Modular Plywood Partition
This L-shaped plywood insert in a renovated ‘80s apartment adds storage and benches while walling off a sleeping area, maintaining an open and airy feel.
Unfinished Plywood Bed Nooks & Bookcases
A mostly-white modern home gets some warmth and coziness thanks to the application of plenty of unfinished plywood, including a fireplace room divider, built-in bookshelves and a bunk bed nook beside a series of closets.
Fun Houses Within a Restaurant
Commercial spaces can benefit from similar ideas, like the three wooden ‘fun houses’ that divide up a combination restaurant and children’s play space in Argentina.
Wardrobe and Sauna Cabinet Combination
What looks like an ordinary wardrobe cabinet from one side is revealed to be a self-contained sauna on the other. Says designer Anna van der Lei, “The Dutch version of the Finnish sauna. You don to have to have a large garden or a great deal of space to accommodate it: the dressing room and the bathing space are integrated in a single large closet made of larch wood. The specially designed joints expand when they become wet, ensuring that the bath closet remains fully watertight.”
