What is shaping interiors now
Global Trends
Direction worth borrowing, filtered for what actually survives a real budget and a real carpenter.
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Where these materials land
Illustrative spaces showing how each panel type is typically used.
Specifying for this space
What to get right
Three things that decide whether the joinery in this room still looks right in five years.
What to specify here
HDHMR for routed and membrane-pressed work; a full-core Gurjan panel wherever an edge stays visible.
Products that suit
Softened edges
Radiused corners have moved from show-flat detail to standard request, now that edge-banding can do it properly.
Warm neutrals
Sand, clay and oat are displacing cool greys — and they hide dust better, which matters more than any mood board.
Visible joinery
Exposed ply edges treated as finish rather than hidden. It only works if the panel is full-core and the edge is clean.
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