Neal, Jerry did the same as I did, but his looks much neater because I was concerned about not having metal underneath the boards. His boards look better than mine too. I wasn't as concerned because mine is in a rather tacky room to begin with. 
I plan to do like Jerry suggested in putting in a backdrop and that rope lighting would make a big improvement also. 
Too many projects, too little time and money. Actually, this is a pretty low cost project.
