How To Turn Panelling Into Walls
You could do exactly what i did to a wood paneling room at my mom s old house.
How to turn panelling into walls. Faux or fake wood paneling was a very popular wall design in the 1970s. Basically fill in the cracks of the wood paneling where the boards separate sand and paint. Repeat until walls are covered. Nothing screams the 1970s like a room covered in wood paneling.
Position and press the panel into place. Create stripes or lines in the panel walls by painting the paneling grooves a different color than the paneling slats heinemann suggests. Removing fake wood panels can be tedious and expensive. I love the look of board and batten.
The final step is to glue then nail moulding into place with finishing nails and cover with wood putty for a perfect finish. How to make a wall with wood paneling look more modern. As i studied the paneling i thought about our options. Use your spackle knife and fill the panel s lines and nail holes with the medium or heavy weight spackle if using making sure to press the spackle into the grooves firmly.
In our previous home we did board and batten in our master bedroom on the wall that our bed sat against. Even if you love the look of wood paneling across an entire wall or around. This was a super easy solution to renovating this room but just took some patience. Tap in place with a rubber mallet.
Do this by taking your knife with some spackle on the end of it and at a slight angle press the spackle into the grooves and then wipe clean the entire length of the. The paneling only took up a third of the walls. Like many designs and styles from the 70s fake wood paneling s popularity did not last leaving many homeowners stuck with a wall or surface that looks like a poor combination of wood and plastic. From paneling to board and batten.
It hit me that with a few modifications we could do it here too.