Painting ugly paneling is one of the least expensive yet most dramatic ways to change a room. A splash of color can be a transforming facelift that lightens and brightens paneled walls with a ...

On any paint job, the initial prep work is the most important step. Applying paint—even the very best—over an ill-prepared wall will surely result in a blistered, peeling mess. For most ...

How to Paint Paneling In a room with wood-paneled walls—particularly if that wood is a veneer—your instinct may be to start fresh, either by tearing out the paneling or by concealing it behind drywall ...

Newsflash: Wood paneling isn't just for basements built in the 1970s. And, no, the secret to pulling off the look isn't to paint over it. In fact, these chic wood-paneled rooms have proudly left ...

Q. Years ago, I opened an in-home child-care program. I had to treat my old knotty pine paneling with fire retardant. It used to be a beautiful accent in my beach cottage home. Now the finish on ...

Q: Some of the walls in our house are covered in fake wood paneling. Should we replace it? To be clear, Nelson said, some older homes have high-quality wood-veneer paneling that isn’t faux, and ...