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Eye Candy: Scrap Wood Walls

by on Jul 17, 2012


Scrap wood in a heap doesn’t look so hot. Scrap wood installed on a wall, however, can look anywhere from eclectic to posh. Such walls seem to work in any room in the house and even outside the house. In this eye candy roundup, I’ve tried to find some of the best examples of trend. 

For our first entry, we have a scrap wood wall in a kitchen made of salvaged douglas fir, angel’s heart, mahogany and black walnut. A dimly lit room with walls made of scrap wood.

Garrison Hullinger et al. were responsible for this colorful bedroom wall:Garrison Hullinger Interior Design

Orientation doesn’t have to be consistent, as evidenced by this dining room wall." A innovative idea with scrapwood walls"

This bedroom wall consists of 2 x 4’s ripped to 1/4 to 1″ thicknesses. They were then–get this–attached to the wall with hot glue.Scrap wood wall

If you don’t have enough scrap wood for an entire wall, a headboard will do just fine.headboard1

Check out the wall on the left in this next image. It appears to be end cuts.

" A decorative scrap wood walls in a drawing hall "

Does MDF count as wood? If so, check out Jason’s bathroom wall.

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And, finally, how about a scrap wood exterior wall? This one belongs to Central de Arquitectura in Mexico City. 

A building's exterior has been covered with thin, narrow planks of wood irregularly nailed together in a decorative way.

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