You can make these lovely wood shiplap wall work in a modern style. Use them as focal walls.

Paint the walls white.

Me.Lauren so you have any pictures please..

I agree with laura take them and repurpose them and use it as shiplap. It looks as if all the walls are all like this! The walls need to be insulated if you’re not having an open concept.

Whether you paint, stain or leave them, they'd be a beautiful backdrop to a clean, modern concept. It's honoring the bones of the home. Have fun with it!

If you did this in today's market it would be rather expensive especially depending on the wood species. I have seen plenty of projects where reclaimed wood has been used as an accent wall. That might be something to consider here - removing the wood boards from some of the walls and leaving it on others. That might prevent wood overkill. If you do leave some or all of the wood I would encourage you not to paint it. Would recommend refinishing and sealing the joints between boards so that no light shows through. It's a unique situation and I would take advantage of it. Good luck and please post photos of the finished result!

For examples of what has been done with wood walls, take a look at Fixer Upper on the HGTV app. Joanna and Chip Gaines have made “shiplap” homes desirable again. You can also Google “shiplap” or even try YouTube.
Meanwhile, once you have stripped everything down to the wood, you will want to have the electrical system professionally inspected to find out what needs to be done to bring it up to code.
The local Historical Society may also be interested, and you may be subject to remodeling restrictions if your “art district” is a listed historical district. In some cities, historical districts have some restrictions for remodeling which should be disclosed by the sellers. You may own a real gem.

Hello everyone an updated we decided to keep some of the walls and make them accent walls. We opened up the roof and discovered a beauty.:

I also want to share that we are keeping the original al hardware.

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

You have a beauty on your hands! What a blessing

Your home is amazing!! Please post photos after you have her finished up. Just gorgeous:-)

These were very common when wood was cheap my guess is you will need to address insulation no matter what . The wood was not good quaility just used because it was cheaper than having plaster and lathe done. I would just cover the inside walls with 1/4 “ drywall and make sure the outside walls a properly insulated and the dry wall the same.If you truly like the walls then sanding them and staining maybe some of them would be nice.

We have a few historic renovations and have incorporated the exiting ceiling boards and wall boards. You can accent a wall leaving the shiplap as is and add a sealer to exposes the natural wood and others walls paint them a light color

Ceiling pic