Are you intrigued by the strong linear design and natural wood veneer finish of our new decorative wood panels for walls and ceilings, but coming up blank in the ideas department? This post is for you! Straight lines, as an element in art and design, can express serenity, stability and continuity (horizontal), dynamism, agitation and motion (diagonal), or poise and aspiration (vertical).
Our natural wood wall slat panels fit recent trends toward biophilic design. Many recent studies have shown that designs that incorporate natural elements can increase happiness, focus, and productivity.
We have some wonderful islat wall ideas to get your creative juices flowing. These natural wood slat panels work on ceilings, accent walls, and stairwells, and in basements, bathrooms, offices, hidden doors, and more.
1. Modern Wood Slat Accent Wall
This vertical salt wall transforms this TV and fireplace combo into a focal point. Strong vertical lines guide the eye up to a beautiful double-height ceiling and loft space, emphasizing the room’s height and adding a sense of grandeur.
A narrow feature in a large room may not dampen much-unwanted sound, but combined with soft furniture, carpeting, and window treatments, reducing the sound reflection from this particularly large wall will be effective in creating more intimate acoustics and overall feel in this space.
What are the features of your space that you love, and would like to draw more attention to?
2. Slat Wall Hidden Door
A hidden interior door adds a sense of increased privacy, and for the imaginative, intrigue and mystery. Here, a part of the wall juts out, creating two additional vertical lines right next to a doorway with more lines that don’t continue to the ceiling as the corners do. The interior wood slat wall disguises that discrepancy and makes the whole wall flow harmoniously.
Privacy is heightened with the use of wood wall slat panels by sound absorption both in the felt backing and in the inward-angling shape of the slats. If someone in your home works from home as a musician, recording artist, podcaster, or DJ, or simply enjoys movies, music or sports, acoustic wood panels merit serious consideration as part of your interior finishes mix.
3. Wood Slat Wall Bathroom
In this bathroom, the genuine wood on our wall panels mimics the abundant wood in Scandinavian design, both modernist and traditional.
Wood warms a monochromatic palette while keeping it neutral, bringing warmth and texture to the space.
In order to keep bathrooms sanitary, a lot of surfaces need to be hard, and these hard surfaces can make bathrooms especially echo-prone.
Wood slat wall panels placed high on the walls make the space sound and feel less institutional and more intimate without sacrificing these sanitary concerns.
4. Offices
Proper acoustics are especially important in offices, where many people share one space, alternately conversing and concentrating in order to complete various tasks. In Toronto office spaces, sound-absorbing materials like fabric are limited by fire code restrictions.
Vertical wood slat wall panels give the modern office a touch of nature, and a quieter, more homelike feel. A wood slat feature wall or walls can also soften and beautify office kitchens and bathrooms, and help keep confidential conversations confidential.
5. Wood Slat Stair Wall
Stairwells lacking design intervention can easily be cold, echoing, and monotonous. Marks on walls from footwear or the moving process become accentuated in the literal absence of anything else to look at.
This vertical wood slat wall on stairs absorbs echoes, breaks up the painted finish of surrounding walls, and adds warmth in the form of natural wood veneer.
Recessed ceiling lights highlight the accent wall, balancing the fact that it is darker than the surrounding walls.
It’s hard not to feel elevated, a little lighter, and perhaps energized by the strong vertical lines that accompany the user’s vertical journey up or down this staircase.
6. Basements
This private lower-level gym exudes strength in the outstanding high-contrast use of line and colour.
Wood provides a balance, adding warmth and lightness, while the black lines between slats tie the wall panels harmoniously into the overall look.
Our 1/2″ LED COB Light Channel fits perfectly in between the wood slats on our panels.
Arranged asymmetrically, this wall lighting becomes dynamic, creative and intriguing.
The use of vertical lines in art has been described as “aspirational”. What feeling could be more appropriate to evoke in the space where you get (or stay) fit? We love the energy of this room!
7. Ceiling
Take a look at this modern kitchen with a striking feature: a ceiling adorned with black wood slat panels.
This design choice creates a bold contrast against the white cabinetry and walls, drawing the eye upward and adding a touch of sophistication to the space.
The wood slats not only provide visual interest but also contribute to the room’s acoustics by absorbing sound, making the kitchen feel more intimate and less echo-prone.
The use of recessed lighting further enhances the ceiling, highlighting the sleek lines of the wood slats and adding a layer of depth to the overall design.
This innovative application of wood slat panels on the ceiling demonstrates how a simple element can elevate the aesthetic and functionality of a modern kitchen.
Wood wall slat panels can be used to create a broad range of moods and effects. With the warm glow of natural wood, our wooden slats are available in your choice of five neutral finish colours, from edgy natural black oak to room-brightening white oak.
Always a strong modern linear statement, with contrasting felt backing that bends to fit walls and absorbs unwanted sound, they can be used to emphasise some design features, and to render others invisible. What will happen when they combine with your space, and your imagination? Contact us to begin finding out!
