Laminated panel construction with honeycomb grid core

A composite panel construction suitable for use in furniture, and particularly for uses such as table, desk and cabinet tops includes, in a first embodiment, a single honeycomb layer sandwiched between a pair of plywood layers, with the honeycomb layer preferably made of polystyrene or a similar polymeric material. In a second embodiment, a composite panel includes a single plywood core with upper and lower honeycomb layers attached above and below the single plywood core. The plywood layers in both embodiments provide resistance to screw pull-out such that screws can be threaded into the panel from any desired position on the bottom of the panel and the exposed edges of the plywood layer(s) provide adequate surfaces for the attachment of decorative edging material to the panel.