Monday, March 22, 2010

Plywood takes over..all over again

Plywood is a type of manufactured wood made from thin sheets of wood. It is then glued together for greater strength. Compering to a plain wood, plywood is more resistance to cracking, shrinkage, and its general high degree of strength. Charles and Ray Eames are famous for their plywood-based furniture(which I heart very much).

Over the summer while in London I picked up issue of Elle Decoration(UK) and it had some ideas for plywood application. Since than it seams it's everywhere and I can't get enough how pretty it looks no matter if its used for furniture, kitchen cabinets, floors, ceilings and pretty much anything you can think it can be made of plywood.

When I go to Home Depot I always go to the isles with wood and plywood and all kinds of building materials. I can't help it, I just love the smell of wood. Maybe has to do something with that that both of my grandfathers were carpenters but every time when I'm at the store and smell the wood I just wanted to buy some.
The problem is that we don't really own a place and my carpenter skills are ..well don't have any, but I decide it to make some plant pots for our little garden(I'll keep you posted on that.)
Until then here are few pictures of some beautiful plywood applications. Enjoy!

Hotel Holos:


Sofa by Peit Hein Eek:

Sorry, I can't remember the source for the next two pictures but I think I found them at Design Crisis:


Recently I found Hindsvik village blog and I love what the authors did with their bedroom:

The owners of Mjolk(Toronto) made new countertops from plywood, the picture is from their blog: