Wall Paneling designed, built and installed for Westmount — original joinery worth matching, in houses where access is measured before anything is drawn. Our Montreal showroom on Jean-Talon Ouest is a short run north.
Quebec's older houses often still have their original panelling, and the standard is set by what is already on the wall. New work is matched to the existing profile, the existing rail height and the existing reveal, which is a measuring job before it is a making one. In newer housing the freedom is greater but the humidity constraint is the same: the substrate and the fixing method have to allow for a very wide annual movement.
Old houses on a hillside means stairs, landings and turns. Access is measured before anything is engineered.
Westmount houses have original woodwork worth protecting — panelled halls, deep mouldings, built-in cabinetry that predates all of us. New work is detailed to sit beside that convincingly, which usually means matching a profile rather than introducing one.
These are heritage-sensitive properties and the borough takes exterior work seriously. Interiors are generally unrestricted, but anything touching an elevation needs confirming first.
None of this changes by location. It is the standard every wall paneling leaves the shop to, Westmount included.
Panelling is the quietest thing we make and the one that changes a room most. It gives a wall proportion, hides the joins where a house is not square, and carries doors, storage and lighting inside a single continuous surface — but only if it is set out properly, because a panel grid that misses its openings is worse than a plain wall.
Jib doors, cupboards and services can disappear into the panelling so the wall reads as one surface.
Three different registers for three different rooms — the choice is made against the architecture, not against a trend.
Panel joints are planned to land on door openings, corners and switch positions rather than wherever the module falls.
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We work throughout Westmount, including upper Westmount, Victoria Village, the Boulevard and Summit Circle. The housing here is substantial Victorian, Edwardian and early-twentieth-century houses, most with original joinery still in place, and the cabinetry is specified for it rather than to a national standard.
Our Montreal showroom on Jean-Talon Ouest is a short run north. The showroom is at 4865 Jean-Talon O.. Visit when it suits, or start by sending the plans and we will come back with a number per room.
Every project is photographed room by room with the materials and the detailing listed, so you can see how a job like this is actually put together before you commit to one.
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You can also search every finish we specify and every appliance we design around.
One shop draws, finishes and installs all of it, which is why the closet matches the kitchen and there is one number to call when something needs adjusting.
Book a free 30-minute consultation with a designer who works in Westmount every week. Send the drawings if you have them — we will itemise the cabinetry by room.
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