As someone who ADORES bare chipboard, and glazed brick tiles, and whose favourite colour is green... I ought to love this, but jfc it is nightmarishly bad.
The craftsmanship is impressive... The material abhorrent.
It makes no sense lol somone this good with wood, putting effort into making it out of crap.
Cheap client not willing to pay for proper materials and a good carpenter who didn't care enough to argue with them about it would be my guess.
This was a look. Around the corner there'll be raw concrete with the form marks in it.
that’s called “Brutalist” thank you very much!
Feaux particle board is the new mahogany
Beaver barf is beautiful because... I said so.
The cost of man hours for these "custom" cabinets is probably 3 or 4 times the cost of high end cabinets.
This has very much the feeling of what you described to it. Someone was payed to work, not argue.
It's taking a post modern architecture concept and applying it to just what the home owner can reasonably change.
The idea is that the building shouldn't hide or obscure what the materials it is made from. You'll see it in buildings with deliberate exposed pipes, exposed concrete, unfinished wood.
It's about honesty and function.
The problem is to make this work they needed to go further or not so far. A polished concrete countertop, industrial tiles and industrial appliances could make this work better. Or using plywood rather than OBS.
I really appreciate this (possible) explanation!
ATBGE
It doesn't even make any sense because MDF isn't really much more expensive than strand board and is a very common cabinet material.
Now cover it in denim!
It was on the market around 2021 in Lancaster, UK and still is
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141302183#/?channel=STU_LET
"Make sure the kitchen has a washing machine. That's very important."
"A washing machine? Are you sure?"
"Absolutely, huge selling point. Nobody likes hand washing."
They remembered the word "dishwasher" a few days later, but it was already too late.
I think that might be a UK thing. I saw it and immediately assumed it was England, because I've never seen a washing machine in the kitchen, except in British television.
It made sense when they added in indoor plumbing to old buildings that were built pre-1900's. The old 2-up, 2-down homes are a good example. They were often retrofitted to add a bathroom at the top of the stairs above the kitchen.
The only place to add in a washing machine was in the kitchen. Since people hung their washing outside to dry in the back garden it was a logical place as well.
That's where we put them.
The taskmaster house has a washing machine in the kitchen.
Just ask…..
Little Alex Horn!
Surprising that this beauty hasn't been snatched up yet
Check out those spatulas though!
Holy shit! I've been on that street. They've used the same type of chip board to make other stuff in the house too. I'm guessing the landlord was able to source it for free and fitted it themselves. Hope it's rated for interior use as others here have pointed out.
who doesn’t love the scent of formaldehyde in the morning!
I just about died as a baby from formaldehyde poisoning. The brand new house was too air tight.
textures haven't fully loaded yet
im feeling splintery
Doesn't that board have hella binders and toxic shit? Why would you want that anywhere near your food??
I don't know if it's different now, but when I studies cabinetmaking we were told that that shit outgasses urea formaldehyde for years. I wouldn't want that in my home.
There are different versions for interior and exterior use, using different types of glue. At least OSB/0 and OSB/1 can be used for internal applications and are considered safe. Not that I would trust a landlord doing this to select the correct board type, especially since the safe variants might have some issues with the humidity exposure in a kitchen.
But there still are many cases for using OSB indoors, e.g. behind drywall to give it some more strength (instead of more expensive plywood). Wouldn't want to leave it exposed in a kitchen though, it'll get messy if it's not properly treated, and in the picture it doesn't seem to be.
Why would you want it near ... ... ... anything?
What the fuck is wrong with us?
How much they could have possibly saved, considering also the expensive skilled labor to install it? £100 on a £2000 kitchen?
You might be surprised. Materials costs have skyrocketed since the pandemic. (I'm in the trades, not just talking out my ass)
It's a doom 1 kitchen. Who can see the hidden door?!
Iddqd
idspispopd and we don't need doors
Going for that 7DTD look...
It's got good bones
It’s called fashion look it up
It's to show off the beautiful wood
I can fix her.
The combination woth the awful tiles plus the non-matching color of the floor ... Ooof.
Stain it, seal it, those cabninets could look niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Make that osb pop real loud.
Ouch, right in the eyeballs
It’s gaudy like Shaker Camouflage.
How to ruin the value of your kitchen with one easy step.
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