Apply two topcoats of wall paint.
How to brighten wood panelled walls.
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.
If you re mimicking this in your own living room keep one wall a clean white.
First thing you do is clean well with a degreaser which i used grease lightening.
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.
Prime the walls with a quality primer and allow to dry.
Start by watering down your paint then you ll want to brush on immediately wipe.
The walls might be wood but the ceilings aren t and you can brighten things up considerably by painting the ceilings a light color.
It breaks up the natural material and brings some light in too.
Cover with bookshelves cover your dated wood paneling with built in bookshelves.
Using the wood paneling as backing your bookshelves will become the center of attention.
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Then put on a primer.
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.
I will be the first to say that my initial instinct when i saw this space was to rip all the paneling out.
Use a damp cloth to wipe any sanding dust off the 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.
The trim around the doors and windows doesn t have to be the.
Start with a good.