If you still want to add drywall over the paneling, you will first have to remove all the window and door trim and the baseboards. Pry them off carefully. Some of the wood trim may be finger ...

If your newly purchased house is covered in outdated wood paneling, you can easily update the walls for a more modern feel (no demolition required).

If you still want to add drywall over the paneling, you will first have to remove all the window and door trim and the baseboards. Pry them off carefully. Some of the wood trim may be finger ...

Q: My wife and I bought a 35-year-old home that has thin wood paneling in several rooms. We don't like the paneling and want to drywall the rooms, but the paneling is so much thinner than regular ...

Several rooms have wood paneling that I would like to paint or wallpaper over. Would the grooves need to be spackled first? Or do I need to tear off the paneling and install drywall?

In a room with wood-paneled walls—particularly if that wood is a veneer—your instinct may be to start fresh, either by tearing out the paneling or by concealing it behind drywall. Both of ...

No, wood paneling, whether real wood or faux laminate, is more expensive than standard drywall alone. In most cases, wood paneling is installed on top of drywall, so you need to budget for both ...

How to Finally Get Rid of That Wood Paneling (or at Least Cover It Up) If you have an older house festooned with this 1970s staple, here’s how to remove it or cover it up.

Apply a skim coat of spackle (drywall taping compound works well) over the entire wall to fill the pores in the wood surface. Sand the surface smooth. Then apply two coats of acrylic finish.

Dear Ronald: Installing drywall over old paneling is one method to improve the appearance of a room. As you noted, it can be a difficult task to extend all the window and door trim to fit over the ...