Corrugated PVC panels are often considered cheap materials for use in building sheds and other inexpensive buildings. Designer Dik Scheepers has taken this crude material and given it a luxe application on his Sine Cabinet.
From my days spent in a rural part of the Midwest, I associate corrugated PVC with greenhouses and chicken coops. When joined with an oak frame and brass hardware, however, corrugated PVC panels take on a much richer appearance. I love the transparent quality of the cabinet but, as Scheepers' points out on his site, as you fill the cabinet it become less transparent.
See the Sine Cabinet and all of Scheepers' other designs on his site: Dik Scheepers.
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(Images: Dik Scheepers)




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Cool, like, but also would prefer a bit more wood; on the sides or the doors. Some great furnishings possibilities here. Good thinking outside of the greenhouse!
Fabulous! I really this. Excellent design and use of materials.
I see a potential Ikea hack in the future.
Am I the only person who sees this as a giant waste of space? You lose a good amount of storage space in the back because of the design... also looking at the additional photos on the website, it looks to be very poorly constructed. Not impressed.
I'd use this in the bathroom if it were galvanized metal and the design on the back was made for hanging towels. My instant reaction was, "Hell, yeah!"
I feel it may be lacking true stability
I like it but I'm with Garimi with the comment about stability. But you just wait and see; some brilliant DYIer here on AT is going to make it even better.
A light inside might be cool.
A solid (i.e. heavy) wood frame could turn this material into that translucent sliding door I've been looking for - for between my bathroom and bedroom. Definitely an idea!
I love this piece. For some reason, I have a great affection for that greenish PVC material, probably because I associate it with summer houses and gardens. I want to use it to make some fence panels in my yard, but my husband doesn't have the same happy associations.
There are certain "modern" materials that will always look at best unfinished, and at worse - trailer trash/shanty town. Before this post unfinished plywood and OSB had pretty much cornered the market in that category, but now I can add corrugated PVC.
FFS.
I love it. I love it in a big way.
This is one of those items that will either look super cool industrial modern or super cheap crappy DIY. I'm sure someone will do it well, but IMO this version, and any version that I may attempt to construct appear to be the latter.
This reminds me of a room divider that my father made in the 1960's to obscure the entrance to a powder room whose door opened out into a large family room. My father was a master carpenter and he framed corrugated fiber-glass panels in oak.
The design is cool and not what I have imagined using corrugated PVC for. I've use corrugated galvanized steel for garden dividers and wind blocks, but this is inventive.
A mention was made on it's flimsy looking construction. The photos show what looks like to be butt joints used throughout. However, on closer inspection, I see that the joints were dowel pinned, leading me to believe that pinned mortise and tenon joints were used. This kind of joint is extremely strong, and the dowel pins also act as an accent. My personal preference would be to have the brass hinges inside the door, rather than outside, but that is the builder's preference.
All in all, nice work and design. It's something to copy, er, draw inspiration from.
Dik Scheepers is a skilled craftsman and I have seen his work in person. It is meticulous and he knows how things should be put together. The genius thing about this cabinet is the space behind it that allows the objects inside to take a ghostly/blurred appearance because light is coming through all surfaces and refracting through the corrugations.
If possible splurge on the grass roots craftsman and reject the urge to just copy! This is this artist's livelihood!