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but it would be much easier and less of a mess to install new lighter paneling over the old.

Its much easier to make a light stain dark, but the reverse is a chore. You have to sand it down to the original unstained color and then begin again.

Many people these days are painting the paneling to achiever that lighter color which makes the room brighter, bigger, and not like a cave.

Steve