Our beach cottage has tongue and grove walls and ceiling...the "living" floor walls are all pickled. The trim and ceiling are a creamy color...very easy to maintain.

Thanks a bunch, would love to see it.

Keep in mind that the existing finish on the wood may require a lot of stripping and sanding before any paint can be applied. The muted colors sound great!

Definitely paint it ..... Light shades of pearl greys and off white all in matt

I like the idea of toning down the "all pine" room although I do NOT think it's a good idea to do all the walls. Personally, I would "accent" but painting the cabinets and beams and or a feature wall, painting all the walls would be just too much. What should you paint? I recommend you have someone that knows what there doing come and look at your home as a whole and make recommendations as to what walls or cabinets, etc. they would paint. It's worth the extra cost.

Hope these come thru...copied off rental realty site...

looks like have to do individually...

# 3 hope this helps

Thank you! Great photos. I can't reach the ceiling (this house has a loft, and it is really high), so I was thinking just a few walls to start with. Like the idea of having an expert's opinion. I will probably only get one shot at doing this. Just saw someone's before and after kitchen. They painted the cabinets a sage green and it looks awesome!

Can you look at the photo I posted and suggest which walls should be painted?

Start with just the kitchen cabinets and then reassess.

Painting the trim, doors, and beams white could give a cool Scandinavian look. Update the light fixtures and window treatments to look less country.

My house has a ton of knotty pine in it too. I painted it (almost) all out a creamy white. It's a big job.

The whole house needs updating. We are buying the house and this photo is from the day we first looked at it. LOTS of work ahead...I can't wait!! Yippeeeee!

mmilos - please explain "big job" for foxyart. This will help set realistic time lines, budgets and what you discovered as "set backs". It always help to hear it from a DIYer who has already gone the distance!

Our whole cabin at the farm is knotty pine. We painted the doors black, black hardware, black front and back doors, black counter tops, sinks, and faucets. Well you get the idea - the accent color is black. It looks good against the pine. Try it on something small and see how you like it. When I get the sofa I want - it could be brown or maybe red. Right now I am using my mothers old sofa.
Personally, I like the knotty pine for a cabin. We even left the branches on some of the beams to make it look more like a tree house!
Oh, and I forgot to mention - our floor are wood too. We stained them a dark color - not black - but very dark.
We have track lighting - and wall sconces. My granddaughter calls it rustic/chic style.

I actually like the look of "wood" ceilings...I agree with mmilos...would start with cabinets and then reassess...if you like the sage green cabinets...that's a good starting point.

If you're debating about it obviously you shouldn't care about it. But you are ruining a very nice wooded interior. Wood is coming back more so than ever, it has such depth and so much natural appeal to it. I don't think you're serious person. Find a different house, you're ruining everything about that house that makes it charming and true.

There is nothing more tacky than painted paneling, looks cheap. If you're not going to drywall it don't touch it. Unless you want a cheap esthetic that cries we don't have money or we didn't know what we were doing.

I agree completely with ManLandLandMan. Just add an accent color - change the furniture, get some new lighting, replace the appliances with stainless - but don't do anything to the wood. It is the heart of your house. Rustic is coming back. Anybody can have a white wall - but this is stunning. Find a way to make it more stunning. If it is a beach house - maybe you could make it look like the cabin on an old ship.

The use of white trim around doors and windows really breaks up all the pine

I dunno. We have a truly random section of knotty pine paneling just inside the front door and that stuff is getting painted as soon as I can get around to it. But this house is not cabin like at all and doesn't really lend itself to the whole rustic theme. (It's a 1930s American Four Square - transitional style is much more appropriate for the space and our style than rustic cabin in the woods.)

Is this the kitchen you mentioned?

Thank you ManLand LandMan and margaretk and everyone else who has responded. I agree that painted paneling looks cheap. As I said, this is how the house looked the day we first looked at it, so it still has all of the previous owner's furnishings (all of which are terribly out dated). I will wait until my furnishings are in the house, new appliances and all, then repost a photo...then see what suggestions come my way. Hope you will give your opinions then also.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/40th-street-rustic-living-room-phvw-vp~413964

Hi Judy M,
The kitchen that I mentioned was from another person's post that showed their before and after. The pic you just posted is not it, but I do like the "lightness" of the room.

Found the pics that I was talking about.

I think the white sheetrock ceiling ( and recessed lighting) in the kitchen photo helps to lighten the room up.

The blue cabinets look good. That is very nice. The dark color really makes the wood stand out.

Try whitewash. Search Houzz for examples. Here are a couple pictures. Really changes the look of the room.

Wow! That is beautiful. Do you know what was used?

I'd whitewash the trim white, but keep the walls pine. Hang a lot of framed art. It could be cool, like the liv room in Judy M's photos

Yes, I agree. I am a wildlife artist and have a lot of cool furniture which will really go well with the house. Really looking forward to putting it all together!

I wouldn't do it! I would love to have the knotty pine!

Up date your furnishings and appliances it would look brand new!