Paint question Keep panels white or paint grey?
Rachel
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Paint over paneling, keeps seeping through!
Comments (7)I have been doing research into painting over paneling and there are many ways to do it. After doing some footwork research I have decided that I am going to try the product called Liquid Sander first. It is supposed to de-gloss the paneling and then you paint over that. If I do not like how that works My father gave me the idea of using drywall mud and sealing up the cracks and thinning and using a roller to give a small texture too. I may use a combination of the two. I looked at Home Depot and Lowes and prices were just slightly lower at Lowes, but not enough that you are going to lose anything if you don't have a Lowes close by. If you decided to use the drywall mud buy the 5 gal. bucket. It is cheaper then the 1 gal. THe other option is sanding, but why give yourself more work then needed? I guarantee you that the elbow grease and mess you save here will be used elsewhere where you don't have a choice....See MoreTo paint or not to paint? Questions about wood paneling....
Comments (24)That entry is absolutely exquisite! Whatever you do, keep that space the way it is. I do enjoy seeing well preserved specimens of high end mid century interiors. I agree with others about living in the house for a while before you do anything. We bought a mostly unadulterated Victorian, and we had fantasies of getting a bunch of stuff done before moving in (5 months from close to move in), but ended up only refinishing some floors (low impact change). Now I'm super glad we didn't try to do anything - we're getting a sense of how we live in this house (it turns out we use the butler stairs A LOT, and my husband had wanted to tear them out!) and a sense of the small things that wouldn't have even occurred to us before we'd spent time living here, like the fact that we need to add a second ceiling light at the far end of the hall, that we need some more electrical outlets in the dining room, etc....See MoreKeep As Is, Paint, or Remove Paneling
Comments (5)Thank You for the comments and suggestions. The wainscoting is also in the kitchen, and a small room adjoining the kitchen dining area with a back door entrance, this room has a built in desk and will make a nice study but I will probably remove the desk if removing the wainscoting, I assume the feeling would to be to also remove the wainscoting in those rooms. The entrance from the garage into the kitchen has full length paneling, the formal dining has paper on the walls I will see if I can add pictures of this area of the house....See MoreWood paneled living room - paint or keep as is?
Comments (8)I'm no design maven. I do think that the walls, as they are, will fit into a traditional/modern mix, since they are relatively simple (and very lovely- not your run of the mill paneling). However, the floor is definitely a problem. Is it LVP or gray stained hardwood (it looks like LVP)? If it is wood, it could be re-stained to a more complimentary shade for probably not much difference than a good prep and paint of the paneling. The fireplace brick looks pinkish - yellowish on my computer, and as much as I like to preserve original brick, changing that color, perhaps to a grayish brown, might help to pull the paneling and floor together, along with a good rug or two to cover most of the floor. If those things don't seem feasible, or you particularly like the floor with your other furnishings (so you definitely will not be changing it later) then you could consider painting. Just remember that furnishings wear out and get replaced, so consider carefully about making a permanent change in the paneling based on current furnishings. All that said, there is nothing wrong with painting the paneling if that is what will make you delighted with the space. I myself waited too many years to paint my old knotty pine!...See More
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Laura Hill
5 years agoWhat about replacing the two foot stools with a small set of drawers (painted? Mirrored?). That would fill in the space below the TV a bit, as well as provide some color (and storage!).
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