In order to keep the space from just being a brown pit add some color but you want to balance it all out with a.
Floors covered with pine wainscoting.
How to decorate with it colors that go with knotty pine.
The best flooring with wood paneling usually has a subdued pattern or no pattern at all.
For example raised wainscoting stained with a light wood finish on the walls paired with dark wood parquet floors is a complementary combination for a dining or living room.
Knotty pine sometimes wood paneling can t be painted.
Except in special circumstances choose colors that augment the warm wood tones of the paneling.
Carpeting vinyl and linoleum are all good choices as are tiles that don t have contrasting grout lines.
If you have knotty pine paneling professionally painted it requires a heck of a lot of prep priming and painting to permanently cover those dark knots.
The availability of multiple wood paneling finishes has made it possible to install hardwood floors in a room with wood paneling.
Other times it is an issue of cost.
Typically you re going to have a neutral flooring as well whether it s carpet or hardwood.
Because the man of the house feels unreasonably strongly about preserving the natural wood.