Your next step   Linings   Panelling Legal Notices Help ! Linings / Panelling Making the choice: Linings or Panelling? Rosa Blake is a devotee of using natural timber in the home. A co-owner of Handypine, she does not hesitate to encourage other homeowners and builders to use it too. Solid timber panelling provides the perfect pallette with which to transform a dowdy wall or ceiling into a feature of great warmth and character, whilst being cost effective and easy to install. It's wonderful to see the stunning effects you can obtain by incorporating timber features into the architecture and design of buildings Similarly, it is an ideal product for furniture backers, doors, insert panelling and open back displays.  Lining is distinguished from panelling in that lining comes in easy to handle tongue and groove boards which lock together to form a solid timber feature, as big or as small as you want. Panelling comes in complete sheets, in a variety of widths and lengths. Lining typically comes in solid timber with a pattern to one or both edges, and sometimes in the centre of the board to create a specific "look" when locked together. Panels can come as a plain sheet, in ply, particle board or medium density fibre board (MDF). These sheets may be grooved to create a lining look, and be raw or veneered. The join between lining boards is "invisible" as it forms part of the pattern, whereas when more than one panel is used, the join is visible and sometimes a filler, joiner or cover strip is required at the join. Both linings and panelling come in raw or pre-polished forms. The raw form provides a greater range of options in terms of stains and polish to choose from whereas the pre-polished form offers a quicker installation time. Above: Ceiling lined with Radiata Pine Right: Classic Panelling

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