Install wood paneling in any room to inject architectural detail warmth and character into your home traditionally used on the walls of kitchens and entryways many homeowners have begun to.
How to install horizontal wood paneling on walls.
Also consider that if you choose solid board paneling in a vertical pattern you will need to prepare for fastening boards to the wall by applying horizontal furring strips.
Load a caulking gun with a tube of panel adhesive and apply a small dab of it on the wall about every 10 inches.
Secure the paneling to the wall with panel adhesive and finishing nails.
For best results set the paneling in the room for a few days before you install it.
Install short boards horizontally between the studs every 32 for nailing.
Gently remove any crown moulding baseboards and trim you plan on using again.
Place the panel on the wall and press it into the adhesive.
The second of our wood wall paneling design ideas is to lay the panels vertically in several rooms.
Pull the panel away from the wall and let the adhesive become tacky.
The steps to installing this design are similar to horizontal paneling with a few changes including.
Plus the panel thickness complicating the finished molding assembly at openings and outside corners.
The first step in how to install paneling is to remove all wall plates outlets and any nails in the wall.
This will increase the finished wall thickness an additional in.