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Hello. I have some old dark brown wood paneling on all the walls of my family room. There is no drywall underneath it. I want to brighten up the room so I figure my options are to tear out the paneling and put in drywall or paint the paneling. I'd rather not drywall it since that seems to me to be a much more expensive option. Here's the problem. In two parts of the room where adjacent wood sheets come together the paneling is uneven. The two panels meet perfectly but they're wavy (when viewed from the side) so that in places one panel is about an eight of an inch higher than the other or lower than the other. If I go with an off-white color then I feel this imperfection will be glaring. There are holes in the paneling near the meeting point where a former owner of the home tried to nail the paneling down but it's pulled out from the nails. I've pushed down on the wood with my finger and it goes down but the paneling is thick and stubborn. I thought about removing the paneling by this meeting place and nailing a piece of wood next to the stud so I'd have a good place to nail the board down with some small-headed nails but wasn't sure if that would be worth all the effort. I also thought about just nailing it down as best as I could and then putting on a light colored, heavy-textured, material type wall paper over it.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you. Joe
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you. Joe