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MDF batten panelling along a loft bedroom wall, six panels across, the last one cut to the slope by the roof window
Wall panelling

Shaker panelling along a loft bedroom wall

A loft bedroom with one long plain wall under a dado rail. I set it out in my Workshop Tools app first: six panels across a 4105 mm wall, 1000 mm high, in 69 mm MDF battens. The grid sits on the skirting and runs up under the dado rail, and at the end where the roof comes down the top rail turns and follows the slope. The battens are left bare, ready for the decorator.

Area
Barnet
Finished
November 2026
Wall
4105 mm wide
Panelling
1000 mm high, 6 panels across
Battens
69 mm MDF
Openings
603.7 x 862 mm
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Before and after

The same wall, before and after. Drag the handle to compare.

The same wall after: six panels of MDF battens under the dado rail
The wall before: plain paint under the dado rail, tools on the floor
BeforeAfter

The panelling in 3D

The wall drawn in 3D to the real sizes from my Workshop Tools app: 4105 mm wide, 1000 mm high, 69 mm battens and six openings of 603.7 x 862. The batten thickness, the skirting and the angle of the slope are standard sizes, taken from the photos. Turn it, or take it apart to see the battens on their own.

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How it went together

  1. The plain wall under the dado rail, with the roof sloping down at the far end

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    A plain wall under a dado rail

    The long wall of a loft bedroom: painted plaster under a dado rail, with the roof sloping down at the right hand end by the roof window.

  2. The Workshop Tools app showing 6 panels across, openings 603.7 x 862 and where each upright goes

    02

    Set out in my app

    I put the wall into the batten grid in my free Workshop Tools app: 4105 mm wide, 1000 mm high, 69 mm battens, six panels across. It gave openings of 603.7 x 862, where each upright goes, and seven 2440 lengths to buy.

  3. MDF battens cut to length on the floor

    03

    Battens cut

    Two rails run the whole width, joined over an upright, and seven uprights at 862 mm fit between them. All cut from MDF strips.

  4. The mitre saw and the battens set up in the room

    04

    Set up in the room

    Room ready: the mitre saw set up and the battens laid out on the floor.

  5. The last frame by the roof window, its top rail running along the slope

    05

    Cut to the slope

    At the far end the roof comes down into the wall, so the top rail turns and runs along the slope, and the last upright is cut short to meet it.

  6. The finished wall from the bed, six panels across

    06

    Ready for the decorator

    The grid sits on the skirting and finishes under the old dado rail. The battens are left bare, ready for the decorator.

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Work out your own wall

The same batten grid I set this wall out with in my Workshop Tools app. It starts with this job’s sizes: put in yours and the drawing, the openings and the cut list follow.

Batten grid · 4,105 wide1 row

Each opening

603.7 × 862mm

panels
6
uprights
7
lengths
8
4,105 × 1,000 · 6 panelsbottom rail on the floor

Uprights, left edge from the left end

  1. 0
  2. 672.7
  3. 1,345.3
  4. 2,018
  5. 2,690.7
  6. 3,363.3
  7. 4,036

01 · The wall

02 · Height

03 · Battens

04 · Panels

Panels across

6

Rows

What to cut

4 × 2,052.5Rails (pieces)2 rails, each in 2 pieces joined over upright 4
7 × 862UprightsBetween the top and bottom rails

To buy

8Lengths of 2,44014.2 m of batten, laid out cut by cut with 3 mm for each saw cut. By the metre plus 10% it looks like 7, but the cuts take 8.
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  • 7
  • 8

railuprighthatched: offcut

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Measure the wall at the top and at the bottom: it’s rarely the same. The sums are for a flat, square wall; a slope or a step is cut to fit on site.

On video

  • Along the wall, from the slope end.

  • The whole wall.

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What customers say

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4.8 on Google · 27 reviews
  • “Raf has created bespoke cabinetry and panelling for us in our kitchen, living room and bedroom as well as some additional smaller pieces. Everything has been done to a very high standard and we couldn't recommend him more highly!”
    Yasmin
  • “We were really impressed by the quality of the work Raf did. Also with his punctuality. He designed and installed our fitted wardrobes to a quality that he would have done in his own house I think. Really cared about the outcome. We feel so lucky to have found a carpenter like him in London.”
    Marjan
  • “Raf helped us with a bespoke floor to ceiling bookshelf for our first floor landing. He gave us his time to discuss how it would be built and more importantly how he would get it into our house and up to the first floor. He built the bookcase exactly to our specification and design. … The result is a bookcase that fits the space perfectly. We are very pleased with the quality and workmanship of Raf's work.”
    Souad

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