Update wood paneling walls

It's easy to learn how to make paneling look like drywall. Check out this step by step tutorial to easily make wood paneling look like smooth drywall! 5 Steps to make paneling look like smooth wall and an easy weekend DIY project.

Say goodbye to 1970's knotty pine wood paneling and give your room a fresh new start. Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Primer is the perfect start for your wood paneling living room makeover, like this one from SoPo Cottage. This water-based primer sticks to all surfaces without sanding, while sealing stains and tannin bleed. Your walls will thank you.

Buying this house. It is as you can see pretty strong with the 70s vibe. We will be living there part time and renting it out the rest of the time on a short term basis. It comes with the furniture but I'm happy to buy new. Would you paint the paneling? It isn't high quality or anyhting but it is i...

My fingers haven't been so excited to type out a title for a long time. It's one thing to be done painting the paneling but it's a whole 'nother feat to get up a tutorial about it - only took me a couple of months...HA! It's a hefty one with a lot of carefully ordered steps to help you along if you've been thinking about laying a fresh coat on the wood paneling you've inherited. We are certainly happy we took on the task. The end result has us heck-yeahing and has our living room looking a…

Wondering how to paint wood paneling? Watch this VIDEO TUTORIAL to find out all you need to know about painting wood paneling.

photographer - Tad Davis Photography builder - Saussy Burbank

Are you looking for tips on how to hide your old wood paneling? Well, here are some great ways to cover up wood paneling and transform your old wooden paneling into something modern and new.

I was so tired of the wood paneling even though I had taken good care of it and oiled it over the years. It was the affordable and popular paneling of the sixti…

From old, outdated paneling to updated, beautiful board and batten! Check out this tutorial on how to transform paneling into board and batten.

Paneled walls. I’m not sure there’s anyone who would willingly put these up in their home in the 21st century. And any time I come across them, my first instinct is to RIP. THEM. DO…

When we bought our first flip house , we were dreading the ugly paneling that covered almost every wall in the basement. We put that project in the back or our…

When you purchase old houses, chances are good that you will become the new proud owner of one or two wood panelled rooms. Congratulations! What's that I hear? Groaning? Grumbling? Sorry. I already heard that from my husband when we purchased this house. Our family room, with its built-in bookcases, brick fireplace, and all of its wood panelled glory was destined to become my husband's man cave. But my husband had visions of the room just looking like a cave, period. I knew that with a few…

Wood paneling was popular for a couple of decades in the late twentieth century. Nowadays, many experts recommend painting it a fresh color. But beware: if you paint that wood paneling, there’s no going back! Painting the wood paneling is a permanent step that can be wearisome and expensive. We have researched various methods to […]

Ahhh yes, the classic “never should have happened” fetish that is wood paneling. WHO ever thought this was a great idea?! It is ugly, makes any room feel like an absolute dark cave, let…

An easy way to update your home is to paint over wood paneling. Here's how to do it, with before-and-after pictures!!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here! And by all, I mean probably a handful of you, but I’d like to think everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for my

I have clients who have bought a house in upstate New York. They are a NYC couple who are transitioning their lives to working and living full time upstate and going into the city as they need to. They admired this house from afar, and when it came onto the market a year later, they snatched it up immediately. They are now going through the process of renovating it to become the home of their dreams. Like any renovation project, they are discovering all sorts of issues and dilemmas that are…

Read on for instructions on how best to paint your wood panelled walls.

To kind of pick up on Dana’s last post, paint is such an inexpensive way to transform a space. As also a realtor, I often have to remind my clients of the wonders a can of paint can have. Take for example this foyer belonging to Liz of Decorating the Ville . By painting all the