Comments on: Home Improvement Project?

By: songbird092962

songbird092962 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:33:30 +0000

Using 1x8s and 1x6s of knotty pine boards, I did a 24×12 wall for $108. My sisters new wall in her bedroom was about the same size and cost about $20 less to do in sheet rock…after you add all the extras- screws, tape, spackle, and paint. I like the pine wall better though, and I put it up right over the paneling.

By: ecurb25

ecurb25 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:29:27 +0000

depends on how much you want to spend. Nix the paint. Papering might be nice if the panel ling doesn’t have grooves in it. In that case you’ll have to fill the grooves with Spackle — a lot of work. If you decide to re panel or put up some time of wood don’t bother to take down the existing paneling; just cover it. Good luck!

By: Slim Whitman

Slim Whitman — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:51:26 +0000

yank it out, and sheet rock . or go to your building center and look at pine carsiding.

By: Irish trout bum

Irish trout bum — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:01:40 +0000

For an inexpensive new look you can put a wallpaper liner over it and paper it. In another 10 years or so, if you don’t like that you can always go back