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A cream living room with a bouclé armchair, a low linen sofa, two round rattan mirrors on the wall and a sheepskin over a jute rug.
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Living room wall panelling with oak slats
Living Rooms

25 Stylish Wall Panelling Ideas for Living Room Walls

Explore 25 living room wall panelling ideas, from painted mouldings to oak slats, with practical advice on materials, layout, lighting, fitting and costs.

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  • A sunlit living room with a cognac leather sofa, a white lounge chair, a low round table and a grid of framed prints.

    Interior Design

    How rooms are planned, furnished and finished — and why some of them work better than others.

  • A contemporary house in early evening, its dark-clad upper storey and glazed ground floor lit beneath a spreading tree.

    Exterior Design

    Facades, gardens and outdoor rooms designed for the climate they actually sit in.

  • A cognac leather sofa with a cream throw beneath a salon-style wall of botanical prints, with a mustard footstool.

    Home Decor

    Colour, light, fabric and the finishing layer that makes a room yours.

  • A living room with exposed timber beams, arched windows, a fireplace and two cream sofas on a pale rug.

    Home Improvement

    Renovation, storage and upkeep — the practical work that makes good design possible.

  • A mustard wingback armchair and matching footstool beside an oak bedside table and a white ceramic lamp.

    Guides

    Long-form buying guides, step-by-step methods and room planners.

Inspiration

Good rooms usually turn on a single choice made well. Here are six we keep returning to, and the call that makes each one work.

An A-frame cabin living room with a long white sofa, a glass coffee table on a driftwood base, timber walls and hanging plants.
01 · The A-frame. When the structure is this good, it is the decoration. A long, low sofa keeps the eye on the timber. Photograph: A-frame cabin living room, long white sofa, driftwood table, timber walls.
A dining table with white moulded chairs in front of a window seat, a branch pendant hung with bare bulbs above.
02 · The window seat. Built-in seating under a window gives a dining table a fourth side without blocking the light. Photograph: Dining table with white chairs before a window seat; branch pendant with bulbs.
A hallway with a herringbone oak floor, a slatted timber ceiling, a round mirror and a woven pendant over a console.
03 · The hallway. Herringbone oak and a slatted ceiling turn a corridor into a room you notice walking through. Photograph: Hallway with herringbone oak floor, slatted timber ceiling, round mirror.
A glazed sunroom with a tan leather sectional, a timber coffee table and a woven rattan pendant under a timber ceiling.
04 · The sunroom. Leather and timber take full sun better than most fabrics. Plan for fading before you buy. Photograph: Glazed sunroom, tan leather sectional, timber ceiling, rattan pendant.
A grey stone-effect bathroom with a freestanding bath, round backlit mirrors and an oak-fronted vanity with a black basin.
05 · The bathroom. One warm material — here an oak vanity — is enough to stop stone-grey walls feeling clinical. Photograph: Grey stone-effect bathroom, freestanding bath, round mirrors, oak vanity.
A contemporary house at dusk with a timber-clad stair tower lit from inside and a rendered garden wall.
06 · The stair tower. Lit from inside after dark, slatted timber cladding reads as a lantern from the street. Photograph: Contemporary house at dusk with a lit timber-clad stair tower.
A snake plant in a white pot beside oak slat panelling, a small wooden stool and a white cabinet on oak legs.

Editor’s note

Editor’s note

I started this publication because most of what I read about homes told me what to buy and never why. Here, we measure the room before we recommend the rug. We name the paint, the bulb, the fabric weight.

And when we change our minds — about open shelving, about grey — we say so in print.

Clara Whitfield
Editor-in-Chief, Style of Home

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