How To Brighten Wood Panelled Walls

I will be the first to say that my initial instinct when i saw this space was to rip all the paneling out.

How to brighten wood panelled walls.

Whitewash your panels this technique allows you to keep the woodgrain texture of walls but not the deep color. Instead purchase a light colored area rug that covers most of the room s. Cover with bookshelves cover your dated wood paneling with built in bookshelves. Lightly sand the paneling with 100 grit sandpaper to remove any gloss.

If your room already has dark wood flooring you don t have to cover it with wall to wall carpeting to brighten the room. A fresh coat of white paint says bee heinemann an interior design expert and marketing director of vänt wall panels. It breaks up the natural material and brings some light in too. Using the wood paneling as backing your bookshelves will become the center of attention.

In the jungle room or the den if you want to be so boring as to call it that we kept the original wood paneling. The walls might be wood but the ceilings aren t and you can brighten things up considerably by painting the ceilings a light color. This jessica helgerson designed space is pretty much peak mid century but thanks to the varied shades of wood it stays away from the clichés. Start by watering down your paint then you ll want to brush on immediately wipe.

One of the easiest quickest fixes for wood paneling. However budget and seeing a friend s updated 70 s paneled walls in action helped to change my mind and give it a whirl. You can buy that at true value or probly home depot. Then wipe with liquid sand and clean.

Prime the walls with a quality primer and allow to dry. Then put on a primer. The trim around the doors and windows doesn t have to be the. Hgtv star chip wade shows you how to modernize old school wood paneling with paint for more follow the hashtag rachaelrayshow.

First thing you do is clean well with a degreaser which i used grease lightening. Apply two topcoats of wall paint.