Warm, layered social spaces
Living Room
The room that takes the most traffic and the most scrutiny. Surfaces here need to survive daily use while still being the thing guests notice first.
Gallery
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
IS 303 interior grade, with a block board wherever a shelf spans over 900 mm.
Products that suit
Media walls take abuse
Cable routing, heat from equipment and constant handling. Specify a wipeable finish and leave service access.
Match the run
A long wall of storage reads as one object. A Gurjan face keeps the surface even so the run does not show its joints.
Mind the span
Display shelving over about 900 mm wants a block board rather than plywood, or it will sag within a year or two.
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