Wood wall panelling is a functional and aesthetic design choice that homeowners across the globe are choosing to update their interiors with.
Not only do wood walls provide a natural and relaxing ambience to a home, but it also pairs well with a range of other furnishings, colours, and design choices. This, along with many other reasons, is why it has become such a popular trend in recent years.
However, just because wood walls are stylish doesn’t always mean it’s easy to mix and match them with other materials if you don’t already have an eye for interior design.
In this article, we’ll be discussing how you can easily combine wood panelling with other materials to create your perfect space.
Don’t Be Scared to Paint Your Panelling
If you’re daunted by the thought of incorporating wood into your home, don’t forget that you can easily paint over the wood to help it fit in with any existing furniture or colours you have.
Whitewashed wood can look extremely effective in an otherwise minimalist room, bringing in an added level of texture without completely throwing off the colour palette. If you’re unsure of how you can paint it, wood wall panelling does come in a range of colours, including white.
Equally, you can add a playful quality to any room by painting your wood panelling a range of bright or dark colours to compliment your interior style.
This is an easy way to make mixing different materials together much easier as you have the freedom to personalise it to your space.
Decide If Your Panels Will be the Centrepiece
An important consideration when incorporating wood panelling in any room is to decide whether it is going to be the centrepiece of the room or not.
Wood is a striking and eye-catching material that can easily grab the attention of anyone that walks into a room but, if you want to combine it with other materials, you should consider its role.
If you want the wood to be the focal point, you may want to consider using more neutral, soft materials in combination. Similarly, if you don’t want the wood to take up all the focus in a room, you would want to pair it with equally as attention-grabbing materials – and find the line between maximalism and overdoing it.
Break Up Communal Rooms with Material Mixing
Mixing different materials together can be highly effective, especially in communal rooms like kitchens and living rooms where people tend to congregate most often.
Kitchens are a prime example of how you can incorporate a mix of materials to compliment your wood panelling as it’s a space where surfaces are extra important.
Using a mixture of materials, for example wood panelling and marble, can break things up visually within a room while still achieving a luxurious, stylish look.
Similarly, in a living room mixing materials like wood and brick can create a dynamic and unique look. Working with a feature wall of wood panelling, with exposed brickwork can be visually interesting and can create a solid foundation that you can base the rest of your design decisions off of.
Play With Warm and Cool Tones
Wood panelling can come in a range of finishes ranging from warm orangey tones to grey-tinged cool tones. Whatever type of wood you pick out for your room, it can be interesting to pair your panelling with the opposite tone.
For example, if you do choose a warm wood panelling, pairing it with cool-toned blue, green, and beige materials can add an interesting quality to any room. You can use the same approach with cool-toned wood, matching it with red, orange, or yellow materials.
Bring The Outside In
One of the main appeals of wood panelling is that it brings a natural feel into the home, making your rooms feel like you’ve brought a bit of the outside in.
You can continue this theme throughout your home by pairing your wood panelling with other natural materials. For example, incorporating linen curtains into a living room or linen sheets into your bedroom.
Equally, you can fill your home with green plants, bright flowers, and other pieces of furniture that utilise a natural texture to turn your space into a nature-filled retreat that will become the perfect place to unwind after a hard day’s work.
Think Beyond the Farmhouse Style
When most people think of adding wood panelling in their homes, they’ll often think of the converted barn, farmhouse style that looks very rustic and natural.
However, this isn’t the only style that you can incorporate wood into. Wood is extremely versatile and can form the foundation for many different interior design styles.
Your wood panelling can be mixed with a range of different materials to create different styles. A lot of it depends on the materials you pair it with, so think creatively and come up with something completely unique when it comes to decorating your space.
[Image sources: The Wood Veneer Hub]
Luke Goodman
As the Marketing Manager for The Wood Veneer Hub, Luke is passionate about interior design and helping consumers, businesses and large scale projects find innovative and sustainable solutions to their building issues. He prides himself on staying up to date with the latest trends and is never afraid to push the boundaries of design. See Luke’s Linkedin profile.
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