Living Room With Fluted TV Panel Feature Wall

A grey fabric sectional runs along one side, and two cream channel tufted settees sit across from it. Splitting the seating this way suits a long room, because one big sofa would have walled off half the floor. The grey and the cream also keep the group from looking like a matched set bought in one go. Between them is a marble top coffee table on a wood base, low enough not to block the walk through.

Each panel is floral wallpaper set inside a raised white moulding, with plain painted wall around it and a dado line running below. Framing the paper this way turns it into a set of pictures on the wall rather than paper covering every surface. It also means less wallpaper overall, which keeps the busy print from taking over the room. The soft grey and gold in the print tie back to the sofas and the copper tables.

Tall arched panels in a dark wood finish make up the screen, cut through with a lattice pattern and filled with ribbed glass. The screen stands on a low sideboard and marks the line between the living room and the dining behind it. Being open, it lets light pass from the dining window through to the sofas. A solid wall there would have made both rooms darker and smaller. The trade is that it hides very little, so the dining stays half in view.

Those are nesting side tables with a copper toned metal drum base and a dark glass top. They sit as a pair and pull apart when you need an extra surface for cups or a tray. The warm copper picks up the gold in the fluted wall and the wallpaper, so the metal does not look random. Being round, they soften a room full of straight sofa lines and the square coffee table beside them.

It costs more than paint but less than stone or full wood panelling. The price sits in the fluted profiles themselves and the labour to line them up straight, since any waver shows on a wall this wide. You can buy ready made fluted panels or have them cut, and the gold lines between are a separate strip. Wall width and the material you choose set the figure, so measure the wall and price two options before you commit.

The idea scales down if you drop one settee and keep the sectional plus a single pair of chairs. In a smaller room the fluted wall still works, since it adds depth without taking floor space the way a unit would. Framed wallpaper panels also suit tight walls better than papering the whole room, which can crowd it. Skip the arch screen in a compact flat and let the living and dining simply share one open space.

The fabric sofas are the main job, since cream shows marks and both settees are channel tufted with grooves that trap crumbs. A weekly vacuum with the upholstery tool keeps them fresh, and a fabric guard spray helps with spills. The fluted wall and the wallpaper panels only need dusting. Marble and glass tops wipe clean but want a coaster habit, because rings and scratches on a light stone are hard to undo. None of it is fussy day to day.