Q: Some of the walls in our house are covered in fake wood paneling. Should we replace it? To be clear, Nelson said, some older homes have high-quality wood-veneer paneling that isn’t faux, and that’s ...

Dear Sean: To many people, paneling does have a bad reputation because some lower-end products look artificial — just a poor likeness of wood grain glued to a flimsy backer board. Most paneling ...