How To Brighten Wood Panelled Walls

Hgtv star chip wade shows you how to modernize old school wood paneling with paint for more follow the hashtag rachaelrayshow.

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. 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. I will be the first to say that my initial instinct when i saw this space was to rip all the paneling out. 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 trim around the doors and windows doesn t have to be the. It breaks up the natural material and brings some light in too. Start with a good. First thing you do is clean well with a degreaser which i used grease lightening.

You can buy that at true value or probly home depot. Then put on a primer. Cover with bookshelves cover your dated wood paneling with built in bookshelves. If you re mimicking this in your own living room keep one wall a clean white.

Using the wood paneling as backing your bookshelves will become the center of attention. However budget and seeing a friend s updated 70 s paneled walls in action helped to change my mind and give it a whirl. Use a damp cloth to wipe any sanding dust off the walls. Instead purchase a light colored area rug that covers most of the room s.

Prime the walls with a quality primer and allow to dry. Then wipe with liquid sand and clean. If your room already has dark wood flooring you don t have to cover it with wall to wall carpeting to brighten the room. One of the easiest quickest fixes for wood paneling.

Lightly sand the paneling with 100 grit sandpaper to remove any gloss. Apply two topcoats of wall paint.