Casegoods are the hard pieces of a hotel room: everything made of board and wood that is not a seat or a mattress. In Turkey they are made to the project’s drawings, room type by room type. Rovers reads the BOQ and the drawings, prices each line with the Turkish partner factory that fits the job, and sends shop drawings and finish samples for approval before anything is cut.
What the casegoods package holds
| Item | What it usually is | What we ask before pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Nightstand | Box with one drawer or an open shelf, sometimes wall-hung | Drawer or open; socket or USB cut-out; floor-standing or hung |
| Desk or writing table | Top with a modesty panel or a wall-fixed shelf desk | Cable grommet; top material; fixed to wall or free |
| TV unit or media panel | Wall panel with a TV bracket zone, or a low unit with drawers | TV size and bracket; cable route; any lighting |
| Minibar cabinet | Cabinet around a fridge, often part of a coffee station | Fridge model and its vent rule; tray or drawer above |
| Luggage rack | Open frame or a low bench, with a top that takes the knocks | Solid wood, metal bars or HPL top; wall guard behind |
| Dresser and chest | Drawer unit, often joined to the desk or TV wall | Drawer count; runner type; soft-close |
| Headboard panel and bed sides | See beds and headboards | |
| Wardrobe and wall panels | See wardrobes and joinery |
A typical guestroom repeats the same set across many keys, so one approved sample per room type governs the batch.
How a casegood is built
Each piece is a core, a face, an edge and a finish, picked for where it sits in the room. Our surface guide compares them in detail; the short version:
| Layer | Common choices | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Core | MDF (EN 622-5; MDF.H for humid zones), particleboard (EN 312; P2 dry, P3 humid), plywood | MDF under lacquer and veneer; particleboard under melamine for carcass interiors; plywood where screws must hold |
| Face | Real-wood veneer, HPL, melamine (LPL), lacquered MDF | HPL or hard-lacquered veneer on tops; melamine inside drawers and carcasses |
| Edge | Solid wood lipping, veneer edge, PVC or ABS strip | Solid lipping or thick PVC/ABS on tops and corners that luggage hits |
| Finish | PU or acrylic lacquer at a set gloss level, stain to the approved sample | Matched against the signed finish sample, not a code alone |
| Hardware | Drawer runners, hinges, connectors, levelling feet | Contract-rated runners and hinges; soft-close where specified |
On the factory floor, boards are cut on a panel saw or CNC, edged on an edgebander, drilled for connectors, then sanded, stained and lacquered in a spray booth before assembly. Solid-wood parts go through the planer and moulder first. Each of these steps has its own check on the order file.
Emissions classes by market
The boards inside the furniture carry a formaldehyde class, and the destination decides the limit.
| Market | Rule | What the buyer receives |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Regulation (EU) 2023/1464: 0.062 mg/m³ for furniture and wood-based articles, from 6 Aug 2026 | Board test reports to the EU limit; “E1” alone no longer settles it |
| UK and other markets that cite E1 | E1 class, 0.1 ppm by the EN 717-1 chamber test | Board data sheets naming the class and test |
| United States | TSCA Title VI, the same limits as CARB Phase 2 | Panel certificates from a third-party certifier; “TSCA Title VI compliant” label on finished goods |
A spec that says “E0” should name the standard and the number behind it, since E0 is not a European class.
Checks a casegood goes through
| Check | When | What is measured |
|---|---|---|
| Shop drawing approval | Before cutting | Dimensions, build-up per part, hardware, finish codes |
| Finish sample | Before production | Colour, gloss and grain against the designer’s reference |
| First article or mock-up | Start of the batch | Fit with the bed, wall and electrics; drawer travel |
| In-line checks | During production | Board thickness, edge bond, drilling positions, lacquer film |
| Pre-packing inspection | Before packing | Dimensions, colour match, surface defects, hardware function, labels |
For strength, EN 16121 sets requirements for non-domestic storage furniture (safety, strength, durability, stability). A hotel brand standard may add its own drawer-cycle and load tests; these are priced as their own line once the standard is known.
Lights, sockets and USB in casegoods
A nightstand or desk with a socket, a USB charger or a lamp is part furniture and part electrical product. The electrical parts carry their own marking for the market: in the EU, equipment from 50 to 1,000 V AC falls under the Low Voltage Directive and carries CE marking. We fit certified components and route cables to the site’s connection point shown on the electrical drawing.
Packing and delivery
Each piece is wrapped, corner-protected and labelled with its item code, room type, floor and box count, so the site team can stage one floor at a time. Delivery and installation follow the plan in shipping hotel furniture from Turkey. Outside the US we install; for US projects the scope is manufactured and delivered.
What to send us
Send the FF&E schedule or BOQ, the room-type drawings, the finish schedule and the destination. If the finishes are still open, we propose a build-up per piece and price it line by line.
- EUR-Lex: Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1464, formaldehyde (0.062 mg/m³ for furniture and wood-based articles from 6 Aug 2026) · accessed 2026-10-04
- SWISS KRONO: emission class E1 (0.1 ppm, EN 717-1 chamber test) · accessed 2026-10-04
- US EPA: Formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products (TSCA Title VI; finished goods labelling) · accessed 2026-10-04
- California Air Resources Board: Composite Wood Products Program (Phase 2 limits) · accessed 2026-10-04
- CEN: EN 16121:2023/AC:2025 Non-domestic storage furniture, requirements for safety, strength, durability and stability · accessed 2026-10-04
- CEN: EN 312:2010 Particleboards (P2 dry, P3 humid) · accessed 2026-10-04
- CEN: EN 622-5:2009 Fibreboards, dry process boards (MDF, MDF.H) · accessed 2026-10-04
- European Commission: Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU (50–1,000 V AC; CE marking) · accessed 2026-10-04