Dark paneling was a status symbol for years. We think of it as being rich.
Rich is may be AND it's dark.
I had a difficult time convincing the owener of this home to paint the paneling. Now the room looks twice the size.
After
Dark paneling was a status symbol for years. We think of it as being rich.
Rich is may be AND it's dark.
I had a difficult time convincing the owener of this home to paint the paneling. Now the room looks twice the size.
After
I just did this myself in our new home... what a difference it makes! The wooden paneling just sucks up all the light in the space making it feel like a cave...which I don't think of as 'warm' at all - what men always seem to say about paneling...
I left the window frame that color becasue of the seat/flower section. It's a high gloss varnish.
Next time I'll consider painting it OR if the realtor has a comment on it.
Marianne you didn't catch it because the whole house transformation was so wonderful that this just didn't stand out.
Yikes Virginia did the sellers recognize the room after the transformation? Such a BIG, BIG difference! We are faced with so much knotty pine, here in the mountains and people can't bear to paint it BUT I would LOVE to. Your photos are a great example of the change it makes. AND your staging is great too!
It looks great! Home Harmony recently did a home with a paneled basement. Amazing what a little paint can do. It certainly adds life and the illusion of being bigger.
Ginger, the sell game me a hard time about painting the paneling. She thought it was rich and warm. I've emailed her photos and she's had no comments about the staging to me. She told the realtor that she likes it.
Liz, basements definetely do well with painted paneling. I'm working on one basement now that the paneling is being painted.
Susan, thanks for the compliment
This is incredible, Virginia. Goes to show just how beneficial having a listing staged can do for a home.
Congratulations. Your home staging is being featured in the group Staging Before & After Pictures.
Kathy