Decorative trim panel

A decorative trim panel, comprising:

• a decorative planar material composed of at least a substrate layer, a decorative layer parallel to said substrate layer, said decorative layer that includes a laminate material having a minimum allowable bend radius about at which said laminate material breaks, and a coating layer parallel to and permanently attached to said decorative layer;
• at least one cut in said decorative planar material, wherein said at least one cut is formed through said substrate layer and at least a portion of said decorative layer, and without substantially extending into said coating layer;
• and
• a finished end feature, wherein said finished end feature includes a bend in said decorative planar material at a bend radius less than said minimum allowable bend radius of said laminate material.

A method of forming a decorative trim panel such that a laminate material in the decorative trim panel bends at a bend radius below the minimum allowable bend radius that typically causes the laminate material to break, the method comprising:

• bending a decorative planar material by approximating a bend angle, wherein bending said decorative planar material includes:
• forming a plurality of portions in the decorative planar material, wherein forming said plurality of portions includes:
• separating a substrate layer of said decorative planar material into at least first and second substrate portions;
• separating a decorative laminate layer of said decorative planar material into at least first and second decorative portions, said first and second decorative portions corresponding to said first and second substrate portions;
• and
• maintaining an attachment between said first and second decorative portions through at least a coating layer permanently attached to said first and second decorative portions;
• and
• rotating said second substrate portion and said second decorative portion relative to said first substrate portion and said first decorative portion.