Shaker panelling
Square or rectangular frames applied to the wall, then painted. The most requested style, and the most forgiving of an ordinary room.
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Which look are you after?
Eight styles, each with its own page covering where it works, what changes the price, and what to send with an enquiry. Most people arrive already knowing roughly what they want — these pages are for checking it suits your room before you commit.
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Board and batten
Vertical battens at regular spacing. Reads as period and country rather than contemporary, and suits taller rooms particularly well.
Get a Batten QuoteSlat wall panelling
Timber slats on a felt backing. Contemporary, warm, and the one style most often misunderstood — see the note about acoustics on its page.
Get a Slat Wall QuoteWainscoting and dado panelling
Panelling to the lower third of the wall with a capping rail. Traditional, hard-wearing, and the right answer in a room with a low ceiling.
Get a Wainscoting QuoteMouldings, picture and dado rails
Rails, cornice and decorative mouldings on their own. The lightest-touch option and often all a period room actually needs.
Get a Mouldings QuoteMedia walls
A panelled wall built around a recessed TV, often with an electric fire and hidden cabling. The most involved job on this list, and the one with the most that can go wrong.
Get a Media Wall QuoteAlcove units and shelving
Cupboards and shelving built into the recesses beside a chimney breast. Rarely square, never standard, and the reason measurements matter here.
Get an Alcove QuotePeriod and heritage panelling
Solid timber rather than MDF, matching or repairing what is already there. For listed buildings and properties where the joinery has real age.
Request an AssessmentNot sure which to pick?
- Standard modern room, walls in good order
- Shaker panelling, on one feature wall rather than all four.
- Period property, or walls that are out of plumb
- Board and batten — no frame corners to sit visibly askew.
- Tall Victorian or Georgian room
- Three-quarter height or full height. Dado height can look stranded.
- Low ceilings, cottage or bungalow
- Dado-height wainscoting, with a lighter colour above.
- Contemporary house, want warmth and texture
- Slat panelling. Just do not buy it expecting soundproofing.
- The television is the problem
- A media wall, which is a build rather than a panelling job.
- Awkward recesses beside a chimney breast
- Built-in alcove joinery, made to the space as it actually is.
- Listed building, or original joinery survives
- Period and heritage work — and check consent before anything else.
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