How To Hide Half Wall Wood Paneling

Grab some drywall compound at your local home improvement store then use it to fill in the distinctive cracks and lines of the wood paneling.

How to hide half wall wood paneling.

Move all furniture well away from the paneling and cover the floor with drop cloth. Paintable wall covering paintable wallcovering is available in many patterns and textures manufactured to hide cracked walls old paneling and cinder block. If half or two thirds of the surface were paneled it wouldn t work nearly as well. First used as siding for barns board and batten is a type of wainscoting paneling on the lower portion of a wall featuring alternating wide wood or engineered wood e g mdf.

I would definitely paint it but would use a third color not the white of the cabinets nor the grasslands of the wall. Ventilate the room with open windows or fans. Check all product labels for safety information. Maybe a deeper blue green or dark cream from the rug.

Gloves and a face mask are recommended especially if you re working with a large area or in a room with poor ventilation. A common way to split walls in homes that prefer the rustic look is to use recovered or new sheet metal to cover a lower or upper half of a wood panel wall. Afterward sand prime and paint the wood whatever. Hgtv star chip wade shows you how to modernize old school wood paneling with paint for more follow the hashtag rachaelrayshow.