Is panelling nice or just “Chavvy”?

Yeah this. ^ It's the new Vera Duckworth stone cladding! 😬

A woman I used to know had stone cladding put up, all over the front and one side of her 4 bed detached house in the mid 1980s, to try and make her late 1970s house look a bit 'upmarket.' It looks awful. 😬

The value of the house was reduced dramatically, and she couldn't sell it 3 years later when her circumstances changed and she wanted to sell.

It took 3 x more money to remove the stone cladding than it cost to put up! Left her badly out of pocket! It's classed as one of the biggest faux pas ever when it comes to people doing stuff to their houses. I think the modern trend to put panelling up is going down that road!!!

1. doesn't have to cost a lot, in fact not sure what would cost a lot to put some panelling in and
2. do you like it? Yes: do it No : don't do it

It's glued on now much less damage.

It's so practical if you have young children and dogs 🙈

Just do what you want instead of following what rubbish people are sprouting online. These statements are made about a lot of things by people trying to get the right hashtags so they can get views and shares online in their bid to become a social media influencer.

Just don’t do what my previous house owners did, which was to glue thin wooden strips (like you get in b&q) to the wall in rectangular shapes and paint over the lot!

The ‘panelling’ wasn’t even straight, as they’d eyeballed it god bless em’! 😅 Thankfully was just in a few rooms, not the whole house

Why do you need someone else to tell you one way or the other?

This absolutely. Who gives a flying fuck what other people think, its YOUR home!

If you like it then do it. It really doesn’t matter what other people think.

I have grey and white walls, furniture etc in my house. It’s a great base for changing colours with accessories. Obviously on here grey and white is the worst thing you can have but at the moment I have teal to brighten it up. If I change colour again it isn’t such a big task.

Actually ai know someone that used a panel look wallpapaer in their new build and it looked really nice.

It looks ok in period homes but in a new build it’s a bit like having a giant TV in a media wall. I think you can add interest with big mirror, some nice prints & perhaps a radiator shelf with plants on it. However it’s up to you & I think if you like the look of it then go for it. It would I think be expensive to remove if you change your mind.

We used to live in an old house that already had wood panelling , that was lovely .
I am in a new build now which was feeling bland ..we recently decorated and chose a few colours carefully , added more pictures on the walls , I also want to get a nice rug for the hallway.
Some neighbours homes are a bit “ greige “ for my liking but they do look calm , uncluttered and tidy .
I think panelling in a brand new home can look a bit out of place but not necessarily “ chavvy “ .
i think you could choose colours to make the home feel less bland to you ?
decorative items too

Following up to my post, proper traditional oak panelling is fine (like the first 3 pics,) but the panelling in the second 2 (which is much more likely what the OP means,) doesn't look great ... (JMO.)

Re; the comment that panelling has been around for 800 years, yeah maybe, but the way it's done now is nothing like how it used to be. It's much cheaper, and quite honestly, usually looks a bit naff. (And most people these days will paint it in grey, blue, black, or dark navy!) 😬

Hang some art and a big mirror?

I agree with the floppybit.

I'd do with just a two colours paint in some kind of horizontal split, the lighter colour for the top part and ceiling and darker for lower part, without the actual dado rail.

The split can be horizontal on most of the walls, follow the stairs up on the right wall and maybe use some very simple geometry - V shape or some inversion in the middle of the left wall.

As you've already realised, it would mean just painting the second colour for now, so quite budget friendly.
And if you don't like it enough, you can add fake pieces/rail/wallpapers/panels later, when you'll have a better grasp of what works for that space.

Naff. Really naff thing to do to your house.

To be honest I don’t think I understand what “chavvy” means anymore, can someone explain?

I’m in my 20s and I guess when I think of chavs, I have a specific image of roadmen or women that dress/act a certain way. I don’t think I’ve really heard the term used much in recent years so I’m going off when I was a teenager.

However it seems like on this thread, chavvy just means things that are modern or have become trendy on social media? Or things that young people generally like? Cause I don’t really think traditional chavs are buying houses let alone renovating them.

I’ve someone do a wall with a sort of curved, click wood thing and it looks really nice. Wall and wood were the same colour so, to me, if looked quite elegant.

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not exactly like this but close.

Chavvy in a new build. If it’s in a grand old house that has had panelling for years then it’s quite charming.

‘I’m a little upset’ - get a grip, OP. Pathetic!

If you’ve got that width in your hall, I would be looking at a mixture of furniture and wall art, to be honest. A nice table to drop keys on. A unit to store mitts/gloves, etc. Somewhere to sit down and take shoes off, and to store them. Of course, you may have these already!

Shelves and plants would be nice. A big mirror to reflect the light around.

If panelling would make you happy, do it. But I think there are lots of other good ideas to make good use of the space which would be easier to change cheaply and quickly if you changed your mind.

Could you put a dado rail in and have dark colour below and lighter above etc? Or pannelled style paper below and plain above?

A dado rail does not partition a wall into halves but more like a third and two-thirds. It does not belong in a new-build house. Can’t you just paint it a colour you like and then use pictures, a console table, a rug, etc?

I like it!

Hasn't dated in 800 years. I think not.

Everywhere was new build once upon a time. You do whatever makes your house feel like home. There's no such thing as chavvy anyway.