the reversible flute on bottom and the mdf base on the top.
The half walls keep the space open and allow light to pass easily between the two sections of the room but the columns provide the height that a full wall would to formally define the individual.
Once the wall was cleared i built a simple pilaster which by definition is a column that is attached to a wall so essentially a half column for the half wall.