A well designed wall provides a perfect finish to the room. It helps interior space to look complete and emphasizing other elements by acting as a background .It act as a finishing element that brings the indoor furniture , decor, lighting and color palette harmoniously together.
Wall panelling for a home is majorly for a better décor. Designers can create a different ambiance and feel of space by playing with wall surfaces. They can easily break up the monotonous wall surface to create inspiring feeling in a room.
Nowadays, using wall panelling, wallpaper or painting a texture on the wall is needed. Wall panelling is better than painting or wallpapering the wall as it provides better durability and finish. We can also hide electrical cables behind the panelling that ruins the look of the entire room, while it is not feasible with wallpapers and painting.
SIX MAIN TYPES OF WALL PANELLING
- DECORATIVE WALL PANELLING
- TILE PATTERNED
- SHEET WALL PANEL
- SHAKER STYLE WALL PANEL
- WAINSCOTING
- JUDGES PANELLING
DECORATIVE WALL PANELLING
DECORATIVE WALL PANELLING
Decorative Wall panelling acts as a main feature which adds charm and style and brings luxury and sophistication to your home. Panelling done to improvise the aesthetics of room are decorative wall panelling. These type of wall panelling act as a highlight of your design, in which designer can derive obviously many versions of panelling.
There are other materials available for panelling a wall surface like gypsum board, pre-fabricated boards, metals, PVC sheets, fabric, laminate, etc.
WAINSCOTING
WAINSCOTING
Wainscoting is a traditional way to panel the wall by wood.Traditionally wainscoting was made of individual boards initially comprised of a particular type of oak, known as wainscot, where its name originated. Generally, it covers the lower half of the wall where abrasion of the wall occurs or damage occurs due to non-existent of damp-proof courses. This technique can be used in a single room or the entire house.
Even if you feel unfamiliar with the term “wainscoting,” it is likely that you have seen this type of wood panelling in a home or office building. For centuries, builders and homeowners have installed wainscoting to protect their walls from chair or table damage, scuff marks from footwear, and other damaging elements.
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TILE PATTERNED
TILE PATTERNED
These panels are regularly square in shape. They are very usable to lay out in different figures, combining all sorts of shades and textures. Wall bracing for panels is usually produced by means of adhesive or Studding, and they are fixed to each other using only grooves and the inserts in them. There are other materials available for panelling a wall surface like gypsum board, pre-fabricated boards, metals, PVC sheets, fabric, laminate, etc.
SHEET WALL PANEL
SHEET WALL PANEL
The surface of these panels is made with multilayer structure with the imitation of stone, wood ,tiles or any texture. Installation is done using glue, and seams are hidden by mouldings or cornice. Plain sheets can ensure the surface of buildings smooth and clean enough. This type of panels is most often required for self-building houses. For the manufacture of sheet wall panels producers often use impregnated with resins fibreboard, vinyl sheets and pre-fabricated boards.
SHAKER STYLE WALL PANEL
SHAKER STYLE WALL PANEL
Shaker wall panels are a relatively simple design, strips of mdf are vertically placed and evenly spaced apar.
Shaker wall panelling is one of the most popular DIY upgrades homeowners are making today. While the most classic wood panel look is made up of evenly spaced vertical posts bordered by a horizontal trim at the top, there are lots of ways to get creative with this wall panelling DIY too.
One of the most apparent features of decorative wall panels is that they can be used to aesthetically enhance and accentuate your walls, and consequently the whole room.
JUDGES PANELLING
JUDGES PANELLING
Judges panelling is often confused with wainscoting, but it’s a bit different. While wainscoting is typically at chair rail height, judges paneling can fill up either a portion of a wall or the entire wall. Some common design elements include square or rectangle panels within a frame, like the image here.
And remember, you don’t even have to install Judges panelling on every wall in a room. One of the cool things about Judges panelling is that you can use it on just one wall and it’ll look great. For instance, if one of your walls is going to display lots of family photos, a Judges panelling draws the eye to that space.