How To Brighten Wood Panelled Walls

Prime the walls with a quality primer and allow to dry.

How to brighten wood panelled walls.

Lightly sand the paneling with 100 grit sandpaper to remove any gloss. Start by watering down your paint then you ll want to brush on immediately wipe. Apply two topcoats of wall paint. If you re mimicking this in your own living room keep one wall a clean white.

Then put on a primer. You can buy that at true value or probly home depot. 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. The walls might be wood but the ceilings aren t and you can brighten things up considerably by painting the ceilings a light color.

Then wipe with liquid sand and clean. Using the wood paneling as backing your bookshelves will become the center of attention. Use a damp cloth to wipe any sanding dust off the walls. It breaks up the natural material and brings some light in too.

One of the easiest quickest fixes for wood paneling. Instead purchase a light colored area rug that covers most of the room s. I will be the first to say that my initial instinct when i saw this space was to rip all the paneling out. If your room already has dark wood flooring you don t have to cover it with wall to wall carpeting to brighten the room.

However budget and seeing a friend s updated 70 s paneled walls in action helped to change my mind and give it a whirl. Hgtv star chip wade shows you how to modernize old school wood paneling with paint for more follow the hashtag rachaelrayshow. First thing you do is clean well with a degreaser which i used grease lightening. The trim around the doors and windows doesn t have to be the.

Start with a good. Whitewash your panels this technique allows you to keep the woodgrain texture of walls but not the deep color.