shutthefrontd00r asked:


we’re moving into a rental that has a brick fireplace that reaches the ceiling. Then on both sides of the fireplace is dark wood paneling. If worse comes to worse, we can just paint it, but that’s a little boring. Is there such things as faux stones or tiles on a panel that I could post up on both sides or something to that effect? (Ease is key) Maybe wall paper? Might not be a good idea on paneling.

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Dave Text asked:


When choosing wood panels for your home, try to look at their designs, colors, and types. They are available at your nearest stores or online stores. Wood panels give your room a touch of exceptional changes.

Paneling is normally completed to add elegance and warmth in decorating a home. It also provides appeal in parts of houses like living rooms, kitchens, libraries, entry foyers, bedrooms, and even in staircases. Paneling became popular as home furnishing since it has been a symbol of class, exceptionality, and good taste.

Paneling means a dramatic and effortless approach to finish the walls, doors, and ceilings with a unique and fascinating décor. Panels consist of a series of widths - wide wood, thicker strips of wood and thin sheets of wood. Panels are directly attached to the walls to provide a decorative touch. Panels are also a significant help in controlling sound and heat entering the house.

There are various different kinds of the pre-finished wood panels that differ in quality.

It is possible to classify wood panels by the kind of surface, groove type, and type of backing.

Types of Surface

The veneer wood panel that is pre-finished differs in the type and property of veneer used. The costliest wood veneer is made up of three varied layers (or pliers) of veneer. These are one ply of wood for the center, one ply for the face, and another ply of wood for the rear side.

Type of Grooves

The two types of grooves of the pre-finished wood panels are real grooves and painted grooves. It is cheaper to fabricate painted grooves as compared to real grooves. It’s quite hard to determine a painted groove except if you touch the groove. Real grooves differ in quality with several having untidy and jagged appearance and others are spotless and straight.

Types of Backing

Wood panels are available with backing made of plywood, particle board, and hard board. The particle board and hardboard are economical types. Particle board is typically employed as a backing for wood-surface while the hardboard is utilized for printed surfaces.

Types of Paneling

a. Wall Paneling

b. Brick paneling

c. Decorative Wall Paneling

d. Beadboard Paneling

e. Knotty Pine Paneling

f. Stone Paneling

g. Real Wood Paneling

h. Bamboo Paneling

i. Tongue & Groove Paneling

j. Painting Paneling

k. Vinyl Wood Paneling

l. Wallpapering over Paneling

Painting Paneling

Give your room a special treat with painting paneling. Here are some preparation tips before doing the painting paneling.

• Make sure the paneling is free from dusts and oils

• Tape off windows and other areas you don’t want to get paint on

• Apply blocking primer

• Dry well and sand

• Paint right away

Tongue & Groove Paneling

There are many different choices of woods these days. The most well-liked is the tongue and groove for the reasons that it is easy setting up. They have a groove on one end that you stick the other end into. This end has the ‘tongue’ and this slides right into the ‘groove’ of the other.

Few ways to install tongue & groove paneling:

• Start at the bottom and nail up one piece

• Nail into the stud on your wall and into the groove so as not to nail into the paneling

• Slide the next panel in and repeat

• If a piece goes past the stud, just nail where the stud is and keep going

• Continue all the way up the wall until you are finished

• Now you have a new wood look to your walls

• This can even be done to ceilings as well

Wallpapering Over Paneling

There are numerous approaches to spruce up a wall that is paneled. Some people place murals on it, some paint it while still others even wallpaper it. Here’s how:

• Initially, remove all sorts of oils and dirt from your wall.

• To get rid of groves, you have to stuff them with a drywall amalgam

• Allow it to dry then sand to smoothen

• Ready your wall by applying a latex primer as this helps in better sticking on of the wallpaper

• Clean with TSP then put on the paper right on top of the paneling

• In case you observe that the panel is revealing through, you can paint with the use a liner

• Try to research in advance to ensure that you do the right procedures

• Have fun in giving your room its fresh appearance



VERNON

Prof asked:


I have a wood patio swing with a metal “A” frame that has a canopy and built in side tables, unfortunately the wood has cracked after 10 years of use. I’d love to replace it with a high quality contemporary model but haven’t been able to find a stylish replacement. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

VAN

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amylc06 asked:


Its for a project, I just need a figure not how much it would cost, but how much wood I would actually need.
About a standard single family home house, i just need something to refrance.

JAME

Tonton Taufik asked:


Office spaces are often seen as boring structures with even more boring cubicles with mundane chairs and tables and a few accessories. But if the new generation of office spaces is anything to go by, this perception is changing and changing real fast.

 

Great architecture, modern visual appeal, logical space planning are few of the things that have contributed to the up gradation of office spaces. But one thing that is quite common to the new and more elegant but at the same time fun office space is the use of wood furniture.

 

The versatility of wood is known to everyone and it seems office planners and interior designers are using it to the maximum when it comes to designing the new office space. Here are some of the main reasons why wood furniture is being used so extensively in office design these days:

 

Elegance:

 

One aspect of wood furniture that no one can argue or dispute about is the fact that they are the most elegant of all the types of furniture. Nothing shows class to your clients than a beautifully crafted mahogany or teak wood table in your office or conference room. Chic, stylish, elegant are all adjectives that are absolutely appropriate for wood furniture. Many top level executives of companies from CEOs to managing directors prefer having high quality wood furniture in their office spaces just to show power and style to their colleagues, clients and even competitors.

 

Wood furniture is one of the few types of furniture that are universally accepted as elegant and a symbol of grace and refinement.

 

Pleasing to the eye:

 

Often in order to give a modern or different looks to their office space, people go too far and end up being too loud with their furniture. One thing that wood furniture does very well is that it is extremely pleasing to the eye at all times. You can’t go wrong with wood furniture if you want something that makes a powerful statement but at the same time does not overwhelm your sights while working. From the young employee, to the seasoned veteran in the office, wood furniture is liked by them all.

 

Goes well with the overall design of the office:

 

Choosing furniture that goes along well with the rest of the décor of your office is sometimes quite a painful task. Some offices have more use of glass in them by having huge windows or glass separators for the different sections of the offices and some offices have walls made out of either plywood or even cement with different colors painted on them. Doesn’t matter what you have used while designing your office, wood furniture can go well with any kind of walls, windows, accessories etc. The fact that wood itself comes in dark, medium and lighter shades now, makes it even easier to match your wood furniture with the color on the walls and other aspects of the office. There are even different types of wood that you can choose from to perfectly match with the rest of the ambience in your office.

 

Doesn’t matter what your excuse is to use wood furniture in your office space, one thing you can be rest assured of is that your wood furniture will only add to the ambience of your office and go a long way in creating a more pleasing environment to work in.



ROLLAND

weegal asked:


We have a house built in ‘54 it has original oak wood floors, the polyurithane is worn off, we have a couple spots that the wood is splintered that would need to be filled, what is a good filler, we are talking about a area 4inch long x 1 inch wide and 1/4 inch deep. What about spaces between wood boards, do we fill them? Anyone done the sanding and staining and refinishing? Any sugestions or tips you would like to share? Thanks!

TOM