Red oak family room remodel
Kathy
6 years ago
Our family room had red oak parquet floors, wall panels and wall unit. It was so dated. We had a huge dilemma whether to stain or paint the wood panelling on the walls. Staining the walls and wall unit would have been a lengthy and expensive project and at the end of the day would not have given us the modern look we were looking for.
We decided to paint the walls in a neutral taupe/grey, changed the flooring to high end laminate and we redid the entire wall unit inserting a 72" electric fireplace in the middle with a tv on top.
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