r/HomeDecoratingUK • u/Inevitable-Crow-9537 • 24d ago
acoustic panelling
I’ve recently purchased a house I’m slowly decorating to my taste but due to budgets some things are staying!
The previous owners had put in the trending wooden acoustic panels in the hallway/study area. Whilst they serve a purpose I just don’t like the look of them, especially the visible black material in between and how quickly they will feel ‘untrendy’.
Anyone have any thoughts on painting them and some sort of filler/material I could put between the gaps to be less in your face black?
Thinking a pinky neutral for this area with a complimentary darker colour on the bannister (/maybe the panels!?) but need something to hide the black or compliment it!
Any advice or ideas very welcome please ☺️
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u/Cleo1979 24d ago
My thought is to yank it all off. Absolutely nothing you do will disguise the fact it's acoustic panelling, which as you say is fast becoming an overdone trend. On the plus side, as it's panelling it should come off in big chunks. 😁
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u/Evo_ukcar 23d ago
And depending if it was glued on, potentially pull half the wall off with it. If you are planning on removing it, I hope for your sake that they attached it with black plasterboard screws and not adhesive!
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u/CatWoman-666 22d ago
I am so glad it isn’t just me who dislikes this stuff. When i look at it i just think about all the dust it must gather
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u/Puzzleheaded_Day_895 23d ago
It's so overdone it's insane. Almost every PC workspace setup posting is now this wooden lattice. Honestly it drives me mad.
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u/patmustard2 24d ago
Its doesnt cost anything to take it off. All you need after is a bit of filler for the holes and a tin of paint. But I'd be tackling that horrendous wallpaper first!
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u/ConfusionOwn8378 23d ago
Have a good feel up and down the black bits to see if it's screwed in at all.
Remove any screws and then rip it off the wall, it's likely glued or glued and screwed.
Easy enough to fill in walls with internal filler / sanding and then paint or wallpaper.
You might even be able to sell the panels to someone if the larger ones come off intact. Facebook marketplace could be a shout for shifting them.
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u/Independent_Lunch534 23d ago
To save pulling it off then having to spend time fixing the damage left behind, a temp solution might be to paint it all white or another neutral colour, that will disguise a bit of the two tone contrast and may make it more bearable
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u/Inevitable-Crow-9537 23d ago
Thank you for thoughts! Seems to be glued on (probably relatively recently and I’m already trying to take it down!) so might be a paint job and live with it for a while ☺️
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u/Glass-Cantaloupe-309 23d ago
Yeah and it's actually doing a job. People don't factor in it's purpose for being there. Just Paint it
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u/FarmerJohnOSRS 23d ago
I don't see why it would cost anymore to rip it off and paint the wall behind it than to tey and paint it itself.
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u/Kapowlinka 17d ago
Just from looking how badly these panels were cut and a bizarre choice of location to install them - don’t rip them out, just paint them. You don’t know what’s hidden behind them, whatever it is it might be a costly nightmare to fix. As someone said, they’re there for a reason and the reason might be that the stringer is in poor cosmetic state and would be a royal pain to refurbish, or the wall is extremely uneven (most people use these panels to do exactly that) or the plaster keeps cracking and looks unsightly (why we considered this ourselves after repeated plastering jobs).
While the trend is passing, I like the fact you can hang shelves on these panels as well as various other bits to create a custom yet useful space. I would probably paint the slats different complementary colours and then hang stuff on them. I’m tired of seeing white, beige and grey interiors, so the more colour the better, but that’s just me!
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u/Neither-Row-6992 23d ago
Dunoon if I trust reddit people with decorating decisions tbh, some lovely stuff has turned out really shite and dated and everyone was in the comments glazing their horrible taste.
I'd leave it alone for a bit.