ideas & tips FOR

Decorating a Kitchen

with wall panelling and mouldings

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Give your kitchen a makeover

Kitchens are the heart of any home and busy spaces for cooking, eating and socialising. Take your time to select high quality and innovative products that will stand the test of time and can be enjoyed every day. Kitchen design offers huge scope to experiment and create a unique space.

Wall panelling is great for splashbacks, islands and cupboard doors, as a contemporary alternative to ceramic tiles. Their water-resistant, hard wearing quality means they are ideal for this purpose and can be painted in subtle colours or something bold to create a striking focal point.

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Tips for a beautiful kitchen

Wall panel your cabinets

Do your kitchen cupboards need freshening up? You may not have considered wall panels as a way to update cupboard faces, but they are perfect!

Neat, clean and modern, they’ll provide an instant update, with our vertical styles lending well to this project.

Kitchen islands

There is a current trend for repetitive design and our textured wall panelling with vertical designs lend themselves perfectly to covering kitchen islands. Adding a design detail that’s interesting and innovative, it acts as a nice contrast to the smooth elements within a kitchen, such as countertops.

You can paint them tonally to tie the whole scheme together or even combining panelling with hidden lighting.

If you have a curved kitchen island or even a drinks bar why not try flexible wall panelling to work with those curves.

Kitchen splashbacks

There are so many more options for kitchen splashbacks nowadays than square ceramic tiles. Why not opt for contemporary wall panels that can be cut to fit an exact space. Hard wearing, water-resistant and neat, wall panels are a great alternative to traditional tiles. Primed and ready to paint, they can form a textured, subtle detail in your kitchen or a bright and bold feature.

Although linear panelling styles are an obvious choice for simplicity, you could also consider Cobble No. 113 and Ridges No. 112.

(Panels cannot be used behind the hob!)

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Using panelling in your kitchen is such a smart idea. This is not only for your walls or your ceiling, but it is such a fantastic way to freshen up your cabinets or even your kitchen island. (All are panels and mouldings are hardwearing and easy to wipe down and keep clean.)

Whether you are looking for a contemporary or traditional style for your interior our panels are so easy to install. They will give you the instant look you’re aiming for.

Complete the Look

Pair your panelling with a considered paint finish. Our Metallic Paint Collection
offers gold and bronze accents by Mylands, ideal for cupboard fronts or a feature detail that coordinates with brass kitchen hardware.
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Why add wall panelling to your kitchen?

Wall panelling offers a contemporary, grout-free alternative to tiling for splashbacks, kitchen islands and cupboard fronts. It's waterproof, hard-wearing and low-maintenance, arriving pre-primed so you can paint it in any colour to match your scheme — from a subtle tonal look to a bold contrast feature.

Can I use wall panels behind the hob?

No — panels should not be installed directly behind a hob due to heat exposure. They work well everywhere else in the kitchen, including splashbacks elsewhere, islands and cabinetry fronts.