Panelling - nice or fad?

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It’s all over my Instagram at the minute and I really like the effect.

I’m thinking of doing it 3/4 height in my bedroom and painting a dusky blush colour with an off white above which works as my room has a few different level ceilings (due to a bay window) so easier to do all ceilings and top 1/4 of room white.

My house is Victorian so I don’t think it would look out of place but is it just a fad that I will be ripping out in a year or so?

@Ipadflowers our house is about 130 years old. I wonder if the builders realised that it would still be housing families for so long.

And we do have beautiful panelling: I think it must have been owners from years gone by who put it in

Maybe just put Dado around and white at the top, blush pink at the bottom. X

It is a fad, but it's no different to any other interior design thing that comes and goes. If you do it, make sure it's appropriate to your home (Victorian design can look a bit weird in a sleek 60s bungalow) and that when the time comes that you've gone off it, it's easy to reverse.
All those people who did fancy Frog Tape patterns in 2020 will find out one day that they'll end up with lines in their walls that will be hard to get rid of.
If you like it, do it. Just don't use No Nails or Sticks Like!

See on a period home I love panelling I'd go for it op sounds lovely x

It's a nice fad.

Sorry not helpful.

Disclaimer: I have pink panelling in my bedroom of a 90s house on a 70s estate so I am going to be completely biased here!

I'm not sure I'd describe panelling as a fad in the sense that it will be over quickly. I don't have a crystal ball but all things have a cycle, some are longer than others and stay popular for a really long time after the initial "all over my Instagram" phase like navy kitchens and metro tiles. However unlike other wall treatments the problem with panelling as opposed to paint/paper it's so much more permanent so it does need a bit more consideration than other choices. I think it's worth paying someone professional to do it well and going with a classic style that is less likely to date so for example I might not choose a square design. I actually think what you're describing sounds lovely and if you like it I'd go for it.

My house is a blend of old/new style so (in my humble opinion) it has given a focus and interest to what would otherwise have been a fairly average boxy room. I've shared a picture of it before on here but just to give you an idea this is what I mean by a classic style.

Complete fad, like everyone buying mrs hinch tack. Dont do it. Be original!

DH put panelling in our living room four years ago. It's proper timber screwed together, not MDF. Our home is a 400 year old mill that was converted to a dwelling about 150 years ago, then cheaply renovated in the 1990s, and sadly not many original features remained. Our living room was the PO's kitchen and the wall we've panelled was in a hideous state, so it's hiding a multitude of holes etc 🙄

I couldn't care less if it's a fad.... we love it and won't be ripping it out when trends change 😁

@SollaSollew

Disclaimer: I have pink panelling in my bedroom of a 90s house on a 70s estate so I am going to be completely biased here!

I'm not sure I'd describe panelling as a fad in the sense that it will be over quickly. I don't have a crystal ball but all things have a cycle, some are longer than others and stay popular for a really long time after the initial "all over my Instagram" phase like navy kitchens and metro tiles. However unlike other wall treatments the problem with panelling as opposed to paint/paper it's so much more permanent so it does need a bit more consideration than other choices. I think it's worth paying someone professional to do it well and going with a classic style that is less likely to date so for example I might not choose a square design. I actually think what you're describing sounds lovely and if you like it I'd go for it.

My house is a blend of old/new style so (in my humble opinion) it has given a focus and interest to what would otherwise have been a fairly average boxy room. I've shared a picture of it before on here but just to give you an idea this is what I mean by a classic style.

That is really lovely Solla.

Do it if you like it OP, life’s short!!

It's a fad.

In almost all the pictures I see of it, it looks great, but i can't help but be reminded of Changing Rooms and all that MDF

I guess we are sunk because we have a lot of original wooden panelling in a 1930s house. I had been thinking of painting our hallway cream but then it might look fake rather than just rather gloomy and foreboding!

@Goldenharp genuine period panelling excepted

We have an 1840 house and have just built a new entrance porch extension. It's not a modern box but blends with the old. We have panelled it bc the first thing the dog does on re entry is to shake himself. Dark Eggshell paint is much easier to wipe down than emulsion! And it looks gorgeous and cosy.