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70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

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spooks
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70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

Our house has one room with the old 70s wood panelling - I'm planning to just paint it white for now. ANyone have any pics of this?

Posted 8/19/09 9:48 PM
 
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Agape08
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

we ripped out the wood panelling and put sheet rock...the room looks much bigger now.

Posted 8/20/09 12:32 AM
 

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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

Posted by spooks

Our house has one room with the old 70s wood panelling - I'm planning to just paint it white for now. ANyone have any pics of this?



I don't have any pics but we have this paneling in every room of our house! In one room it is painted white, it kind of gives the room a "beachy feel" for some reason. LIke a PP said we are going to rip it all off and sheetrock over it. A friend of mine said her dad spackled over the ridges and sanded it and you couldn't even tell but we are not going to take the chance.

Posted 8/20/09 7:59 AM
 

MrsUta
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

We ripped out all our panelling as well....It's not too hard if they just nailed it in...If they glued it you will most likely have to re-sheetrock....

In order to Paint Panelling you need to prime it first and then paint it....If it is grainy you will have to keep on painting it to ensure the paint gets into the grains....

Sorry, I don't have any pics....But I did take some paneling down on my own....

Good Luck!!!

Posted 8/20/09 8:01 AM
 

pixiedust
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

my parents painted theirs after over 25 years of living in the house. I am sorry I have no photos, but it really transformed the room and it looks great!

Posted 8/20/09 9:58 AM
 

ndblovah
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

I actually have it in many rooms in my house. I don't particulary mind it. If you check out my album for home you will see the rooms that are my living rooms and kitchen actually have it. In my husbands den we did a faux beadboard with it.... ck it out. You really can paint it any color.

Posted 8/20/09 10:26 AM
 

hotelcalie
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

We had the knotty pine in our basement when we moved in. We had it painted white. It made a HUGE difference!! We also had the regular 70s paneling upstairs but we just did sheetrock over it.

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Posted 8/20/09 10:30 AM
 

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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

We painted over the panelling in our basement. I don't have any before pics.

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Posted 8/20/09 1:59 PM
 

skew
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

i have paneling in the den. previous owner had it painted a pale yellow. we repainted green.

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Posted 8/20/09 4:32 PM
 

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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

after room was painted, wood floors installed and some furniture.

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Posted 8/20/09 4:32 PM
 

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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

and now. it is definitely less noticeable with lighter walls but i prefer warmer colors.

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Posted 8/20/09 4:34 PM
 

spooks
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

These are awesome -thank you. We're thinking of painting white and then installing wood/bamboo flooring.

Posted 8/20/09 4:41 PM
 

skew
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

is there crown molding or are you going to install? if so, i would paint the walls ivory or a light beige and the molding white.

Posted 8/20/09 4:43 PM
 

spooks
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Re: 70s wood panelling - any pics redone?

Nope - no crown molding. Thanks for the idea though. We're looking to do it easy and cheap -so probably just paint it a white or cream color and do the wood flooring. There's sliding doors to the back porch so it gets alot of light.

Posted 8/20/09 7:54 PM
 
 

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