Wall Panelling Ideas and Templates

Fifteen panelling styles, each with a to-scale drawing, typical dimensions, and practical advice on where it works. Every style has a free template: open it in the planner, type in your wall size, and the layout recalculates for your exact wall.

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Period and classic styles

Layouts with a few hundred years of history behind them. Each page covers where the style comes from, the proportions that make it read as authentic, and how to adapt it to a modern home.

Wainscoting

Wainscoting is a three-tier composition of frieze, field, and base. See the proportions drawn to scale and apply them to your own wall with a free template.

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Half-Wall & Dado

Half-wall panelling lives or dies by where the dado line sits. Height rules that work, ideas for above the rail, and a free template for any wall.

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Georgian

Georgian panelling follows classical rules: large panels above the dado line, smaller below. See the system drawn to scale and apply it to your wall.

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Victorian

Victorian panelling layers the wall into four tiers. See the layout to scale, the heritage colours that suit it, and how to adapt it to lower ceilings.

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Jacobean

Jacobean style is the oak-room tradition: full-height panelling in deep, moody tones. See a modern tall-panel take drawn to scale and apply it to your own wall.

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Parisian

The Parisian look: tall panels under a slim frieze, the boiserie of Haussmann apartments. See the proportions drawn to scale and apply the layout to your own wall.

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Art Deco

Art deco panelling uses graduated panel widths building to a centre, geometry with glamour. See the 1-2-3-2-1 rhythm drawn to scale and apply it to your own wall.

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Farmhouse and modern styles

The styles behind most panelling projects today: shaker grids, board and batten, slat walls, and cleaner takes on panel moulding.

Shaker

What makes panelling read as shaker: flat recessed panels, plain square-edged battens, and honest proportions. See the layout to scale and try it on your own wall.

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Board & Batten

Plan a board and batten wall that looks deliberate: batten spacing that divides evenly, the right height, and two preset styles from classic farmhouse to wide minimal.

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Slat Wall

How to plan a wood slat wall: slat and gap sizes, DIY MDF versus acoustic panels, the dark backing trick, and a free template that spaces slats for you.

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Picture Frame

Picture frame panelling places distinct framed rectangles on the wall rather than a continuous grid. Sizing rules, spacing, and a free template with a hero centre frame.

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Mid-Century

Mid-century panelling is restraint: two wide panels, horizontal proportions, warm wood tones. See the minimal layout to scale and try it on your own wall for free.

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Grids and geometric layouts

Square grids, staggered bonds, and asymmetric compositions. These pages cover how to pick a grid that suits your wall and how to break the grid without it looking accidental.

Square Grid

How to choose a square panelling grid: which row and column counts suit which walls, the maths for truly square panels, and eight free grid templates from 1x1 to 4x4.

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Geometric

Asymmetric and staggered panelling, from Mondrian compositions to brick bonds, with the rules that keep them deliberate. Six free templates to try.

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Feature Wall

Feature wall panelling needs a hero: a dominant centre panel composed around the bed, TV, or artwork. Three free layouts plus rules for choosing the wall.

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Not sure which style suits your wall?

Open the planner, enter your wall dimensions, and flick through every template live. Seeing the proportions on your actual wall makes the decision much easier than any photo can.

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