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Paris-based designer Jonathan Cohen has been working in wood for only a couple of years. Initially trained as a graphic designer, his eye for flat compositions naturally transferred into the three-dimensional world of furniture, with his creations quickly catching the eye of top architects and designers and local galleries. “When you have knowledge of good proportion, shape, and balance, you can design a letter or furniture,” Cohen says. “For me, it’s almost the same.” What lends the designer's work a certain je ne sais quoi, however, is the unique dye treatment he uses, applied in various techniques to bring out the grain and texture of the wood — forming patterns reminiscent of those created by Memphis artist Nathalie du Pasquier.
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My fingers haven't been so excited to type out a title for a long time. It's one thing to be done painting the paneling but it's a whole 'nother feat to get up a tutorial about it - only took me a couple of months...HA! It's a hefty one with a lot of carefully ordered steps to help you along if you've been thinking about laying a fresh coat on the wood paneling you've inherited. We are certainly happy we took on the task. The end result has us heck-yeahing and has our living room looking a bit more modern. We've painted painted wood paneling before in our rental, but we've never painted unpainted, stained and sealed wood paneling before so this was somewhat uncharted territory for us. There are lots of tutorials written out there but I'm going to let you in on a few tips and tricks and everything we learned to show you a really efficient way to unload some paint onto those dated, paneled walls if you've got 'em and want to bring them into 2020. First things first, like I said above, this is a doozy of a painting project. It's not just slapping paint on a few walls and calling it a day. There is prep and more prep involved and it can get tedious, so before you start, search and scroll through the abyss of photos on pinterest or google of "painted wood paneling" to absorb all the inspiration you can. You'll need all that inspiration to turn into motivation. Ok, ok. Maybe I'm making this sound way harder than it is. It's hard but it is SO worth the effort. Take it one step at a time. You can do this! Here's our after (or so-far if we're including decorating) to add to the plethora you can log into that motivation bank: Here's what it looked like before: Dark and woody and in time-capsule, 1985 condition. I had a few people tell me I shouldn't paint it and you know, that's totally fine with me. You do you. Embrace you. If you like the look, grab it by the horns and go! There is nothing that says you can't take wood paneling and magically transform a room with it as-is into a modern masterpiece. I am all for doing what YOU like and not paying any attention to the current trend. But in our case, we wanted light and bright in here and so the paneling was getting us nowhere in that regard. So, even though we wanted it a different color, we love the character the paneling adds with those vertical lines. That is where the treasure in paneling lies - that extra character. Someone reminded me during this process that, back when wood paneling was in and everybody was putting it up in their homes, it wasn't the cheap option. Drywall was the cheap option. Paneling was the splurge. It made me appreciate our walls so much more. ;) Let's get started with that process. I'll try to be as concise as possible but there is an important order of events here that we feel got us from start to finish the quickest and most efficiently. Depending on what kind of paneling you've got in your space, those steps might look a tad different but I'd say generally, most things will apply. Here's what our process looked like. 1) Wash down those walls and trim (and ceilings if you're going to paint them too!). Our house was home to a heavy smoker and wood is one of those materials that really soaks in that odor. So this room was heavy with it. Before we moved in, we washed down all of these walls with water and white vinegar and it really helped take the edge off, even though we were still left with a slight ashtray smell that we noticed when we walked into the house after being gone for a couple days. (The other thing that majorly helped with the smell was scraping off the popcorn ceilings - details and tutorial here.) If your walls are really glossy, I'd grab some liquid deglosser and use it to degloss them so the primer sticks well. We used it to clean and degloss the trim in this room. I've also used it on cabinets before painting them. I dilute it with water a little (that's not an official instruction but it still works for me and lasts longer) and just wipe it on like I'm cleaning. It's supposed to take the shine away without needing to sand and so far, the paint we've painted on after using it is still sticking so I'm going to give it two thumbs up. (I've also seen this brand recommended by some bloggers but haven't used it personally.) A quick sanding with a fine sandpaper block will help take the shine off too...just make sure you wipe the walls down after. It'll be an excellent bicep work out too. Now that everything is clean... 2) Fill in knots and any holes in the wall. We had a lot. Fun times. I used this lightweight spackle*. I like it because you don't need to sand after. In some deeper knots, I had to layer it on twice (letting it dry between fillings) but it gives an easier process than the apply, dry, sand spackles. Post-painting, you can't even find a single knot. Now we're ready for paint... 3) If you're painting ceilings first, like we did, prime (if they're bare drywall) and paint them before you start on the walls. Gravity doesn't stop for paint and so it splatters when you're painting overhead. You don't want those splatters getting on your freshly painted walls. Move from the top down. We used oil-based primer to cover up any lingering smoke odor. 4) Prime the trim in the room. If it's already painted, move along and celebrate in the fact that you don't have to do this because painting trim might be the worst, worst, worst. Since our trim is stained wood, we went with that smelly oil-based primer again. (Pssst, we didn't prime or paint the baseboards because the floors in here will be replaced soonish and they'll need to be removed. Rather than scuffing up the new paint job, we thought it would be easier to paint them while they're off.) 5) Prime the grooves in the paneling - there's a bonified technique to use when painting grooves down in #9. Grab a paint brush and brush oil-based paint into every single one of them. I'm going to repeat one important point - OIL-BASED PRIMER. I know it seems only natural that we used it again since we painted it onto our ceilings and trim but with both of those things, you could probably get away with using latex. On wood paneled walls though, you'll want to use this. We used this Kilz primer* but only recommend it if you're planning on opening the can once and using it all. For some reason, we've had bad luck with using one can more than once - opening it to pour and then closing, storing, and reusing. Small globs are in the primer the second time we open it and they ruin the rest of the primer because they don't dissolve while you're painting or rolling. They just stick to the wall/trim and it is one of the most annoying things. After the first can did this, I thought we maybe just didn't close the lid all the way but then it happened to two cans since and so it can't be user error. It's on my list of things to-do to write Kilz to ask why this happens...I'll post an update here when I do. Oil-based primer? Yep. Unless your paneling is fake wood that hasn't been stained, it is crucial. Your grooves will look like this after priming if you use oil-based primer: And here's what they will look like if you don't use it but go with latex instead: Not only the grooves, but the knots in the wood too. All of the stain that was once applied to that paneling will just seep right through the latex primer and you'll cry yourself through another round of painting grooves which, by the way, is up there on the tedious totem pole. How do I know this for certain? Because I tested it and painted over a groove back when we were painting our breakfast nook and this is what happened. You do not want to have to do this twice. Trust me. Oil-based primer. I know it might seem counterproductive to paint grooves when you're just going to roll over the walls but chances are, a paint roller won't fill in these gaps completely so you'll be left needing to work the paint in with a roller (annoying) or you'll just be left with unpainted spots that you'll have to go back over. When we primed, I primed the grooves and Anthony rolled the walls - it goes quicker if you have two people going at once. Important side note: If you're using oil-based primer (chances are, you should be), make sure you ventilate the room - open windows and turn on fans - and keep the kids out if you've got 'em. We did this in the heat of the summer so we couldn't open all of the windows lest we have a $1000 a/c bill so we waited until after the kids were in bed and it was slightly cooler (probably still a sweltering 80 degrees), opened a window, and had a fan blowing the inside air out. We also have this mask* which filters the fumes incredibly - you can't smell them one bit. It's worth the $ when you're going to be using a lot of oil-based paint like us. 7) Prime the walls. Checking off this box was a huge milestone for us because it meant that we were done with the oil-based paint and fumes and that we could finally get a glimpse of that lighter and brighter we were going through. Hooray! 8) Paint the trim in the room. We painted our trim Pure White by Sherwin-Williams (color-matched into Valspar paint) in a satin sheen. Here are our tips on painting trim. Again, if you don't have to do this because it's already painted, happy dance it. One thing I will mention and recommend is that you don't paint the corner trim that most paneled walls have to hide seams the same color as you're painting the baseboards/crown/door trim/window trim. Paint those corner pieces the same color as what you're going to paint your walls. The people who painted the wood paneling in our rental kept the corner trim the same as the crown molding and baseboards and it really chopped up the walls in a not-so-good way. See that corner piece painted the same color as the walls? 9) Paint the grooves. I mentioned above there's a technique to this. It seems uber simple and straightforward but here's the thing, if you just load up your brush with paint (or primer!) and brush up and down, you might be left with a raised edge where the paint ends. When I say "you might", the odds are pretty good, especially if you're rushing through this part because of it's tedious nature. Rush through, that's fine, but once you paint up and down, filling that groove with paint, go right over what you just painted at a diagonal to get rid of any raised paint line you might've left. It takes a couple of extra seconds each section but it'll be worth not having those raised lines everywhere, especially since you can't really get rid of them easily once they're there. 10) Paint the walls. This is when things get really exciting because you're almost done!! We painted these walls China White by Ben Moore (color-matched to Valspar paint - here's the code) in eggshell. 11) Celebrate. Lighter and brighter? Mission accomplished. 12) Vow to never paint that room again...well, maybe never. ;) + + + If I need to explain more or you have a question, visit the combox or email me - [email protected] Or, if you used our tutorial to paint your paneled walls and you want us to see how awesome they look (because we really want to see!!), tag me on Insta or Facebook! *These links are affiliate links which means that, if you click over and/or make a purchase through the link, we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. All of these links will lead you to things we actually paid for or that are similar to the item we paid for in case ours is thrifted/sold out/secondhand. This extra money helps us with the costs of running the blog and buying paint. ;) Thank you for your support and for fueling our love to share all things DIY!
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A DIY tutorial explaining how to whitewash wood in 4 easy steps. Creating a vintage feel for your home with whitewashing. How to whitewash wood walls.
