Living room
Chimney breasts, feature walls and media walls — where radiators, sockets and an off-centre fireplace all have to be worked around.
Usually: Shaker panelling, Media walls, Alcove units and shelving
Get a Living Room QuotePanelling by room
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Each room brings constraints the others do not. A bathroom needs the right board. A staircase brings fire regulations into it. A bedroom is about socket height behind the bed. These pages cover the parts that are specific to the room rather than the style.
Bedroom
Usually the headboard wall. The one room where socket height genuinely matters, because bedside lamps and phone chargers end up behind the panel.
Usually: Shaker panelling, Slat wall panelling, Board and batten
Get a Bedroom QuoteHallway and stairs
The highest-traffic panelling in the house, and the one place where building regulations on surface spread of flame genuinely apply.
Usually: Wainscoting and dado panelling, Board and batten, Shaker panelling
Get a Hallway QuoteBathroom and cloakroom
Doable, but only with the right board in the right places. This is the room where using standard MDF turns into a rebuild within two years.
Usually: Board and batten, Shaker panelling, Wainscoting and dado panelling
Get a Bathroom QuoteHome office
Slat walls and built-in desks, usually with cable management as the real requirement rather than an afterthought.
Usually: Slat wall panelling, Alcove units and shelving, Shaker panelling
Get a Home Office QuoteSomewhere not on this list?
Dining rooms, utility rooms, snugs, landings and under-stairs spaces all get panelled regularly — they just do not have enough that is distinct about them to justify a page of their own. Choose the closest room in the form and describe the space in the notes.
Kitchens are worth a specific mention: panelling works on the walls away from splash zones, but it needs the same moisture-resistant board and sealed edges as a bathroom, and it should never go behind a hob or immediately around a sink.
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