Covering Knotty Pine
Last year I purchased a house that was built in the ’60s. In the kitchen/dining/main hallway it is covered with knotty pine – even down to the kitchen cabinets. I’ve heard that knotty pine is valuable in that if you had to purchase it, it could be costly. However, I want a more creative options,…
Last year I purchased a house that was built in the ’60s. In the kitchen/dining/main hallway it is covered with knotty pine – even down to the kitchen cabinets. I’ve heard that knotty pine is valuable in that if you had to purchase it, it could be costly. However, I want a more creative options, especially in these main areas of my home. I don’t want to paint the panels, so what can I do to cover the panels without totally destroying them (especially if I ever sell this house)?
I think painted wood paneled walls look cool. In the South, the wood paneled and tongue and groove wood walls are all over the place in old houses. It’s very desireable down there, for old-house fans.
I know the OP sai he/she didn,t want to paint it, but wouldn’t painting the pine, using a stain-killing primer to keep the knots from bleeding through, be easier than removing it? As an alternative, couldn’t you put up wall paper?
I second the suggestion to get rid of it. The only affect 1960s knotty pine would have on resale value would be a negative one. It’s dark, dated, and not worth saving.
Honestly knotty pine is not as expensive as some people like to believe. Knotty pine means its a low grade cut of pine and is usually one of the cheaper types of pine you can get. When people say its expensive I imagine they mean its expensive as compared to drywall which is super cheap. If you really aren’t crazy about it i would say rip it out.