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Posted by grodenhiATgmailDOTcom on June 1, 2006, 7:50 pm
There are very noticable grooves between the "planks". While we are
kind of openning it up to the kitchen, it will be n no means the same
room. Currently there is a door between the two rooms and a window. I
plan to take out the door and make it like a standard interior doorway
(doorway with no door in it that is), and take out and enlarge the
window spot. While I know the walls would not match the kitchen, I was
thinking leaving it a sitting room with a beach house feel (wicker
etc), and thought white solid panelling would maybe look alright. I
never thought of it until we started looking at the Pottery Barn
catalog for something else and noticed MANY of the rooms they showed
had a beach cottage look with white panelled walls. I was wondering
the best proactice to do this, and before attempting what people's
opinions were on if it would look nice, or a cheap way to cover
panelling. The panelling up is real wood, not the 70's style made of
particle board. We are thinking of leaving the ceiling as it is, but
the oragny shiney wood on walls and celing is too much.
tbasc@bellsouth.net wrote:
> I picture noticable grooves in the siding.
> If that is true, painiting is going to look strange.
> Since you are considering joining the space to the kitchen, I'd take
> clues from the kitchen finishes.
> TB
>
> grodenhiATgmailDOTcom wrote:
> > We would like to "modernize it" in that this is the room that almost
> > everyone entesr from the outside and all the glossy wood looks very
> > dated. We are also planning on openning the kitchen up into this
> > space. Not so much taking out a wall but making a large openning in
> > the existing wall to open the area up. This is also the room that
> > heads out to the back patio, so it does get a lot of use and is not
> > simply used as a storage area.
> >
> > Goedjn wrote:
> > > On 1 Jun 2006 13:02:31 -0700, "grodenhiATgmailDOTcom"
> > >
> > > >We have a 1950's ranch and almost everything has been updated thus far,
> > > >except for what we call the mud room. This is about a 15x15 foot
> > > >heated room between the garage and rest of house that has glossy pine
> > > >tongue and groove walls and ceiling. Originally I was planning on
> > > >tearing out the walls and ceiling and replacing with standard drywall,
> > > >but I'm starting to wonder if that would be a big mistake (maybe we
> > > >should keep it for character). I'm starting to think I could paint the
> > > >panelling white (using a strong primer then oil based paint). This
> > > >would sort of give the beach house/cabin look I think. Does this sound
> > > >doable? Do you think this will look all right or cheesey, or am I
> > > >convincing myself that it will look decent knowing it will save a lot
> > > >of time/money? Would you do BOTH walls and ceiling white, or just
> > > >walls leaving the ceiling a glossy pine?
> > >
> > > I wouldn't mess with it at all. DOn't you have anything
> > > better to spend the money on? Beer? A trip to
> > > niagra? Just build storage benches or overhead
> > > cabinets, and put all the crap you keep there in those.
> > > It will then look so much better you won't need to
> > > change it.
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