Panelling and Wallpaper: Adding character to your walls

As usual the four day week has caught me by surprise and I was initially just going to show you the final tweakment to the house which is the panelling in the library. Then I thought I would expand it a little to show how we have decorated the walls in this house for those who want to add a little interest and character but don’t necessarily want the full wallpaper shebang.

And don’t get me wrong. I love wallpaper and have used it plenty but somehow it hasn’t really made its way into this house with the exception of the secret door bookcase paper which I still love despite it being rather tatty now – it’s been there for 10 years and I have no desire to change it.

Firstly the last  - or most recent – addition is the panelling in the library. Now I know that panelling is a massive Instagram trend. There’s barely a wall in that digital room that hasn’t been touched with some design or another from the ornate Georgianesque frames to the Jacobean boxes and everything in between (or, to be hi…