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The Transformative Power of Fluted Panels: 10 Creatives Ways To Infuse Your Home With Character

Written By
Karen Chua
Date Written:
1/7/2024

The beautiful grooves of fluted panels is a popular feature in Singaporean homes. Known for its versatility and timelessness, this textured wall adds sophistication and visual interest to spaces, making it one of the most popular home renovation choices of 2024.

landed fluted panel wall singapore
Contemporary Landed, featuring a small fluted panel wall, at Pavilion Street by Flo Design

Fluted panels are made from either a combination of wood fibres and plastic, or synthetic plastic polymer, and can be used in your kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms. There are so many ways fluted panels can be customised and infused into a space to create a distinct atmosphere or mood, and we have compiled creative ways this stunning feature can add character and personality to the various areas of your very own home!

Scandinavian 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring fluted panels in a bedroom, at Punggol Place by My Reno Diary
Scandinavian 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring fluted panels in a bedroom, at Punggol Place by My Reno Diary

Living Room

1. Creating a focal point

The beautiful textured grooves of fluted panels make for a visual interest that stands out from other plain walls of the living room, easily captivating our eyes and attention. The homeowner of this minimalist five-room HDB flat cleverly uses the rich chocolatey fluted panels as a stunning backdrop for his living room.

Minimalist 5-Room Resale HDB, featuring a fluted panel wall, at Senja by 89 Interior
Minimalist 5-Room Resale HDB, featuring a fluted panel wall, at Senja by 89 Interior

A particularly noteworthy use of these fluted panels is how it brings out the three hanging lamps beautifully!  The interior designer had intentionally thought it out — the deep wood with vertical lines contrasts the bright colourful lamps with speckled texture, and they compliment each other tastefully. This visual impact would not be as effective if the backdrop had been another plain wall. Fluted walls can be thoughtfully composed with other small accessories, unique to the homeowners, to create a work of art as part of their living space.

Besides creating a focal point, fluted panels can be used for emphasising larger pieces of furniture. In the living room of this three-bedder condominium, we can see that fluted panels have been used as a backdrop for a television console. The living room of this Japandi three bedder condominium features natural-wood coloured fluted panels as a backdrop for their television console. The tasteful use of these panels create pleasing vertical lines that emphasises this area of the living room, while complimenting the entire wooden theme of the interior.  

Japandi 3 Bedder Condo, featuring fluted panels used as a backdrop for a television console, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior
Japandi 3 Bedder Condo, featuring fluted panels used as a backdrop for a television console, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior

2. Add the illusion of height to your space

The height of a HDB unit is typically 2.6 metres, which is shorter than the average ceiling height of a condominium. However, fluted panels can create an illusion that your ceiling is higher than it actually is. As our eyes trail the fluted panels upwards, the perception of a taller wall and higher ceiling is created.

Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring a fluted panel living room wall, at Bedok South Road by My Reno Diary
Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring a fluted panel living room wall, at Bedok South Road by My Reno Diary

3. Synthesise a visual flow with fluted panels

We have explored how fluted panels are used to contrast from the rest of your living room, thus creating a focal point. However, when it is used consistently throughout the home, it synthesises a visual flow and creates a unity between spaces of the home. By injecting this same visual interest tastefully in different rooms, a sense of cohesion is created. Take a look at this project, which uses the same grey fluted panels to unify the aesthetic of two separate rooms.

Scandinavian 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted style renovation, at Yishun by Darwin Interior
Scandinavian 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted style renovation, at Yishun by Darwin Interior
Scandinavian 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted style renovation, at Yishun by Darwin Interior

Even though the spaces serve vastly different functions,, the thoughtful touch of fluted panels makes the overall design harmonious. Since the colour of fluted panels are customisable, it makes it a versatile tool to establish the home’s theme.

4. Add a touch of nature with fluted panels

Fluted panels have the ability to create a biophilic design, which refers to design choices that connects the homeowner to nature. Biophilic design reduces stress and increases productivity, making it a popular effect that homeowners sought for in their homes. However, in certain interior design styles such as industrial or contemporary projects, incorporating elements of nature may be tricky. This is where fluted panels can be useful!

The natural wood tone fluted panels can offer a sense of warmth into industrial homes such as this four-room BTO at Fernvale. When we think of industrial style homes, we think of metal and concrete elements. By integrating fluted panels of a darker colour tone that have a shinier finish, it surprisingly complements the whole industrial theme, while still adding a touch of nature and the biophilic effect.

Industrial BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring how fluted panels can be used in industrial homes, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary
Industrial BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring how fluted panels can be used in industrial homes, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary

For contemporary-style lovers, check out how this four-room BTO HDB managed to integrate nature into a style that prioritises modernity. Fluted furniture such as this fluted dining table add dimension to the home.

Contemporary HDB, featuring a fluted dining table, at Woodleigh by Aestherior
Contemporary HDB, featuring a fluted dining table, at Woodleigh by Aestherior

Wood is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind when we think of modern luxury. However, fluted panels challenge that stereotype with its ability to style the raw wooden material with sophistication through its grooved-texture.

Modern Luxury Condo, featuring minimal fluted panels, at Royal Green by Swiss Interior
Modern Luxury Condo, featuring minimal fluted panels, at Royal Green by Swiss Interior

In this modern luxury condominium, the homeowners really emphasise their love for gold with the decorative lightings and bold textured walls of the television console and the dining room. To balance the lavish and luminous effect of the striking golden hues, the rich dark oaks of the fluted panels and television console anchor the entire look of the living room.  That is a brilliant way to further increase the overall luxury of the living space with the use of fluted panels.  

5. Segment living spaces with fluted panels

Using accent walls and changing the flooring is an outdated tactic to divide spaces. Fluted panels visually separates spaces from the rest of the house, achieving a sectioned effect within your home.

Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring fluted walls as sectioning tools, at Jurong West by My Reno Diary
Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring fluted walls as sectioning tools, at Jurong West by My Reno Diary
Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring fluted walls as sectioning tools, at Jurong West by My Reno Diary

This five-room BTO tactfully separates the dining space from the living room with the help of a fluted panel wall. The brown fluted wall is also in line with the Muji theme, which is usually associated with wood.

6. Great method of concealing doors!

It is a rising trend to conceal storage spaces by disguising them as walls, where fluted options seamlessly hide the start and end of doors This contemporary HDB flat integrates fluted panels to its pantry, where at first glance a guest would not be able to guess that this wall consists of storage space!  

Contemporary 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted storage spaces, at Farrer Park Road by Aart Boxx Interior
Contemporary 3-Room HDBfeaturing fluted storage spaces at Farrer Park Road by Aart Boxx Interior

Bedroom

7. Allow for an acoustically pleasing space!

Industrial 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted wall behind a television, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary
Industrial 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted wall behind a television, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary

Fluted panels are great for its acoustics benefits, where the wooden grooves effectively diffuse sound and reduce echo. It absorbs loud noises, making it perfect for a television to be mounted on. These walls create a more acoustically pleasing setting which encourages better conversation and interaction within the room.

This industrial bedroom features a fluted wall that matches the colour of the rest of the room, and its vertical grooves contrast with the smooth surface of the television screen that sits on it. The wall creates an effective focal point, yet is still in visual harmony with the rest of the room.

Modern Contemporary Condo, featuring a fluted television wall in the bedroom, at Costa Rhu by MyDESiGN Interiors
Modern Contemporary Condo, featuring a fluted television wall in the bedroom, at Costa Rhu by MyDESiGN Interiors

8. Make your bed a focal point with fluted panels

Your bed is probably the most crucial and important item of your bedroom, and what better way to emphasise the zen and restful atmosphere of it with fluted panels! Similar to how fluted panels can make your television the focal point of your bedroom, it can have a similar effect for your bed as well. As we all know, bedrooms are spaces for us to rest after a long day of work. Make your bed the focal point of such a space using fluted panels, just like this project by My Reno Diary. The play on light and shadows on the fluted panels with the help of the vertical lights can provide an interesting backdrop for an ordinary-looking bed.

Modern Contemporary 5-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted panels with ambience lighting, at Canberra by My Reno Diary
Modern Contemporary 5-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted panels with ambience lighting, at Canberra by My Reno Diary

Besides using fluted panels for the backdrop of your bed, you can also directly use them for your bed’s headboard, such as this Japandi-styled bedroom!

Japandi Condo, featuring a fluted headboard, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior
Japandi Condo, featuring a fluted headboard, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior

The wood tone of the headboard matches the platform of the bed, creating a soothing and relaxing atmosphere.

However, it can also create a luxurious atmosphere, depending on the choice of lighting and tone of the fluted panel. The lighting strips behind the headboard creates light and shadow between the grooves, making the dark fluted panels appear golden gradually. This gradient further adds elegance to the luxurious centrepiece bed.

Modern Lux Condo, featuring dark-toned fluted panels behind a headboard, at Serangoon North by Darwin Interior

Kitchen

9. Add dimension to your kitchen backsplash with fluted panels

Shake off the old, boring and plain designs for kitchen backsplash and try making it fluted instead! Choose moisture-resistant fluted panels to create the perfect backdrop for your delicious cooking.

Contemporary 3-Bedder Resale Condo, featuring the use of fluted panels in the kitchen at Riverbay by Style Elements Studio
Contemporary 3-Bedder Resale Condo, featuring the use of fluted panels in the kitchen at Riverbay by Style Elements Studio

10. Create visual segregation for your kitchen with fluted panels

For open-concept kitchens, it may be difficult to visually segregate it from the living area. You can opt for a consistent usage of fluted panels across the entire kitchen, which visually separates the cooking space immediately. And voilà, no partition walls needed!

Japandi Condo, featuring an open-concept kitchen decorated using fluted panels, at The Amore by Aart Boxx Interior
Japandi Condo, featuring an open-concept kitchen decorated using fluted panels, at The Amore by Aart Boxx Interior

Inspired by the multitudes of ways to use fluted panels?

We know how overwhelming it is to decide on how fluted panels could be integrated into your home when there are so many uses and options. That is why at EZiD, we connect you with reliable interior designers for free! Enquire about your renovation today and receive professional advice on how to transform your dream home into a reality. Start your renovation journey today by submitting your renovation details here.

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The Transformative Power of Fluted Panels: 10 Creatives Ways To Infuse Your Home With Character

Written By
Karen Chua
Date Written:
1/7/2024

The beautiful grooves of fluted panels is a popular feature in Singaporean homes. Known for its versatility and timelessness, this textured wall adds sophistication and visual interest to spaces, making it one of the most popular home renovation choices of 2024.

landed fluted panel wall singapore
Contemporary Landed, featuring a small fluted panel wall, at Pavilion Street by Flo Design

Fluted panels are made from either a combination of wood fibres and plastic, or synthetic plastic polymer, and can be used in your kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms. There are so many ways fluted panels can be customised and infused into a space to create a distinct atmosphere or mood, and we have compiled creative ways this stunning feature can add character and personality to the various areas of your very own home!

Scandinavian 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring fluted panels in a bedroom, at Punggol Place by My Reno Diary
Scandinavian 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring fluted panels in a bedroom, at Punggol Place by My Reno Diary

Living Room

1. Creating a focal point

The beautiful textured grooves of fluted panels make for a visual interest that stands out from other plain walls of the living room, easily captivating our eyes and attention. The homeowner of this minimalist five-room HDB flat cleverly uses the rich chocolatey fluted panels as a stunning backdrop for his living room.

Minimalist 5-Room Resale HDB, featuring a fluted panel wall, at Senja by 89 Interior
Minimalist 5-Room Resale HDB, featuring a fluted panel wall, at Senja by 89 Interior

A particularly noteworthy use of these fluted panels is how it brings out the three hanging lamps beautifully!  The interior designer had intentionally thought it out — the deep wood with vertical lines contrasts the bright colourful lamps with speckled texture, and they compliment each other tastefully. This visual impact would not be as effective if the backdrop had been another plain wall. Fluted walls can be thoughtfully composed with other small accessories, unique to the homeowners, to create a work of art as part of their living space.

Besides creating a focal point, fluted panels can be used for emphasising larger pieces of furniture. In the living room of this three-bedder condominium, we can see that fluted panels have been used as a backdrop for a television console. The living room of this Japandi three bedder condominium features natural-wood coloured fluted panels as a backdrop for their television console. The tasteful use of these panels create pleasing vertical lines that emphasises this area of the living room, while complimenting the entire wooden theme of the interior.  

Japandi 3 Bedder Condo, featuring fluted panels used as a backdrop for a television console, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior
Japandi 3 Bedder Condo, featuring fluted panels used as a backdrop for a television console, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior

2. Add the illusion of height to your space

The height of a HDB unit is typically 2.6 metres, which is shorter than the average ceiling height of a condominium. However, fluted panels can create an illusion that your ceiling is higher than it actually is. As our eyes trail the fluted panels upwards, the perception of a taller wall and higher ceiling is created.

Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring a fluted panel living room wall, at Bedok South Road by My Reno Diary
Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring a fluted panel living room wall, at Bedok South Road by My Reno Diary

3. Synthesise a visual flow with fluted panels

We have explored how fluted panels are used to contrast from the rest of your living room, thus creating a focal point. However, when it is used consistently throughout the home, it synthesises a visual flow and creates a unity between spaces of the home. By injecting this same visual interest tastefully in different rooms, a sense of cohesion is created. Take a look at this project, which uses the same grey fluted panels to unify the aesthetic of two separate rooms.

Scandinavian 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted style renovation, at Yishun by Darwin Interior
Scandinavian 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted style renovation, at Yishun by Darwin Interior
Scandinavian 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted style renovation, at Yishun by Darwin Interior

Even though the spaces serve vastly different functions,, the thoughtful touch of fluted panels makes the overall design harmonious. Since the colour of fluted panels are customisable, it makes it a versatile tool to establish the home’s theme.

4. Add a touch of nature with fluted panels

Fluted panels have the ability to create a biophilic design, which refers to design choices that connects the homeowner to nature. Biophilic design reduces stress and increases productivity, making it a popular effect that homeowners sought for in their homes. However, in certain interior design styles such as industrial or contemporary projects, incorporating elements of nature may be tricky. This is where fluted panels can be useful!

The natural wood tone fluted panels can offer a sense of warmth into industrial homes such as this four-room BTO at Fernvale. When we think of industrial style homes, we think of metal and concrete elements. By integrating fluted panels of a darker colour tone that have a shinier finish, it surprisingly complements the whole industrial theme, while still adding a touch of nature and the biophilic effect.

Industrial BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring how fluted panels can be used in industrial homes, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary
Industrial BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring how fluted panels can be used in industrial homes, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary

For contemporary-style lovers, check out how this four-room BTO HDB managed to integrate nature into a style that prioritises modernity. Fluted furniture such as this fluted dining table add dimension to the home.

Contemporary HDB, featuring a fluted dining table, at Woodleigh by Aestherior
Contemporary HDB, featuring a fluted dining table, at Woodleigh by Aestherior

Wood is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind when we think of modern luxury. However, fluted panels challenge that stereotype with its ability to style the raw wooden material with sophistication through its grooved-texture.

Modern Luxury Condo, featuring minimal fluted panels, at Royal Green by Swiss Interior
Modern Luxury Condo, featuring minimal fluted panels, at Royal Green by Swiss Interior

In this modern luxury condominium, the homeowners really emphasise their love for gold with the decorative lightings and bold textured walls of the television console and the dining room. To balance the lavish and luminous effect of the striking golden hues, the rich dark oaks of the fluted panels and television console anchor the entire look of the living room.  That is a brilliant way to further increase the overall luxury of the living space with the use of fluted panels.  

5. Segment living spaces with fluted panels

Using accent walls and changing the flooring is an outdated tactic to divide spaces. Fluted panels visually separates spaces from the rest of the house, achieving a sectioned effect within your home.

Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring fluted walls as sectioning tools, at Jurong West by My Reno Diary
Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring fluted walls as sectioning tools, at Jurong West by My Reno Diary
Muji BTO 4-Room HDB, featuring fluted walls as sectioning tools, at Jurong West by My Reno Diary

This five-room BTO tactfully separates the dining space from the living room with the help of a fluted panel wall. The brown fluted wall is also in line with the Muji theme, which is usually associated with wood.

6. Great method of concealing doors!

It is a rising trend to conceal storage spaces by disguising them as walls, where fluted options seamlessly hide the start and end of doors This contemporary HDB flat integrates fluted panels to its pantry, where at first glance a guest would not be able to guess that this wall consists of storage space!  

Contemporary 3-Room HDB, featuring fluted storage spaces, at Farrer Park Road by Aart Boxx Interior
Contemporary 3-Room HDBfeaturing fluted storage spaces at Farrer Park Road by Aart Boxx Interior

Bedroom

7. Allow for an acoustically pleasing space!

Industrial 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted wall behind a television, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary
Industrial 4-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted wall behind a television, at Fernvale by My Reno Diary

Fluted panels are great for its acoustics benefits, where the wooden grooves effectively diffuse sound and reduce echo. It absorbs loud noises, making it perfect for a television to be mounted on. These walls create a more acoustically pleasing setting which encourages better conversation and interaction within the room.

This industrial bedroom features a fluted wall that matches the colour of the rest of the room, and its vertical grooves contrast with the smooth surface of the television screen that sits on it. The wall creates an effective focal point, yet is still in visual harmony with the rest of the room.

Modern Contemporary Condo, featuring a fluted television wall in the bedroom, at Costa Rhu by MyDESiGN Interiors
Modern Contemporary Condo, featuring a fluted television wall in the bedroom, at Costa Rhu by MyDESiGN Interiors

8. Make your bed a focal point with fluted panels

Your bed is probably the most crucial and important item of your bedroom, and what better way to emphasise the zen and restful atmosphere of it with fluted panels! Similar to how fluted panels can make your television the focal point of your bedroom, it can have a similar effect for your bed as well. As we all know, bedrooms are spaces for us to rest after a long day of work. Make your bed the focal point of such a space using fluted panels, just like this project by My Reno Diary. The play on light and shadows on the fluted panels with the help of the vertical lights can provide an interesting backdrop for an ordinary-looking bed.

Modern Contemporary 5-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted panels with ambience lighting, at Canberra by My Reno Diary
Modern Contemporary 5-Room BTO HDB, featuring a fluted panels with ambience lighting, at Canberra by My Reno Diary

Besides using fluted panels for the backdrop of your bed, you can also directly use them for your bed’s headboard, such as this Japandi-styled bedroom!

Japandi Condo, featuring a fluted headboard, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior
Japandi Condo, featuring a fluted headboard, at Waterfront Isles by Aart Boxx Interior

The wood tone of the headboard matches the platform of the bed, creating a soothing and relaxing atmosphere.

However, it can also create a luxurious atmosphere, depending on the choice of lighting and tone of the fluted panel. The lighting strips behind the headboard creates light and shadow between the grooves, making the dark fluted panels appear golden gradually. This gradient further adds elegance to the luxurious centrepiece bed.

Modern Lux Condo, featuring dark-toned fluted panels behind a headboard, at Serangoon North by Darwin Interior

Kitchen

9. Add dimension to your kitchen backsplash with fluted panels

Shake off the old, boring and plain designs for kitchen backsplash and try making it fluted instead! Choose moisture-resistant fluted panels to create the perfect backdrop for your delicious cooking.

Contemporary 3-Bedder Resale Condo, featuring the use of fluted panels in the kitchen at Riverbay by Style Elements Studio
Contemporary 3-Bedder Resale Condo, featuring the use of fluted panels in the kitchen at Riverbay by Style Elements Studio

10. Create visual segregation for your kitchen with fluted panels

For open-concept kitchens, it may be difficult to visually segregate it from the living area. You can opt for a consistent usage of fluted panels across the entire kitchen, which visually separates the cooking space immediately. And voilà, no partition walls needed!

Japandi Condo, featuring an open-concept kitchen decorated using fluted panels, at The Amore by Aart Boxx Interior
Japandi Condo, featuring an open-concept kitchen decorated using fluted panels, at The Amore by Aart Boxx Interior

Inspired by the multitudes of ways to use fluted panels?

We know how overwhelming it is to decide on how fluted panels could be integrated into your home when there are so many uses and options. That is why at EZiD, we connect you with reliable interior designers for free! Enquire about your renovation today and receive professional advice on how to transform your dream home into a reality. Start your renovation journey today by submitting your renovation details here.

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