13 Amazing Feature Wall Ideas to Spruce Up Your Home With in Singapore
Whether you live in a small HDB apartment or a big landed house, you want your home to look aesthetically pleasing and beautiful. For this reason, people employ various means to spruce up the space by choosing unique interior design styles for different rooms of the house and decorating them according to the interior design themes. Different types of furniture pieces and decorative elements are used to create focal points in the space that immediately catch a person’s eye and help elevate the room’s appearance.
Apart from using these distinctive pieces to create a focal point, another indigenous way to elevate any room’s appearance is to add a feature wall. A feature wall or accent wall is one wall of the room that is different from the others. This different wall helps create a focal point or backdrop for whatever is in front to create a visually appealing and aesthetically pleasing space.
Feature walls can be added in the living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and even bathrooms. A feature wall can help create a stylish statement in any room of the house. In a living room, the wall behind the TV console is usually selected as a feature wall. In a dining room, one wall adjacent to the dining table can be used as an accent wall. In the bedroom, the wall behind the bed is normally selected as the feature wall. However, this should not stop you from letting your creative juices flow and choosing unique locations for the feature wall to add a wow factor to the living space.
Below we discuss some of the types of feature walls and ways in which you can add them to your home while taking inspiration from our professional and aesthetic design and renovation portfolios.
Types of feature walls
When we think of accent walls, normally a bold-painted wall comes to mind. Whereas in reality, there are many different types of feature walls depending on the type of material they are made from and other factors. Let’s dive further into their details.
Paneled feature wall
A paneled feature wall is a typical accent wall that you normally see behind a TV in the living room. This wall is often created as a media wall where the TV is mounted. This wall comprises panels of engineered composites in different styles. Some of these panels comprise vertical flutes whereas others are made up of square or rectangular boards. You have a wide variety of options to select the type of pre-furnished panels or order panels based on your own preferences. The type of materials used for paneling as well as their color and other design options can also be chosen based on your requirements.
One of the advantages of such a feature wall behind the TV is that it hides all the wires and cords of the TV and other corresponding units to create an elegant and beautiful space. Usually a darker color is chosen for such a paneled feature wall to add a contrasting ambience and depth in the visual space.
Wood feature wall
Another type of feature wall similar to a paneled feature wall is made of wood. Wooden panels of different colors, grains, and textures are used to create a wood feature wall. Such a wall adds an element of nature and texture to any room’s interior. A wood feature wall can be added in a living room, dining room, or even in a bedroom.
When creating a wood feature wall, there are several ways to achieve a wooden look. One option is to choose pure wooden panels for the wall. Although pure wood feature walls look classy and organic, they have the disadvantage of being affected by humidity, termites, and mold. One way around this problem is to use synthetic materials like laminate for the feature wall to achieve the look of wood with a material that is termite and mold resistant. Again, you have the option of choosing different colors and patterns of laminate to achieve the desired look of a wooden feature wall.
You can even add lighting details to enhance the wooden appearance of such a feature wall as has been done in the following image from a design portfolio by Swiss Interior. The intelligent lighting adds an element of elegance and style in the interior.
Brick feature wall
Another way you can enhance the appearance of your rooms is to add brick feature walls. As the name suggests, such a wall is either made up of bricks or some other material that gives the appearance of bricks. This feature wall is especially well-suited in an industrial design theme where the raw aspects of the interior are highlighted. The typical brick-red colored bricks may be used for this feature wall or to give a unique twist to the interior, different shades of beige, off-white, or even blue can be used to create a brick wall texture.
As seen in the following portfolio image, a brick feature wall creates a unique personality in the interior where the other dominating industrial style elements are quite visible.
Marble feature wall
One more beautiful accent wall idea features marble as the main material. The distinctive marble patterns on one wall of a room create a uniquely royal and regal look that is quite suited to a luxurious design theme. Marble itself is considered a high-end material that is used to elevate any room’s appearance. However, marble is an expensive material that may not be affordable for all. But you still have the option of achieving the look of a marble feature wall in relatively cheaper ways. You can use marble-patterned contact paper or other synthetic materials that have marble patterns and incorporate them as a feature wall. Depending on your overall color theme, you can choose different colors and patterns of marble for your feature wall. A marble feature wall looks good in the living room, dining room, kitchen, and even the bedroom.
As can be seen in the following design portfolio of Swiss Interior, a beautiful marble patterned wall in shades of golden, off-white, and beige create a magnificent visual appearance that is in line with the rest of the interior design.
Scenic Feature Wall
One more way in which you can create a striking appearance in any room of your house is to create a scenic feature wall. This feature wall looks appropriate in a bedroom or a cinema room where you can create a scene on one complete wall of the room and keep the other walls plain and simple. This scene can be depicted in the form of a painting on the wall or through the use of wallpaper. This has been done in a cinema room of the portfolio below where a beautiful night scene has been depicted on the feature wall to uplift the room’s interior.
Storage feature wall
Another option to create a beautiful yet functional feature wall is to incorporate storage space in it. If you create a storage shelf in a living room, it would look quite odd and would degrade the overall outlook of the room. So how can you add storage shelves in a living room without making it appear out of place? Add it to the feature wall! Choose a particular material for the feature wall, this can be in the form of panels, wood, or marble. Add in the required storage shelves in some particular design and further enhance its appearance by using different forms of lighting wisely. You would have the perfect feature wall with storage that looks beautiful and elegant!
As an example, consider the following design portfolio where storage shelves are added in a column in the feature wall. On one side of the wall, there are fluted panels whereas on the other side, we see a solid wood panel. Moreover, you can further enhance this feature wall by adding spotlights in the shelves or track lights on the ceiling that illuminate the feature wall.
Mirrored feature wall
For a feature wall, you can use any different material that you think goes well with the overall interior design theme and the result would surely be eye-catching. One such option for a feature wall is to use mirrors in the wall. This is a clever idea for smaller rooms also since the mirrors help create a larger visual space as compared to the actual size of the room; hence you do not feel that the space is cramped. You can use a single large mirror as the feature wall or add different sized mirrors in aesthetic designs to create a beautiful pattern of mirrors to further enhance the room’s appearance.
Geometric pattern feature wall
When we talked about paneled feature walls, the emphasis was on panels that are either solid or follow a particular horizontal or vertical pattern. To give a twist to this idea, you can create a feature wall that has distinctive geometric patterns. These geometric patterns can be further highlighted by golden or silver accents that add an elegant touch to the wall. You can even achieve this look by simply painting the wall in one color and then creating geometric patterns with golden or silver paints to create accents. Such a feature wall looks good in dark, bold colors as well as in muted and neutral shades.
Pop-out feature wall
In this type of feature wall, the panels are installed in a popping-out fashion from the wall so that they create a 3D effect. In this style, we see a layered wall where the 1st layer is the wall, the 2nd layer is the feature wall, and the 3rd layer comprises the TV unit. This feature wall can be of any type, for example, marble, mirrored, paneled, or wooden. To further create a dramatic effect in this feature wall, recessed lighting can be installed behind the popping panel which enhances the layers of the wall. This type of feature wall goes well in a contemporary interior design, minimalistic interior design, and Scandinavian interior design theme.
Concrete or stone feature wall
Since a feature wall can be made of any material, it is no wonder that you may create it by using concrete or stone. In fact, in industrial design themes, such a feature wall can be created to further elevate the interior design theme. The feature wall can be set in concrete to create a raw and natural effect in the room. Alternatively, a stone wall with brick architecture can also be incorporated into the living room. Such a stone-feature wall will look particularly good for the wall with a fireplace and mantle. It will give cozy, country vibes in the living room and create a tranquil ambience in the room.
Painted feature wall
One of the simplest types of feature walls that does not cost much and pretty much everyone can have is a simple painted wall. If you paint one wall of the room in bright, bold color and leave the other walls simple and neutral, that one bold wall will serve as the feature wall. It will help create a focal point in the room where you can further place some amazing decorative elements or furniture pieces to create the main point of attraction. You can either leave the wall as it is or add wall hangings or paintings to further enhance its look. Play around with a couple of options and then see which one you like the best.
Although a bold color is usually chosen for a painted feature wall, this does not mean that you cannot or should not use a neutral shade. For example, in case of a Scandinavian interior design, you may choose a lighter shade like gray, beige, or other pastel colors as the feature wall. This can be seen in the following design portfolio as well where a lighter shade of feature wall helps create a focal point in the living room.
Wallpaper feature wall
Yet another common and popular way to create a feature wall is to apply wallpaper on it. Since the other walls are kept plain, this wallpaper usually comprises patterns, motifs, or other abstract designs in different colors to go with the overall theme of the room. As can be seen in the following portfolio image, a brightly colored wallpaper is used to adorn the feature wall of a dining space which otherwise is quite simple. This complex designed feature wall creates a balance and cohesion with the other simpler interior elements.
Botanical Feature Wall
Yet another unique way in which you can create a feature wall in your home is to create a botanical wall. This wall can be completely covered with leaves and crawler or climber plants. This way, you get a touch of nature in the room which helps freshen the ambience and create an airy and uplifting atmosphere. As an inspiration, consider the following design portfolio where a wall is covered with climber plants and the adjacent wall is wisely covered with striped black and white blinds. This creates a beautiful contrast of colors and textures that is simply breath-taking.
Above, we discussed some of the various ways in which you can uplift your house’s appearance with the help of feature walls. Swiss Interior is one of the top interior design firms in Singapore with experience in HDB interior design and Condo interior design. Schedule an appointment with us today to kickstart your home renovation journey.
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