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Your fireplace is fantastic, and the knotty pine does work with it. When you speak of "getting rid" of it, do you mean removing or painting? You could paint it, keeping some of the charm of paneling without the full knotty pine effect - a warm cream or even a pop of fun color (depending on furnishings, as well as the mood of the rest of the home). If you love the knots themselves but want a modernization in terms of color you would have to strip them and re-stain - which is a bit of work! But, you could do any color you wanted as a stain and retain the knots.

I have considered removing it. The fireplace was made with local river rock, we would keep it as is. Thanks for the advice.

I'm a huge fan of rustic homes, and have knotty pine doors and trim that I absolutely love. It's one of those things where people either love it or hate it. I agree it works well with the river rock fireplace and adds a lot of warmth to the room.

If you hate it, paint it white or cream. I wouldn't try to restain it as it would be an incredibly amount of work.

I love the knotty pine!! Once it is painted, the look is gone forever. You are so fortunate to have the REAL wood. Embrace the look. It works fantastically well with the stone fireplace!!!

if your entire house was knotty pine i'd say have at a couple of the rooms. this room looks charming tho, i'd really enjoy sitting in here. you dont have to paint it on my account.

When the pine added? I like historic homes and keeping spaces authentic. If the pine was added more than 80 years ago, I'd keep it, albeit probably with light paint. If it was an 80's update, I'd remove it in a heartbeat.

Another possibility, if it's real wood and not paneling: Could you repurpose the wood somewhere else? Need new hardwood floors anywhere in the home?

The knotty pine was added in 1948. A few rooms have it but not the whole house. A small bedroom, that we will use as a guest room. An office and a guest bath all have it as well.

Even if this is a 1980s redo, this knotty pine is beautiful and complements the gorgeous river rock fireplace. I vote to keep it! I would change the light fixtures to be more rustic and nature inspired. Perhaps custom pieces by an artisan. Minimal furniture and wall art, really nice rug, maybe solid color rug, rag rug or new age style. Walls and fireplace would be design focus. Detract attention from floors.

Sometimes the problem with a room with knotty pine is the dark feel. We added a bunch of canned lighting to make the room feel brighter. Also add lighter colored furniture. i added chalk painted light accents to give an updated feel. not every room in your house should look exactly the same. once you paint it is hard to go back. I see a lot of boring, yet painted redos. The warmth and friendly feel of the paneling is wonderful And can always look fresh- it’s up to you to make it happen. good luck

He probably decided five years ago what he wanted to do.

This is an old thread I know, but we just bought a fixer upper home in northern Michigan. We’re trying decide the same thing, to paint or not to paint? We’re for sure painting our daughters room (it’s also pine) but the living room I want to leave I think. We’d brighten it up as well with furniture, curtains, maybe even paint the trim white? Did you end up doing anything to the pine? it looks less orange in the final picture.

We scrubbed the walls with Krud Kutter. The old smells released were disgusting but it does not require rinsing and really cleaned things up. I would highly recommend.

We were satisfied with our results.

Teri G it’s absolutely beautiful! So glad you kept the knotty pine:)

Beautiful. I love your fieldstone fireplace.

Thank you so much for your response!! I’ll look that up! I’ve officially talked my husband into keeping the pine. We’re thinking of painting the trim white how do you think that would look? Here’s some inspo from pinterest

Teri,

The room look great!

Was Krub Kutter the only treatment used on the walls?

Yes. Scrubbed them down and left them alone.