Pine panelling....can it be modernised without removing it?

[hobbyist]

Hi everyone...first letter to your website! Fifteen years ago, my wonderful builder father and husband renovated our kitchen and adjoining eating area (under a skillion roof) in full (walls and ceiling) by using radiata pine tongue and groove pine panelling in a tradional German style (yes, we are too!) It is finished in a semi gloss varnish and is extremely durable. It sounds excessive and perhaps by todays standards it might be....but it was an attractive way to cover very irregular walls in an old house done in a traditional style using corner posts, some diagonal panelling, shelving and corbels and interesting feature panelling (we actually won a competition in a home magazine at the time). Unfortunately, we are now selling and the majority of people dislike all the pine. We are very used to it and it feels very homely. Should it or could it be painted/limed to help the sale or would a complete overhaul be the way to go by a new buyer? Perhaps the ceiling could just be painted white to lift it a bit? (my father disagrees) Any helpful thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated...Thanks!

[Harry72]

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[Ianab]

Arrghh - Fashion

See that all the time on the DIY shows - 'this old wood panelling will have to go' - got to have painted gib board or MDF to look 'modern'

Because no one can afford to have real wood work done now we are being conned into thinking that painted MDF is Better.. sheesh

Yes you could paint it... but I'd side with your Dad and say you shouldn't. Hopefully a buyer will see it, appreciate it and it will make the sale.

Cheers

Ian

[Grunt]

Hopefully a buyer will see it, appreciate it and it will make the sale.

They won't or more correctly you will get less for your house.

[Trav]

can you clad it with plasterboard or similar?

You could paint it, although it would look like painted pine cladding, not nrmal walls.

Trav

[blueskyjaq]

Hi

I know that this is a late post regarding the pine panelling but I am facing a similar problem. Can someone please advise the best way to modernise the pine panelling? I am living in a sauna and can't afford to remove all my walls and start again. Can I paint them? Do I need to fill the crevasses? How? The previous owner of this house did so many of the walls in this very knotty radiata pine panelling on the diagonal!! I am desparate for suggestions. The trickiest area is the kitchen with lots of really complex shelving and recesses. The flat walls I could kind of plaster even though they are odd shaped. I guess that was why he nailed all these really awkward walls with pannelling!!!!!!

Jaq

[manoftalent]

in both cases I would probably plasterboard right over it ....if you rip it all out you then have "waste" material to get rid of ,,,and thats not cheap these days , the pine board will act as insulation, and that will help ...the light switches , power points ....may have enough wiring length to simply re-fit on top of the plaster ( hopefully the bracket screws are long enough)..

[tea lady]

A friend of mine painted her pine panelled walls off white. Looked quite good. Still a "country " look. But not the full sauna treatment. Maybe you could do some bits a differant colour to make a feature of a few of the weird angels. And/or leave the front edge of the cupboard frames wood coloured.

[Fuzzie]

Just a thought and it will depend on your taste in decorating styles, but have you considered covering some of the walls in fabric? http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/lv_wal...271436,00.html

[Carry Pine]

The 'raw' look is out but the lime wash or off white painted look is excellent. Some people would kill for that look.

Carry Pine