Design Avice needed please

WWC1

Hi all,

Hope everyone is well.

Finally starting to do up our sitting room

Want to "classic look". Thinking of panelling on the walls with F&B Cream on bottom and lighter colour on top or maybe a wallpaper. This room is quite dark.

Now, not sure where to start regarding the panelling. Has anyone done this? Where is the best place to purchase the wood? Also, we have a large bay window not sure where panelling should start and end on this.

Any ideas/help at all would be appreciated.

De.Lite.Touch

WWC1 wrote: »

Hi all,

Hope everyone is well.

Finally starting to do up our sitting room

Want to "classic look". Thinking of panelling on the walls with F&B Cream on bottom and lighter colour on top or maybe a wallpaper. This room is quite dark.

Now, not sure where to start regarding the panelling. Has anyone done this? Where is the best place to purchase the wood? Also, we have a large bay window not sure where panelling should start and end on this.

Any ideas/help at all would be appreciated.

First of all, set your heights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_rail

900mm isthe norm, but hight dado's can give a very interesting effect and let you use double panels.
In an ordinary height room this may be overkill and look too "heavy".
Then do a scaled drawing of all elevations of your room including the doors and windows.
For a truly classical look you need to consider how the architraves, skirtings and the junctions/corner details of same are handles in timber.
The depths of classical archtraves can be 169-180mm and if you're serious about penelling, you might want to integrate the look of the door as well.
This can lead you to mirror the treatment and soon you'll be panelling the hall!

With the architraves, doors, skirtings all selected and balanced off each other, the left over wall under the dado rail is where you'll be panelling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panelling
Panelling can be wainscoted or boiserie as shown above, or you might want the other classic look of raised and fielded panels in hte lins below
http://www.longdendoors.co.uk/chippendale.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_and_panel
Raised and fielded panels can be expensive and an affordable alternative is to use plant-on beads and rectangles to approximate the effect.

For a natural finish, both hard and softwood can be used ot good effect, but in paint a reasonable le result can be acheived with mdf.
But although the fit can be perfect with plant ons or mdf, it looks "too perfect" for some, who like to see the character of the jointing and making of the panels.

Once you've decided on the option you want you're left with the matter of dividing up the panelling in a manner that pleases your eye.
Something that looks amazing on a Great House you once visited will not translate well, and it is the interior designer's skill to translate the proportions and apnel orientation to bet complement your particular room.

The large bay can be treated differently to the walls, but the important thing is to size teh panels and the left over spaces on such a way that they harmonize across the full width of the room and all walls.
That's harmonize, nor "mirror", so choose a panels size that's repeatable and don't be afraid of "making up" either a panel or the left-over space.
The same height and materials throughout will help all things to harmonize well.
Personally I don't like panels to be of a different colour to their surround, but that's just me.

Over to you.

-- De.Lite.Touch

WWC1

Thank you so much ...how do you know all this stuff :-)

A lot of reference material there.
Was thinking of going with the plant on beads effect
Roping my brother in on this as he is an artist and has an incredible eye for detail. He's also handy with a saw!

All the links greatly appreciated

Will post some pics when done
x

De.Lite.Touch

WWC1 wrote: »

Thank you so much ...how do you know all this stuff :-)

A lot of reference material there.
Was thinking of going with the plant on beads effect
Roping my brother in on this as he is an artist and has an incredible eye for detail. He's also handy with a saw!

All the links greatly appreciated

Will post some pics when done
x

I know everything.
And I'm modest.



Sherioushly do'...

I once had the great pleasure of designing a traditional style mansion, with panelling everywhere.
I set general requirements and let the joiners work it out and watched their progress.
The rest of it was a few Wiki links to illustrate it for you and the forum readers.

Glad to be of help, just remember; -
Setting out panelling can be daunting.
Its best to draw it out first and consider it
Otherwise it could be daunting - and expensive!

-- De.Lite.Touch