Wood panels are widely used to make quality furniture, kitchen and bathroom cabinets, wall panelings, wains coating, stair treads, ceiling panels as well as doors of all kinds.

In furniture and kitchen cabinets, wood panels are used as side panels, doors, drawer fronts, drawer sides and tops for fine furniture. A dining room table is a perfect example of the use of a wooden panel. The two main parts of the table top are made of egde glued panels, as are the table extensions. These can be used as they are made (example a Cherry table top) or overlaid with a fancy veneer (Mahogany table top).

Another use of wood panels is for wall paneling. Have you ever been a lawyers office where the room is covered in wood? It makes quite an impressive statement. The same can be done in your house with an accent wall surrounding a fireplace for example. Wainscoating is basically a waist high example of a wall panel.

These panels are made of many different species of wood. For furniture they could be Mahogany, Cherry, Oak, Pine, Maple, Poplar, or Alder. Wall paneling is often made from Douglas Fir, Maple, Hickory, Pine, Cypress, Oak and so on. They all vary in price and take stains or color differently so one should choose carefully before deciding on which one to use.

Poplar types of interior paneling are tongue and groove, ship lap, board and batten, v groove and other custom patterns.

Door panels are used everywhere. Most kitchen cabinet and vanities use floating door panels. Both exterior and some interior doors use wood panels between the rails and stiles.

Anyway, wood panels have lots of different end uses. If you are a furniture or kitchen cabinet manufacturer, my recommendation is to purchase these panels from a mill that specializes in making them, as they are always cheaper to purchase than they are to try and produce in-house.

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