Hello Pete, It is indeed tricky to select the laminate from small sample patches. We feel it is often misleading as the small section is just a 2 inch piece cut out from a 8ft x 4ft sheet. Depending on your location you can do either. Check on Merino website .They would show images of the full sheet and if you are lucky even real life application of the same. Another option is to visit the Merino depot. Your designer would be able to book the visit for you. Thanks, Nitin Cornerstone Designs Bangalore.

Here is a solution to this of u can’t find acrylic or laminate of the same colour the u can get it pained from Asian paints they have a huge variety of painting solutions with whatever shade u want. So what u can do is get the core material of plywood and put mdf on it to get a smoother and even surface and then ask Asian paints to get it painted for u I think it will we cheaper as well as u can get ur desired shade

There are lots of self adhesive wall papers with lot of good design n sizes u can stick them over it no need of professional help but try to get waterproof or the one u can wipe it with wet cloth some of the available on Amazon n cheap way of remodeling ur furniture look... I hope this can solve ur problem

I really liked the indirect lighting and the bar light fixture.