Secondly, it is an attack on the era-inappropriate application of period inclined panelling to a modern or even new home. Light, elegant and characterful, here panelling applied directly over paper adds a freshening originality to a period space that’s picked up in the entry door and hall wall panels. Setting pictures, mirrors and other artful objects within the frames of full height wall panels can be stunning artifice. Try just a section of wall, with a panel of gorgeous timber taken right to the ceiling to anchor key furniture. Visit a showroom with a large area of reeded wall panels on display and see if anyone reacts with a jolt of nausea or loss of balance.

Source: Irish Examiner April 04, 2026 11:00 UTC