If you're thinking about updating a room with wood-paneled walls, your instinct might be to start fresh, either by tearing out the paneling or by concealing it behind drywall. Both of these options ...

Q. We live in a house built in the 1970s. Several rooms have wood paneling that I would like to paint or wallpaper over. Would the grooves need to be spackled first? Or do I need to tear off the ...

Q. I want to restore the walnut paneling in our 90-some-year-old house. In spots, the wood has been lightened by sunlight or marked by pet stains, and there are minor scratches. A wood artisan says ...

With a long history stretching back to medieval times, wood paneling has had just as many "eras" as Taylor Swift. From the elegant wainscoting in Victorian mansions, to the groovy synthetic panels of ...

Mauro paints wood paneling; Lee shears shrubs; Nathan builds a daycare mud kitchen. Mauro Henrique discusses how he sees color, and shares some of his favorite colors to use for projects; Then, he ...

Question: Is it a crime to paint over old wood paneling? We are rehabbing a l9th-century farmhouse that has seen better days. It was used as a barn for years and the paneling (it's either oak or pine ...

If you have wood paneling in your home, you know just how dark it can make a room feel. Angela Roark-Szazynski of Noblesville, Indiana, wanted to change that feeling in her mom’s living room and ...

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. Both of these ...

Wood paneling once was so popular in homes that it seemed to pop up everywhere -- in the kitchen, den, family room, breakfast room and study. But now that most new homes have sleeker, lighter-looking ...