I am in the midst of rearranging our spare bedroom/office/storage room into more of a suitable permanent work from home setup. Namely, i want a new desk that isnt from Ikea, and i dont want a metal storage rack as my backdrop on Zoom/Teams calls. Looks like work from home will be a permanent 2-3 days a week for me moving forward. My current plan is to move all the racks to the one wall, have a new desk L into the middle of the room about 4' from a wall, and have my back to that wall. Clean backdrop for video calls. However, i was in my actual office last week, and ive always liked the look of this horizontal white oak paneled accent wall. I need to study it a bit more closely in person, but it looks like very thin veneer(1/16"-1/8" thick) with all 4 sides chamfered slightly and face nailed to the wall in a running bond. I dont know if construction adhesive was used behind it, but ive seen brad nailheads. Finally, the corners are capped off with a thicker piece of oak molding to hide the ends. I think this would look fantastic in my space done in walnut with some accent lighting on it. Here is my question, how would you go about recreating this at home? Resawing walnut is no big deal, but should i adhere the thin veneer onto an MDF backing before applying it to the wall? I dont understand how to prevent the thin planks from cupping like crazy if they are applied directly to the wall. This is more of a finish carpentry question, i suppose, and an area of this craft that i dont have much experience with.
The wall in question is 8' tall and 14' long.