A single piece of joinery rarely decides whether an interior looks finished. What buyers notice is consistency: the way a wall unit, the panelling behind it and the floor beneath it share the same wood tone and edge detail. Santerson wall mounted sideboards are developed for exactly this situation. They are made-to-measure pieces in the Dining Cabinets / Sideboards range, specified around each project rather than chosen from a fixed catalogue size, and they can be ordered alongside panelling, flooring and other cabinetry so that the surrounding finishes come from the same source.
What the sideboards are specified for
The wall-mounted sideboard category is written for residential living projects, and the product pages are explicit about the three variables a purchaser controls: made-to-measure sizing, material and finish options, and a layout tailored to the site. In practice that means the carcass depth, the run length, the door style and the worktop are drawn from your drawings, not the other way round.
A practical example is published on this site. The project record Dark Wood Minimalist Home - Custom Sideboard & Tea Room Interior describes a minimalist residence where deep dark wood cabinetry carries the whole scheme. The wall-mounted sideboard there is paired with double-layer floating shelves for wine bottles, sculptures and ornaments, with a stone worktop for a coffee machine and glassware, and with recessed soft lighting picking out the display objects. Kitchen, dining counter, tea room and study then repeat the same dark grain, which is how one piece of casework reads as part of a bigger, quieter interior instead of a purchased item dropped into a room.
The same collection offers variants for different plans: classic sideboards for panelled and more traditional schemes, tall dining cabinets where wall width is short but height is available, and glass front dining cabinets where display is the priority. All are specified the same way, so a dining wall can mix closed storage, glass-front display and a low sideboard run without changing finish supplier.
Building the coordinated package around the wall unit
Once the sideboard is treated as part of a system, the package usually closes in four layers.
- Panelling and wall finishes. A floating unit only looks integrated if the wall it sits on can be detailed around it. Wood veneer panels from the Paneling Systems range are specified with the same made-to-measure and finish logic, so the veneer species and grain direction can be matched to the cabinet doors rather than approximated on site.
- Flooring under the run. The floor sets the tone of the room and has to sit against the skirting and any floor-standing companion units. Engineered wood flooring is offered in European oak with a multilayer construction; the product copy states a 3 mm solid oak top layer and describes the multilayer structure as reducing deformation, which matters when cabinets and floor are ordered in separate lots and installed at different stages of a programme. Exact construction and finish are confirmed per option and per project.
- Matching casework elsewhere in the plan. Buffet cabinets and decorative dining cabinets carry the same specification model, which keeps the dining room, the landing and the living wall in one language.
- Fixtures and built-in work in the same package. Kitchen run, bathroom joinery and other interior fixtures can be drawn from the same range, so the same shop drawings govern door thickness, handle detail and reveal sizes across trades.
For this reason one-stop furniture and building materials supply is most useful on projects with several fit-out lots, where a designer would otherwise chase three or four factories to keep one wood tone consistent. Santerson is a China-based manufacturer and supplier of furniture and building materials working from 2008, serving hospitality, villa and office projects.
How the specification and procurement actually run
Santerson's service pages set out six stages: consultation, design and planning, production, logistics, installation and after-sales. For a sideboard package that translates into a short, concrete sequence.
- Send the elevation drawings, the room dimensions and the finish references you want to match — a veneer sample, a floor swatch or a photograph of an existing door.
- Confirm the carcass build, worktop, interior fittings, lighting provision and door layout. Custom and OEM work covers bespoke finishes and textures, so a non-standard handle, an engraving or a branded detail can be quoted at the same time.
- Have the units produced against the approved drawings, with the wall fixings and any panelling packed so the wall is prepared before the cabinets arrive.
- Freight, customs paperwork and door-to-door delivery are arranged centrally, then the units are installed, inspected and handed over with spares and after-sales support listed on the service pages.
Two checks worth doing before order release. First, wall-mounted units need a solid substrate: confirm the wall build-up, the fixing method and the load of the stone worktop and displayed items with the local contractor before the carcasses are made. Second, keep the finish schedule as one document across lots — veneer species, grain match, lacquer sheen, worktop thickness and floor specification — because every deviation becomes a site variation later.
Checklist before you release the order
- Verified site dimensions for the sideboard run, including skirting, sockets and any recess.
- Approved material and finish samples for doors, panels and worktop, held against the flooring choice.
- Agreed interior layout — shelf heights, drawer configuration, glass-front sections and lighting circuits.
- Delivery address, Incoterms and unpacking sequence agreed with the site team.
If you are assembling a dining, living or whole-apartment fit-out and want the sideboard wall, panelling and flooring quoted as one package, send your drawings through the contact page and Santerson's team will return a specification and quotation for the items listed above. Final dimensions, materials and performance details should be confirmed against the approved shop drawings for your project.