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Comparing different wood panelling styles

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There are so many ways you can utilise interior wooden wall panelling, with a wide range of styles to suit any home décor. Whether you want something traditional or fancy taking a modern approach to a timeless technique, you’ll be able to find something that will look right at home on your walls. Choose between classic, well-established looks or try and come up with something new for a fresh and unique aesthetic.

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Shiplap
  • It features tight-knit horizontal boards that are grooved so that they interlock and form a seal. It brings clean, crisp lines to your walls.
  • It can be used to evoke both modern and vintage styles depending on the finish you go for. A natural wood grain looks quite classic, whereas a white or grey provides a more contemporary feel.
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Board & batten
  • Combines vertical boards with overlaid strips that cover the joints for some 3D texture that stands out from your wall.
  • It brings more of a traditional style and sophistication to your home, making an impact on any wall even before you’ve painted it your colour of choice.
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Beadboard
  • Similarly traditional in style, it has evenly spaced grooves along the panelling and looks at home both as a floor-to-ceiling and partial wall cladding.
  • They have a beaded edge milled along the tongue side and a matching rounded edge on the groove side which hides the joint, resulting in a continuous wall covering.
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Tongue & groove
  • Similar aesthetically to shiplap but with different connectivity, tongue and groove panelling helps the boards fit snugly together for a clean and cohesive look.
  • It’s easy to look after and can be painted to suit your colour scheme, bringing a nice country cottage feel to any room without feeling too traditional.
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Shaker style
  • A simple classic, Shaker will help to smarten up any space and add character to a room without stealing focus from any statement pieces.
  • Combine boards by butting them up to each other to create rectangles and get creative when it comes to colour and finish.
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Grid
  • Grid style panelling has a big impact, bringing historic Jacobean-influenced style that’s still simple enough to work in contemporary applications too.
  • Add some extra elegance to your grids with the addition of some beading on the edge of the panelling.

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