Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has shared how to get the wall-panelling look with very little effort – and at a fraction of the cost. The much-loved and endlessly flamboyant Changing Rooms star calls his wall panelling paint hack a spécialité de la maison.
The LLB paint trick harks back to the original Changing Rooms show 23 years ago, when the idea was originally conceived. This week’s episode took Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Anna Richardson to West Yorkshire to decorate two living rooms in need of some interior design know-how.
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s wall panelling paint hack
Matt, the resident painter and decorator is shown using masking tape to paint squares onto the wall. This creates a trompe l’oeil that gives the illusion of real panels.
‘This is so straightforward, because what I’ve done is, I’ve picked the colour that we’ve got the wall in, and then I just went one lighter and one darker, which gives you the shadow and the highlight,’ explains Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. As Matt the decorator peels away the masking tape, he reveals the faux wall panels.
