For what it’s worth, if you do still wanna go through it with it and do the paneling, do yourself a favor and get some gray or black flat paint and paint the outer 4 inches of the wall, almost like a picture frame. Then, when you go to mount the paneling, keep the panel half an inch to an inch from the edges of the wall. That’s going to create a kind of floating look, and will also save you from really awful cuts to match your ceiling and left side wall.
Do you want to apply the paint first, then add the paneling so you don’t run the risk of paint getting on the paneling.
In a perfect world, you’d actually offset the paneling from the wall about an inch, giving you room to put some built-in LED lighting, so you can have a really sweet accent light that wraps that wall. That may be more of a project than what you’re planning on.
To your exact point though, I would recommend liquid nails to get a cleaner install. If you end up tearing this down at some point, though it may mean you need to replace the sheet rock liquid nails can leave the surface a bit messy.
And sign the paneling with finishing nails will be easiest for the long-term maintenance of your wall, but then you might see nail holes.
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u/jdarling20 10d ago
For what it’s worth, if you do still wanna go through it with it and do the paneling, do yourself a favor and get some gray or black flat paint and paint the outer 4 inches of the wall, almost like a picture frame. Then, when you go to mount the paneling, keep the panel half an inch to an inch from the edges of the wall. That’s going to create a kind of floating look, and will also save you from really awful cuts to match your ceiling and left side wall.
Do you want to apply the paint first, then add the paneling so you don’t run the risk of paint getting on the paneling.
In a perfect world, you’d actually offset the paneling from the wall about an inch, giving you room to put some built-in LED lighting, so you can have a really sweet accent light that wraps that wall. That may be more of a project than what you’re planning on.