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Trends, ideas and practical advice on decorative surfaces — for the designers, cabinet makers and homeowners who work with them.
A Guide to EGR Decor's TruNatur Woodgrain Range
EGR Decor's TruNatur woodgrain range is designed to recreate the warmth and visual character of natural timber in a high-performance polymer decorative panel for contemporary interiors.
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Designing a Covered Outdoor Kitchen: What Panels to Use
A covered outdoor kitchen should feel like a natural extension of the home, not an indoor kitchen that has simply been moved outside.
How to Choose Cabinet Panels for a Waterproof Bathroom
Unlike cabinetry in a bedroom or living space, bathroom cabinets regularly sit alongside humidity, splashes and everyday moisture. That means choosing the right panel is about more than colour or finish.
Metallic, Solid, or Woodgrain? Choosing a StyleLite Finish
Surface finish, pattern and reflectivity can influence how cabinetry interacts with light, surrounding materials and the overall character of a room.
Retail & Commercial Fitouts: Choosing Durable Decorative Panels
Cabinetry, counters, displays and feature joinery can be touched hundreds of times, cleaned regularly and viewed under bright lighting throughout the day.
StyleLite vs StyleLex: Indoor vs Outdoor Panel Systems Explained
Choosing the right decorative panel is not only about colour or finish. Where the cabinetry will be installed is just as important.
TruGloss vs TruMatte: Which Cabinet Finish Suits Your Kitchen?
The finish you select can influence the entire character of the room, from how light interacts with the cabinetry to how fingerprints and everyday marks appear on the surface.
Wardrobe Panel Guide: Durable Finishes for Bedroom Joinery
Wardrobe doors are opened, closed and handled every day, so the panels also need to be practical, easy to maintain and suited to interior joinery.
What Is StyleLex? Inside EGR Decor's Outdoor Cabinetry System
Rather than being a decorative face panel alone, StyleLex is designed as a complete cabinetry system, with face panels, carcass panels and matching edge banding working together.
Panels for Wet Areas and Covered Outdoor Kitchens
Which EGR Decor panels suit bathrooms, laundries and covered outdoor kitchens: MR MDF, waterproof composite core, StyleLex and StyleLite MPP.
TruGloss vs TruMatte: The Technical Comparison
TruGloss or TruMatte? Compare StyleLite's two acrylic finishes on look, pencil hardness, fingerprints, scratch repair, cleaning and where to use each.
Choosing a Panel Substrate
MR MDF, particleboard, lightweight plywood, block board or waterproof composite core? What each EGR Decor substrate is for, plus the carcass options.
Compliance, Certification and Warranties
EGR Decor panel compliance: E0 and TSCA Title VI MDF, Global GreenTag, ASTM D3363 pencil hardness, TruNatur antibacterial testing, ISO systems, warranties.
Caring for Your Panels
How to clean StyleLite, TruNatur, StyleLex, PETLite, Versilite and ZenoLite panels: what to use, what never to use, and how to repair TruGloss scratches.