I wouldn't do either. You already have brick for interest adjacent to the wall in question. It will become too busy. Instead, I would invest in upgrading wall art, drapes and lighting. Consider closing off the classroom/office with doors, so the untidiness can be kept out of sight. I would also eliminate the baker's rack in the corner for a more useful piece of closed storage. If you think you won't be happy until you've done something with that wall, try faux shiplap; if you have a steady hand, I've heard you can do it with a marker! They also produce shiplap wallpaper for a not so permanent installation.

Can you take a picture with your back at the kitchen so we can see the full table and the brick wall?

I am leaning towards doing nothing - maybe move the table towards the door and put a side board or decorative side table with artwork to help fill that wall...

M Miller- do you think ship lap is out of style everywhere? I thought of putting it in my small laundry room.

Shiplap or other inauthentic decor was never IN style. Except in certain HGTV one trick pony shows where imported faked rustic materials substituted for talent. Unless your house is a 1900 cottage with the enclosed porch using authentic shiplap exterior siding on the house wall, skip shiplap. It isn’t a look that even appears realistic. Inauthentic design is always doomed.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a small laundry room as far as walls? It is a dark color right now and I really don't want to just paint it a light color. I was thinking of ship lap or ship lap peel and stick wall paper. However, after reading comments I don't want to go that way. Looking for something besides just paint.

Seeing your other pictures -I still agree with not doing anything on the wall by the table except for narrow furniture or some art pieces.

As far as a laundry, I happen to disagree with the others. If you love the look of ship lap then do it! Who cares if its in or out? If you enjoy it, then go for it...

Good luck!

If you’re going to do something that is no longer a fad, go big, and just do a 70’s groovy wallpaper. Own out of style in a much less insipid and bland Grand Millennial way.

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It looks like you may have painted the fireplace to neutralize the brick. Right now it's pretty neutral but it could be the feature you're looking for on that side of the kitchen. Have you considered resurfacing the fireplace, making the mantle more substantial and lower, etc? Even just a lower mantle would allow you add a larger piece of artwork.

I'm no expert, but I don't think you should do shiplap or paneling, even though I have a house full of dark paneling from the 60s that I painted white in the 90s and I am reasonable happy with the look. I would remove the framed mirror from the dining wall and leave that wall blank. I would also remove the white relief artwork from the hallway--I don't think that every wall needs to be decorated. Remove the "C" above the sink and the tchotchkes over the kitchen cabinets and elsewhere else in the room. I would also look at inspiration photos to figure out something simpler and bolder for the mantel decor, because I would think that's where you want the focal point of your kitchen and dining area to be.

I love shiplap, it's clean and classic (and no it's not going out of style lol) but I don't think that's the right wall for it. You have crisp white moldings and ceilings I'd repaint the brick on the fireplace white, add some molding around the box and paint the kitchen chairs also, try to get rid of all the off-white/cream you have going on.

If you don't have door casings, there's no place to end paneling. And if you don't have door casings, your home isn't traditional enough for wainscoting anyway.

And yes, Itsourcasa, anything that goes from nobody's doing it to everybody's doing it the way shiplap did will go out just as abruptly.

You won't be able to open your, farthest to the left, kitchen cabinet if you do wainscoting or shiplap.