by Kim
What is the best option for a make over for 70s wood paneling?
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Peg
on Jul 30, 2017
Painting the wall. -
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Shirley Heikkinen
on Jul 30, 2017
You can paint it, wall paper over it, or do a faux paint treatment on it. It all depends on your personal taste and how much work you want to do as well as your budget. You can even remove the paneling, but that often ends up being a lot of hard work, and more expensive to put up drywall then finish and paint. -
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Rhonda
on Jul 30, 2017
I've seen where people fill the indents with rope (glued on) and then paint it all. It ends up looking more like bead board.Here's an example where a couple just painted it white:http://www.designsponge.com/2013/03/before-after-sarahs-real-world-makeover.html -
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Kim
on Jul 30, 2017
You could put up wall liner and paint it. Wall Liner is the perfect solution for old paneling.: ) -
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Eleanor S. Young
on Jul 30, 2017
Paint or use vynal wallpaper or cover with wallboard. -
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Tom Eagle
on Jul 30, 2017
You could carefully remove the paneling and turn it backwards and then paint the smooth surface -
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Bec7991755
on Jul 30, 2017
Paint! My aunt did it and took dark paneling into today. She painted white so it took a good few coats. That's been a couple years ago so I think paint technology has improved greatly since you may not need as many. Depending current finish on paneling you might need to sand lightly Before.
Peg
on Jul 30, 2017
Shirley Heikkinen
on Jul 30, 2017
Rhonda
on Jul 30, 2017
Kim
on Jul 30, 2017
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