the least expensive way forward is to leave the paneling in place and paint it. Regardless of whether your wood paneling is ...

Q. We live in a house built in the 1970s. Several rooms have wood paneling that I would like to paint or wallpaper over. Would the grooves need to be spackled first? Or do I need to tear off the ...

Believe me it looks terrific. It is possible to brighten a room with wood paneling. Painting paneling is easier than you think, and produces dramatic results. My decorating pal Shari Hiller and I ...

Q–One room in my house has pecan-chestnut wood paneling on the walls ... usually done by rubbing a thinned white or light-colored paint over a darker wood finish, then wiping part of the ...

I have been battling whether or not to paint what I consider to be hideously dark, but very expensive real wood paneling. I've been told that you should never paint real wood paneling. However ...

Q–One room in my house has pecan-chestnut wood paneling on the walls ... usually done by rubbing a thinned white or light-colored paint over a darker wood finish, then wiping part of the ...

Painting wood paneling a light color can make it much less noticeable. Clean your panels thoroughly, then sand them lightly using a fine-grit sandpaper—you can often skip sanding and be totally ...

Q: Some of the walls in our house are covered in fake wood paneling. Should we replace it? To be clear, Nelson said, some older homes have high-quality wood-veneer paneling that isn’t faux, and ...

That may be easier said than done, partly because solid-wood paneling so often has knots, the kind that appear invincible to paint coverage and leave the well-intentioned homeowner feeling a bit ...

perhaps the least expensive way forward is to leave the paneling in place and paint over it. That may be easier said than done, partly because solid-wood paneling so often has knots, the kind that ...