White wash or paint?

[house]

My soon to be closet has wood EVERYWHERE! Yup all 4 walls and ceilings are knotted pine with a hardwood floor. There are no windows. It's very dark in there. I was thinking about either white washing or painting to brighten up the room. Which would you do? I have never white washed anything before where as I have painted plenty and already have the supplies.

ETA: The room is 18X7. That's a lot of wood to sand!! I am leaning more towards painting. DH thinks I will hate the painted look.  

[house]

Or does anyone think I should take them down and replace with drywall? bunnymendelbaum, have you ever seen modern design houses with knotted pine?

[bunnymendelbaum]

I'm hating you for a 18x7 closet! Ha!

I have seen a bunch of modern houses using wood, but usually not floor, ceiling & walls.

A friend if mine is slowly painting her knotty pine interior (her whole house!). It is a total pain in the ass because you can't just roll it in and the knotty parts suck up a ton of paint even after priming.
Can you do just the ceiling? I'm assuming the walls will be covered in hanging clothes and you can do a rug in the floor.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Whoa - that's a giant closet.

I liked on the TOH Cambridge project when they showed whitewashing or whitestaining pine for their downstairs ceilings and I thought it looked really nice - however, I don't think I'd like that look throughout a closet.

Painting or redrywalling is probably your better bet.

[house]

Mar 11, 2013 11:32:55 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

I'm hating you for a 18x7 closet! Ha!

I have seen a bunch of modern houses using wood, but usually not floor, ceiling & walls.

A friend if mine is slowly painting her knotty pine interior (her whole house!). It is a total pain in the ass because you can't just roll it in and the knotty parts suck up a ton of paint even after priming.
Can you do just the ceiling? I'm assuming the walls will be covered in hanging clothes and you can do a rug in the floor.

Oh I am super excited to get all the space! I had been using a 2X3 closet in our bedroom and using the 2X7 guest room on separate floors for the last 4 yrs! So glad that's over!

DH thinks the walls don't need priming and we should just go straight to paint! Can we do that?

[TBM]

If you want to waste your money, then go right to paint. Primer is cheaper and seals the wood. If you want to cover the knots, use a shellac based primer.

[house]

Mar 11, 2013 12:18:49 GMT -5 TBM said:

If you want to waste your money, then go right to paint. Primer is cheaper and seals the wood. If you want to cover the knots, use a shellac based primer.

Yeah we were arguing about that. I said we need to prime! So what about using a paint that has primer in it?

[TBM]

Mar 11, 2013 12:26:16 GMT -5 house said:

Mar 11, 2013 12:18:49 GMT -5 TBM said:

If you want to waste your money, then go right to paint. Primer is cheaper and seals the wood. If you want to cover the knots, use a shellac based primer.

Yeah we were arguing about that. I said we need to prime! So what about using a paint that has primer in it?

I am not convinced that it would cover the knots/grain well, or wouldn't still soak into the wood.

Is the wood finished or bare?

[house]

I think it's bare in some places. From what i can see in the dark some parts look very shiny so I am guessing there is a poly coat on it. We are going to use an electric sander to get that off.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Uh oh, the sheen in the dark parts has me worried. My friend who is painting hers said that there was actually some sap she has to deal with.