Choosing a Finish for Your Fitted Furniture

What our furniture is finished in

Our media walls and fitted furniture are made from decorative boards from the Egger and Swiss Krono ranges. They come in three families: woodgrains, stones and plain colours. The finish is part of the board, so it is the same on every door, shelf and panel.

Start with the room, not the sample

• The floor. A woodgrain that nearly matches a wooden floor tends to look like a mistake. Go clearly lighter, clearly darker, or choose a plain colour.
• The light. A north-facing room makes every finish look cooler and darker than it does in a showroom. Look at samples in the room, in daylight and in the evening.
• What stays. Sofas, worktops and doors you are keeping narrow the choice more than any trend does.

One finish, or two?

A single finish reads as one calm piece of furniture. A second finish, used on one element, adds interest: on a media wall, the board behind the TV or the backing behind the shelves can have a colour of its own. Two is usually enough.

Which way the grain runs

On a woodgrain, the direction matters as much as the colour. As a rule we run the grain up the doors, uprights and side panels and across the shelves and tops, and cut neighbouring fronts from one board so the pattern carries on across them.

Matching acoustic panels

Our premium acoustic slat panels have slats in any Egger or Swiss Krono décor, on black or white felt, so the panels can match the furniture beside them or contrast with it.

Try it on your own design first

Our online designer shows each finish on your own design, drawn to your room, so you can compare them side by side before choosing. Then see and touch the boards themselves in our Livingston showroom: bring a photograph of the room, or a sample of your flooring.