Look!: Detailed Plywood Cabinets

Yesterday we showed you the silver (like wow) salvaged doors from an apartment we toured. Today we would like to show you one more memorable thing from our quick walk-through (nothing refurbished we promise). These plywood cabinet panels were put through a CNC Machine/process of complex router-ing. Click through the jump for a close up and more on CNC Machines.

Since we were trying to be rather sneaky with the camera, our closeup wasn't taken with flash... or a steady hand for that matter. So our apologies for the photo quality.
The landlord said that he used a CNC Machine, (which you can read more about here) to replicate the shadow that a tree down the block, makes on the side of the house next to it. The upper and lower cabinets were also done in the same fashion as this island. And although we regret not being able to snag a picture of the kitchen as a whole, trust when we say it was neat, although it made a small kitchen feel cluttered.... even when there wasn't anything in it.
Now that we look at the close up, it almost feels like a mystical little world full of oceans and islands where people might wear funny hats and speak in far off languages.

Comments (9)

This is very cool - much better than those silver doors!

posted by bepsf on July 30th 2008 at 10:50am
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I know this is nitpicky but these machines get used in my industry - it's CNC machines - not C&C. It stands for Computer Numerical Control.

posted by Tobermory on July 30th 2008 at 11:59am
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You are so right tobermory! It's been changed!

posted by sarahrae on July 30th 2008 at 12:05pm
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What's with the "WE"?

I MUCH preferred when you were trying out for AT and used "I".

Are the AT gods MAKING you comply to their asinine standards and use "WE", sarahrae?

posted by Daily Nuance on July 30th 2008 at 12:19pm
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Wow, why are people on this site so snarky today?

Lighten up for goodness sakes!

posted by copelli21 on July 30th 2008 at 1:18pm
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ADORE the treatment of that cabinet!!!

posted by rockypondgirl on July 30th 2008 at 1:18pm
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Now that we look at the close up, it almost feels like a mystical little world full of oceans and islands where people might wear funny hats and speak in far off languages.

That makes me like this treatment even more!

posted by madampince on July 30th 2008 at 5:47pm
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I really love the look, but wonder if it wouldn't become a terrible dust catcher. How smooth would the exposed underlayer and edges actually be with this process?

posted by askew on July 30th 2008 at 9:49pm
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askew- I had the same question you did, and although the underlayer didn't feel rough at all, the first thing I said to my husband when we left was, "Looks great, you get to dust it."

posted by sarahrae on July 31st 2008 at 5:18am
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