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This looks awfully familiar...

Too much

I've seen plywood executed in spaces beautifully, but this is cheap and unattractive.

Yeah I agree. A little plywood goes a loooooong way.

I'd be interested to see this contrasted more with a natural material like white marble that also has a sense of broad, open movement. As it is, I'm not sure it works.

I'm not an expert in building materials, but is plywood durable enough to use like this?

Agree with others ... it's too much and for me doesn't work with the sleek whiteness of the rest of the space. It looks like they stopped short of finishing instead of achieving the industrial chic "unfinished" look that can be so wonderful.

I like the floor a lot, and I think maybe the kitchen hasn't photographed well. I'll bet it looks great in person though.

was this posted before? no likey. looks like they kicked the contractors off the job.

Using plywood is an interesting idea, but they should have used better plywood like birch or maple faced. This contractor grade plywood looks tacky.

Can someone please let me know where I can find those chairs? (Or, really, even what they're called.)

Thanks in advance!

I see no problem with this as a cheap alternative. But are you able to stain plywood like regular wood? I could easily see this in a darker stain or a colored one to make it pop out a bit more. But it's not all that horrible.

Plywood can be covered with a veneer; birch is a favorite; it looks fine.

My problem is with the relentless horizontal and vertical straight lines. Sure the result is clean. But craftsmanship and beauty is revealed in curves.

Somewhere out there a designer is finding a way to introduce curves into a setting such as this. Good luck to him or her.

Plywood is a little too rustic to be in a space with this much potential elegance.