Compelling upholstered wall panels from Jerome Shorter
If you are looking to add a sense of unbridled luxury to your bedroom, library, living room or even your dining room, consider upholstered wall panels from Jerome Shorter Furniture.
Panelled walls have been around for centuries (think wainscotting), and upholstered panel walls have been with us for some time too, although mostly in the form of tufted headboards.
Today, however, wall panels have broken free of convention and are being deployed throughout the house to provide a sense of warmth, comfort and opulence.
The artisans at Jerome Shorter have taken the idea of upholstered wall panels to new heights. Employing their vast knowledge of furniture construction and upholstery they create wall panels that serve a multitude of purposes, from acting as a sound buffer to creating a focal point in your dining area.
Upholstered panels can also be deployed in hallways, in a living room to frame a fireplace, to create a backdrop for a flat-panel TV and a myriad other ways. The design experts at Jerome Shorter will work with you or your interior decorator to create the ideal upholstered panels for your home.
Versatile Luxury for Your Walls
Upholstered panels for your walls can be as expansive or modest as you wish. They can be tufted or flat, thick or thin and covered with whatever type of fabric is appropriate for your decor.
Upholstered panels are an unexpected visual treat that add an unmistakable sense of luxury to any space. They’re a step up from wallpaper and can be used as a counterpoint to the fabrics, textures and colours in the rest of your interior.
Upholstered panels from Jerome Shorter are made to order to fit like a glove and can be easily applied to most surfaces. We don’t do cookie-cutter furnishings, meaning every panel is custom made to order for your particular space.
The Advantages of Upholstered Wall Panels
Upholstered wall panels provide a number of advantages over painted walls or wallpaper, including:
Greater visual appeal
Whether you install padded wall panels in the living room or bedroom they will generate far more visual appeal than paint or wallpaper ever could. The texture of upholstered wall panels plays off of other textures in the room including carpets, blankets, drapery and chair upholstery to create a harmonious textural rhythm that endows a space with an extraordinary sense of completeness.
Acoustic insulation
While you will hear us talk a lot about the aesthetic benefits of the upholstered fabric wall, the practical aspects of upholstered wall panels cannot be overlooked. One of the most important of those benefits is the ability of wall panels to provide acoustic insulation. This is especially welcome in the bedroom, particularly in urban areas where street noise can be considerable. Wall panels will also insulate your bedroom from noise emanating from other rooms.
Ease of installation
Painting a wall is not rocket science but it’s surprisingly easy for someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing to mess it up. Several steps up on the difficulty ladder is wallpaper. There are precious few people out there who have mastered the art of installing wallpaper. Hire someone who hasn’t and you’re looking at multiple do-overs until they get it right. If they get it right.
Upholstered wall panels on the other hand are easy to install because most of the hard work is done in the Jerome Shorter workshop. The completed panels are then transported to the customer’s home and installed, typically in a single day.
Variety of material choices
When it comes to upholstered wall panels for the bedroom, living room or even your home theatre the choices are practically endless. The only real constraint is that the finished panels must dovetail stylistically with the other elements in the room. But even within that constraint, there are literally hundreds of possible combinations when it comes to fabrics, padding, colour, patterns, size and more. Jerome Shorter can explain all your potential options and create mock-ups for you that will demonstrate what the finished panels will look like once installed.
Cover for unattractive features
Older homes in particular often have superfluous architectural features that detract from the overall look of a space. They were designed at a time when making everything as flat and square as possible wasn’t a concern. While some of these design idiosyncrasies can be charming, others just get in the way of the effect you’re trying to create with your decor. Upholstered wall panels are a great way to discreetly cover unwanted features and create a homogenous look that better serves your desired aesthetic.
Wall protection
Whereas you can use wall panels in older homes to cover undesirable features, you can use them in more modern homes to protect your walls. Most walls built today are covered in drywall, which is much less stout than the traditional plaster you’ll find in older homes. And it’s much easier to damage drywall. Padded wall panels for the living room can help protect your walls from dings, chips, dents, scratches and scrapes.
Low maintenance
Upholstered wall panels need very little maintenance once they’re installed. Because of the myriad fabric choices available for wall panels covering all of them here simply isn’t practical. Suffice to say that typical upholstered wall panel maintenance consists of periodic cleaning. Talk to the experts at Jerome Shorter to find out exactly what is involved in keeping your padded wall panels looking great.
Thermal insulation
Upholstered wall panels will not only provide outstanding acoustic insulation, they will also help make any room where they are hung be more energy efficient. Thermal insulation is all about keeping heat in during the winter and out during the summer. Upholstered wall panels act as an extra layer of insulation in whatever room where they’re installed, enabling you to keep the room just as warm as before while using less energy.
Durability
Well executed chair upholstery will typically last for decades, and that is with people sitting on it all the time. Now imagine taking those same upholstery materials and placing them on a wall where no one will touch them. The fact is upholstered wall panels will last as long as you want them to as long as they are cleaned from time to time and not subjected to leaking water, high humidity or other forces that would degrade any material.
The Bottom Line
Upholstered wall panels for a bedroom, living room, home theatre or other space are a smart choice for a variety of aesthetic and practical reasons. And while they give off a vibe of exclusivity the fact is fabric wall panels from Jerome Shorter are more affordable than most people think.
Contact Jerome Shorter
It will typically take 4 – 6 weeks to produce your upholstered wall panels once we have a confirmed order. When ready you have the option of picking the panels up yourself or sending someone in your stead. If you wish we can deliver them and install them for you.
Upholstered panels are a design idea whose time has come. To learn more about these incredible, versatile decorative components, or to order some for your home or business, contact Jerome Shorter Furniture by calling us on 01892 725304. If you prefer you can write to us using the contact form on our website.
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