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From the workshop.

Projects, materials and technique — short entries straight from the workshop floor.

Routed wall panels with integrated LED lighting and a ventilation cut-out
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Materials & techniques23 September 2026
A bathroom wall that still looks new — six years on
Awkward ceiling and wall angles became routed panels in a matching pattern, with integrated LED and a steel-look film face. We revisited after six years — everything is still sharp.
CNC router cutting the Colas mark in Valchromat
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Materials & techniques
A Colas sign routed in Valchromat
Walk-in wardrobe with smoked-glass doors and LED lines
Projects
Light lines in a walk-in wardrobe
LED-lit staircase and slat screen in a summer house
Projects
Summer house — before and after
The garage outside with new glass and repainted window frames
Projects
A garage becomes an apartment
Grey shower with black fittings and an LED-lit niche
Projects
Basement apartment — before and after
Flat Clipso stretch ceiling with built-in lights and pendants
Materials & techniques
Clipso stretch ceilings — how we install them
Hallway with film-wrapped doors and frames in a pale wood finish
Projects
Old doors — a new look with film
Colourful printed film on meeting-room glass at Sidekick
Projects
Glass films at Sidekick
Gold-plated letters on a dark wood wall
Materials & techniques
Gold-plated letters — from 3D print to 24k gold
Gold coffered ceiling in a banquet hall
Projects
A gold coffered ceiling for a banquet hall
Dark woodgrain film on kitchen cabinetry
News
New samples in the material library
Door wrapped in diagonal woodgrain film
Materials & techniques
Why does film last on a door?
Entry hall unit with a backlit organic mirror
Projects
An entry hall unit with a backlit mirror