I am renting an apartment and the bedroom has dark wood paneling. Any creative ideas on how to brighten up the walls without paint? The landlord won't let me paint the paneling. Thanks!
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well. i must say i'm jealous.... panal CAN BE georgeous. You can go with the hunters cabin look, wood grained furniture, moose head... fake one if you like... and the fishing pole with lures hanging in the corner, scottish style red plaid blanky hanging off chair arm... faux fur rug... talk about coxy and comfy! just comfy. (but thats a dim light combination), you did say you wanted to brighten it up.. in another house I put together some beautiful Thomas kinkade puzzles... they come in all different sizes sometimes 3 or 10 to a box... anyways, i hung them, put sawed tomato stake around the frame and before i moved I was planning to put artistry lights up facing them so that I could really highlighten them... that should bring extra light...
You could also put a mirror set in just a way that it reflects light from another bright room. good luck with your other answers..
One more cute Idea.. put shelves up about 1 and a half foot below the ceiling, line it with fake ivy... then drape white christmas lights through them... drape them hear and there... will look like a low key festival of lights in your living room...you could really go with that and put round chinese paper ball lights too! God Bless
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If you cannot remove the wood panels then you could paint over them. If this is not possible then you can face off the panels with plaster boards, skim the boards with new plaster and then treat as an ordinary wall and paint. If you must retain the wood panels then get some lighting to brighten the room. A few mirrors also help as this will reflect light.
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How would you brighten up a dark wood paneled room? Without painting that is.?
I am renting an apartment and the bedroom has dark wood paneling. Any creative ideas on how to brighten up the walls without paint? The landlord won't let me paint the paneling. Thanks!