European-styled cabinets, and kitchen cabinetry that is clean with an overall contemporary feeling, topped the list of 2015 design trends from the National Kitchen & Bath Association. A fusion of styles and multiple colors is seen. 2:

A digitally customizable and sustainable laminate from BioSurf featuring multi-layer, textural imaging capabilities allows new options for commercial and residential applications.

Vancouver wood component firm Metrie showcased interior finishing based on its extensive millwork profiles and expertise. Applied in kitchen, bath and dining rooms, Metrie is raising the moulding products category from commodity to aspirational design.

Entrepreneur Todd Eschman turned a passion for playing vintage league baseball into a business making vintage wood baseball bats. A $10,000 prize for start-ups from PNC Bank and Southern Illinois University helped fund the launch.

KBIS, a hotbed of finishes, color, and design trends, also reflects both changing lifestyles, and creative possibilities of functional hardware and LED technologies released in the past two years.

Homebuilder Ron Paulk built a mobile woodshop that he takes to his construction sites for interior woodworking projects. See how he built the portable space to store saws, workbenches, hardware, etc.