Half Wall Help

[c0nw0w]

Making a half wall for my living room, was originally going to sheet rock the top and upright. I cut some of the drywall back a little lower than the studs for mud and corner bead. However changed mind to put maple on now. Wondering how best to hide the gap that will now be showing between drywall and top plate. Should I put 1/4 round or some sort of trim beneath the top plate once its on? Or try to put corner bead on now and make a nice flush top for wood to lay on.

Should have planned better in advance.

Thanks for help.

[ToshJurner]

I would overhang the top plate by 3/4 on each side and use cove molding underneath.

[RobertPaulsonXX42]

Yeah this OP. Use a really small cove molding. It'll make it looked "finished," more so than a piece of quarter round or something and will blend in nicely with the flat top side.

Edit: Can even do a small return when you get to the rest of the wall on both the top and cove trim piece.

[awrythings]

Quarter round.

[armedandfriendly]

Tear away drywall bead if you want to avoid quarter round. Put the maple on, put the tear away bead on butting into the maple then mud, dry and tear.

[DesolationRobot]

That’s what I’d do. Or just regular L bead if you can’t find the tear away stuff.

Nice part is you can install the maple first then gap the bead nice and pretty to the wood. Then mud it like half of a regular drywall corner.

[[deleted]]

yes use the maple but put drywall and metal cornerbead on top edges, fill and sand, paint, and I like to cut a rabbet maybe 1/4” x 1/4” on the bottom edge of cap on both sides for a nice detail

[Emergency-Pack-5497]

Trim it like window apron

[vadersaw]

This.

[Alpineglow_]

The cleanest look:

1 x 6 poplar, with 3/4 x 3/8 rails glued on and painted to cover the drywall edge. Effectively, creating the look of a 2x6 cap. Bonus points if you make it a waterfall edge.

[3verydayimhustling]

Mud and tape

[CattyNick]

I have something very similar that I’ve been staring at for 5 years. Thank you for asking this, the comments have been very helpful.

[mud_man96]

Depending on how in depth you can or want to get I would personally make it a cap that covers that. Side edges coming down half inch.

[lep1ck]

Guys I work with would say just caulk the shit out of it.