I fell out of love with my DIY panelled decor after six months & I’m fuming about how it’s DESTROYED my walls

IN the peak of lockdown, we had been doing something we might consider to cross the time.

After clearing out our wardrobes and baking sufficient banana bread to feed a village, we then tried our hand at some DIY - and panelled partitions had been ALL the fad on Instagram.

Mum Jess purchased into the panelling development six months in the pastCredit score: justices_nest/Tik Tok

She had no concept it could injury her partitions like thisCredit score: justices_nest/Tik Tok

One one who additionally jumped on this decor development is mum Jess Justice - who boasts over 16,000 followers on her interiors Instagram and TikTok pages.

Though she was happy with the end at first, Jess stated it did not take lengthy for her to develop bored of the characteristic wall and wish to begin afresh.

Earlier this month, Jess posted a video - which has racked up over 355,000 views - documenting the removing course of.

And let's simply say, it wasn't fairly as simple as she had hoped.

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She defined: "While you add panelling to a wall however then six months later resolve to take away it..."

To be able to create the impact, Jess had glued skinny strips of MDF on to the wall - which then ripped off a great deal of plaster when it was eliminated.

Panning over the injury on her partitions, the mum added: "Undecided paint will cowl this."

Urging different DIY followers to not make her mistake, Jess captioned the clip: "Solely glue MDF to your partitions when you plan to maintain it there some time."

Evidently, viewers who had been tempted to strive the development had been grateful for the fortunate escape.

That stated, others stated you possibly can keep away from this drawback by screwing the MDF into the wall as an alternative of gluing it down.

One wrote: "I like panelling however I have been ready for theses movies, they will not come off with destroying the wall."

One other added: "As a lot as I really like the look of panelling, I do know this development will date in a short time, and this has confirmed I shouldn’t do it!"

Talking from expertise, a 3rd claimed: "As a plasterer I can affirm that is conserving me in a variety of work. Thanks!!"

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