3. MATERIAL: TACTILE PANELS

A fabric-clad wall is a great way to create a tactile atmosphere. “Softening the walls with stretched fabric panels, or adding cladding such as silk wallpaper to a feature wall, will create a warm and inviting feeling of sophisticated intimacy,” says

British designer Katharine Pooley.

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Winnie Wong, managing director of upholstery brand Cetec, you shouldn’t use silk or fabrics with low lightfastness in rooms with strong sunlight. “Thin fabrics aren’t suitable as wallcoverings because they are too transparent and the backing of the fabric will be visible,” she says.

Fabric panels don’t always have to be applied in angular proportions, either. Takenouchi Webb has created a scalloped wall feature with brass-trim edging and covered it in a pistachio-hued fauxsuede fabric to create a sumptuous effect in the living room of a Marina One showflat (pictured).