Interested in a house , but don't like the Wood Panel (walls, cost) - Home Interior Design and Decorating - Page 2 - City-Data Forum

CSD610 · 07-17-2012, 09:44 AM

Find a home to purchase that you don't want to change anything before you even make the purchase.

CheyDee · 07-17-2012, 10:12 AM

If you like the Venetian look you could cover it with joint compound and/or plaster, or do something like this.

nightcrawler · 07-17-2012, 11:16 AM

If I like the home but it had paneling, that would really be a no brainer...just rip it off and re sheetrock.

no houe is move in perfect.

the location is always the same, the view is always the same.

but decor can be changed.

Bill Keegan · 07-17-2012, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CSD610

Find a home to purchase that you don't want to change anything before you even make the purchase.

And how long do you think a person would wait, hoping for such a house to come to market?

Pitt Chick · 07-17-2012, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CSD610

Find a home to purchase that you don't want to change anything before you even make the purchase.

Seriously?

Every one I know who bought a house needed to change things to suit them.
There is NO house that you NEVER have to change.

PureHapa · 07-17-2012, 05:17 PM

You can:

- Paint the paneling, but I think this has a tendency to look dated or beachy.
- Remove the paneling, then drywall.
- Drywall OVER the paneling. Ask a contractor for suggestions.

None of these options is expensive, but if you are going with drywalling, do it before you move in as that is a dusty job.

K'ledgeBldr · 07-18-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CSD610

Find a home to purchase that you don't want to change anything before you even make the purchase.

As Rob Reiner's mom said in "When Harry Met Sally"- "I'll have what she's having (or smoking; whatever the case may be)!

Summering · 07-18-2012, 07:42 PM

I've seen many people paint it white and it looks just fine. I agree dark paneling is out. Probably the cheapest thing to do right now is to just paint it.
Some just continue to keep it that way and are accustomed to that look.

kinkytoes · 07-24-2012, 05:45 PM

I sorta agree w/ the person who said find another house. If it is quality paneling, I agree you'd be foolish to paint it...but if is that cheap, ugly crap...you are going to have to spend money and time.

I bought my house and was happy for the most part, but I did spend several thousand to change things...and I also had to delay moving in for about a month while ppl did the work on the house. If the paneling is in one room, you can delay furnishing it until the workpeople are finished...

I wouldn't. Maybe OP can share what's so awesome about the house.

nightcrawler · 07-25-2012, 08:46 PM

Well, if the paneling is only nailed with "paneling nails", then it is real easy to remove, my parents removed all their "black paneling" (what was my mother thinking??) from the 70's, patched the tiny nail holes and re painted. All traces of paneling were erased from our memory. Can we get an Amen in the house??

But if it was glued then you will have to re-sheet rock.