Have you ever faux painted over paneling?

That will be my next project. I want it to look like an aged Tuscan wall.

The look I am striving to go for on the paneling, maybe do a smooth texture with joint compound & then paint it an off white then use another color to give it the aged look.

I really want to do my whole house in a Tuscan old world look but I don't want to over do it.

The thing that is throwing me off on the kitchen is I have an open floor plan, in the living area that attaches to the kitchen it is sheet rock with chair railing then the kitchen is the paneling so I don't know whether to do two different color schemes or do the same for both right above my front door is where the two meet.

Right now I have put the bedroom on hold & I am working on a small bathroom that turned out to be a HUGE nightmare, the previous owners put wallpaper straight onto the sheet rock so I have elected to go with smooth texture paint in that room but I am doing the prep work right now.

However, once that is completed I will do what you suggested on the bedroom walls.

For the kitchen & other bath (both are paneled but have vinyl wallpaper covering it) I had originally thought about stripping off the wallpaper & then using textured paint to cover up the paneling then do the faux painting… but I like your idea of aging the current paneling.

In my daughter's room there was wallpaper (not vinyl but paper) over the paneling, the paneling wasn't in good shape so I had no choice but to do textured paint in her room, it took 4 gallonsof textured paint & then we painted it purple, it did cover up all of the grooves BUT if this paneling is in good shape then I would prefer to just paint over it.

I won't know until I strip the vinyl wallpaper off, however, if you could please tell me how to age the paneling I would definitely appreciate.

The look I am trying to achieve throughout the house is a French Country/Tuscan look & though most books I look at suggest using plaster/stucco I am afraid if I do it in every single room I will get tired of it or it will just look too redundant.

The aged wood panels really sound wonderful! 

Just let me know what to do, I really do appreciate all of your help. By the way, I just purchased your faux brick dvd, I can't wait to get it!

Take Care!

Jibbe

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Hi, I hope your paneled walls are in good enough shape to paint over them. The can be a bit worn or damaged as you want to create a Tuscan feel in your rooms.

I don't have pictures of a Tuscan look using paint on paneling, so I will try to describe the technique here.

Remember… that it just paint, and it can be changed.

First… you will have to prep the paneling. This off course requires primer. Primer is the first thing you should think of when considering faux finishes. Primer will give you a fantastic base for all the layers… and it will insure that the finish will not fail.

I would use a satin or eggshell finish primer that you can have tinted in your base coat color. By using tinted primer you can skip the color base coating step on the paneling and jump right into the faux painting technique.

This technique will give a rustic look to the walls. Depending on your choice of having dark or light walls… will help you choose the colors.

If the wall is already dark… without lots of natural daylight… you will want to use lighter colors on your walls.

On the other hand, for a darker, more rustic look… your color choices would then be a bit darker.

You can create a faux finish on the walls that looks like real wood panels, which would restore your panels to their natural colorations.

Also… for the wood paneling, if you want an aged Tuscan look on a grooved wall, it will still need to look like wood. You can't make grooves look like anything but wood panels.

But you can make them look like old aged panels instead of new wood.

Hope your having fun!

Debra THAT Painter Lady