Home appliance and method of manufacturing the same

A home appliance, comprising:

• an electrophoretic display (EPD) panel forming an exterior of the home appliance;
• and
• a base on which the EPD panel is mounted;
• wherein the EPD panel comprises:
• a light-transmissive panel disposed on one side of the base, the light transmissive panel being configured to transmit light,
• an electrophoretic film disposed between the light-transmissive panel and the base,
• a protective plate disposed between the electrophoretic film and the base, the protective plate being configured to protect the electrophoretic film, and
• a sealing member;
• wherein the electrophoretic film comprises:
• a pair of electrode layers, and
• an electrophoretic layer comprising a color cell configured to flowably accommodate first charged particles having a first color, and second charged particles having a second color, the second color being different than the first color, the second charged particles having a charge different than that of the first charged particles, the electrophoretic layer being disposed between the pair of electrode layers;
• and
• wherein the sealing member covers (i) an edge portion on a rear surface of the light-transmissive panel facing the base, (ii) a cut surface of the electrophoretic film, (iii) an edge portion of a rear surface of the electrophoretic film, and (iv) a cut surface of the protective plate, the cut surface of the electrophoretic film facing outward from an edge of the electrophoretic film in a direction different from a direction in which the rear surface of the light-transmissive panel faces, and the cut surface of the protective plate facing outward from an edge of the protective plate in a direction different from a direction in which the rear surface of the electrophoretic film.