Dark wood slat feature wall in a Kelowna home theatre

Kelowna · Okanagan Valley

The wall everyone asks about.

Wood slat and acoustic feature walls, measured, cut and installed by a licensed BC home builder's crew — most walls in a single day. No demolition. No grout. No dust sheets over your furniture for a week.

From $20/sq ft installed
Rendering & quote in 24 hours
Most walls installed in a day
By North Grove Homes · Licensed BC builder

Why slat

The impact of a tiled feature wall. A fraction of the disruption.

A tiled or stone accent wall means demolition, backer board, mortar cure times, grout, sealing — and days of trades in your home. A slat wall is comparable in cost — and for most single-room projects, we're in at eight and out by dinner. The wall is finished, the room is vacuumed, and your evening looks exactly like it did yesterday. Just better.

Install time
Most rooms: one day, one crew
Demolition
None — installs over your existing wall
Mess
Cutting happens outside. We vacuum before we leave.
Bonus
Acoustic backing quiets echo in open rooms & theatres

How it works

Three steps. The first one takes thirty seconds.

01

Send a photo of your wall

Phone photo is fine. Tell us the rough width and height, and which finish caught your eye.

02

See it before you decide

Within 24 hours you get a rendering of your wall in your chosen finish — plus a firm quote. No site visit needed to start.

03

Installed — usually in a day

We cut on site, but outside — never in your living room. Scribed edges, hidden fasteners, wiring concealed, and we vacuum before we go.

Pricing

Straight answers on price.

From $20per sq ft · installed · everything included

Essential

$20 / sq ft

Wood-look slat panels that ground a room without the price tag. The great room in our before & afters below? This exact tier.

Standard

$26 / sq ft

Wood-veneer slats on acoustic felt backing. Our most-installed tier.

Premium

$32 / sq ft

Real wood species — oak, walnut tones — with deeper slat profiles and richer grain.

Luxury

$38 / sq ft

Statement species and custom profiles. For theatres, primary suites, and the wall guests photograph.

$900 project minimum · price includes materials, acoustic backing where specified, and installation · firm quote before any commitment

Built by builders

Anyone can glue panels to drywall. That's not what this is.

Slat Studio is the millwork arm of North Grove Homes, a licensed custom home builder in Kelowna. The same standards that go into a whole house go into your wall: proper blocking behind TV mounts, wiring concealed inside the wall system, edges scribed to walls that are never actually straight.

It's the install you can't see that makes the wall you can.

What that means for you, practically:

TV & media
Re-mounted on solid blocking — never into panel alone
Wiring
Power and cables concealed properly, not chased in trim
Fit
Scribed to your ceiling, floor and corners — no caulk lines
Accountability
A licensed, insured builder — not a marketplace handyman

Recent work

46 panels. Four rooms. One very quiet theatre.

A recent whole-home project in Kelowna — theatre, primary bedroom and office, each with its own finish and profile — plus a two-storey great room feature wall in a Kelowna lakeview home.

Same walls, one install day apart.

Theatre wall before — plain painted drywall
Before
Theatre wall after — full wood slat surround
After
Bedroom wall before — painted accent wall
Before
Bedroom wall after — dark wood slat feature wall
After

See it on your wall

Your wall. Your finish. Before you spend a dollar.

Most people can't picture it — that's normal. So don't picture it. Send us a photo and we'll do the picturing for you.

Within 24 hours: a rendering of your wall in your chosen finish, and a firm quote alongside it.

No obligation, no sales call unless you want one. If the number doesn't work, you'll simply never hear from us again.

Questions

Is it really done in one day?

For most single-room projects, yes — even a few walls in the same room. All cutting happens on site but outside, so there's no sawdust in your home. Larger or multi-room projects take longer, and your quote will tell you exactly how long before you commit.

What about my TV, fireplace, or outlets?

All handled. TVs are re-mounted with proper blocking behind the panels, wiring is concealed inside the wall system, and outlets and switches are trimmed cleanly. Mention them in your photo notes and they're built into the quote.

Does the acoustic backing actually do anything?

Yes — the felt backing absorbs mid and high frequencies, which is what makes rooms feel echoey. It won't soundproof a room, but it noticeably softens open living areas, offices, and theatres. We'll tell you honestly whether your room will benefit.

Who is North Grove Homes?

A licensed custom home builder based in Kelowna, building in the Okanagan since 2013. Slat Studio is our interior millwork line — same crew, same standards, applied to a single wall instead of a whole home. You can see the rest of our work at homesbynorthgrove.ca.

Can I supply my own panels?

Our pricing is all-in because we stand behind both the product and the install. If you have panels you love, send the details — if they're a product we're confident in, we'll quote install-only.

Where do you work?

Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, and Vernon. Elsewhere in the Okanagan, ask — the answer is usually yes.