Inoui Hybrid Veneer

Standard veneer is a flat slice of wood. The Inoui range is textured: every one of the 40+ designs is an 8 mm panel with a 3D embossed face. The result reads like carved or sculpted wood on a wall.

Patterns: geometric (10), fluted (9), abstract (8), textures (7) and fabric-like weaves (6), with names like Venezia, Roma, Flute XL, Ripped and Tube. Colours are mostly grey (24), with natural wood and brown tones.

Size is the other thing to note: 25 designs come in 10x4 ft and 18 in 8x4 ft. The 10 ft length covers a tall wall, or runs along a ceiling, without a cross joint.

Texture needs light

A 3D face only comes alive with light moving across it. Plan a cove light, a ceiling-edge profile or wall washers above the panel. Under flat front lighting, even a deep relief looks muted.

Scale to the wall

Big patterns such as wide flutes or large geometric reliefs need a big wall to read properly. On a small wardrobe shutter, a finer texture works better. Judge the product photos at room scale, not only the close-up.

Plan joints and edges

With a strong relief, the joints between panels become part of the pattern. Work out the layout on paper, and decide how exposed edges and corners will be finished before any cutting.

Finishing

Ask whether the design you pick is supplied ready-finished or needs polishing after fixing, and plan the polisher's visit if it does.

Every design is tagged for feature walls, wall panelling, ceilings, wardrobe shutters and furniture. Strong uses: the wall behind a bed or TV, a reception or lobby wall, a textured ceiling panel over a dining table, or one sculpted shutter in a run of plain wardrobe doors.

Our 3D wall panels are mostly small moulded tiles. Hybrid veneer comes as large 8x4 and 10x4 ft panels, so a wall needs far fewer pieces and fewer joints.

Yes, every design is tagged for ceilings. Fix it to a proper ceiling frame.

Grey keeps the attention on the texture. Natural wood tones make the wall warmer and sit better with wooden furniture.

For flat, real-wood faces, see our full veneer range, including the rest of Inoui veneers. Smaller sculpted tiles are in 3D wall panels, and more wall cladding in wall panels. For ribbed strips, try fluted louvers.

A 3D texture is hard to judge in a photo. Ask to see a sample at our Choolai or OMR store in Chennai.