This is an article I never thought I’d write, because I’m a paint-the-paneling kind of girl. If you read my style blog on a regular basis, I’m pretty sure you know how I feel about wood paneling. To ...

Wall treatments invariably stamp a house with their era. Think about the bright (even garish) mixed-pattern papers used in Victorian design, or the bold geometric papers used in the ’30s, ’40s and ...

Q–Our family room is on the first floor, next to our garage, and the walls have knotty pine paneling with a “natural” finish. The paneling is in excellent condition, except for three badly stained ...

Q. Years ago, I opened an in-home child-care program. I had to treat my old knotty pine paneling with fire retardant. It used to be a beautiful accent in my beach cottage home. Now the finish on the ...