Inspiration: Mads' Scrap Wood Wall

Yesterday we blogged Madshome's Hunde Hus Indoor Dog House/Bedside Table. And while we think the pet retreat is very cool, it's that wall that wowed everyone. So we went right to the source. Here's what Mads said...

The wall is a "Scrap Wood Wall". It is made from various lengths of 2x4s ripped in thicknesses from 1/4 to 1 in. I put all the pieces through the thickness planer to get one smooth side and gave them a walnut stain. The pieces were then randomly attached to the wall with hot-melt glue.

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Thanks, Mads!

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I showed my BFF and he said the dusting would probably be ridiculous. I wonder if she has issues with that. It's still absolutely gorgeous and a great alternative to a brick wall.

posted by Kimber on September 18th 2008 at 10:54am
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Looks very designer-ie. Love it.

posted by dmh on September 18th 2008 at 11:13am
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That is so beautiful. Looks like a crazy amount of time went into glueing that. Love it.

posted by teeze on September 18th 2008 at 11:13am
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i LOVE the look of this.... its so cool!

any chance you could share the approximate cost of this project- and how large the wall is???

posted by eribear12 on September 18th 2008 at 11:18am
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Ah hah, to solve the dusting problem you only need turn so far as AT post from this morning - Extra uses for the HAIR DRYER. Woo-hoo. You go guys. Today has been a really fun AT day for me (aka slow day at work).
~k

posted by kdear on September 18th 2008 at 11:32am
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this reminded me of this flashing/wood striped wall i saw on an episode of rate my space, which i LOVED did anyone see it:

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,HGTV_22056_68170,00.html?sortby=recent&pageref=Photo_Video-923791&vw_arrange_order=DESC&vw_sort_order=MOST_RECENT&pn=1

posted by eribear12 on September 18th 2008 at 11:33am
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LOVE it! I can't believe that it was a DIY!!!

posted by hanako66 on September 18th 2008 at 11:34am
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To paraphrase Tim Gunn, "That's a lot of glue."

posted by patrick (the other one) on September 18th 2008 at 11:47am
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I love when a high design idea is made with simple things like scrap wood and hot glue.

posted by TheoJ on September 18th 2008 at 12:30pm
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10 out of 10.

posted by houseno8 on September 18th 2008 at 12:31pm
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Yay I can do it myself! Wo hoooooooooo!
Wait - I mean, hubby can do it himself!

posted by modernmecca on September 18th 2008 at 12:34pm
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Like like like!

posted by madampince on September 18th 2008 at 1:49pm
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Love the wall...
Is that a cairn terrier?

posted by Taloferia on September 18th 2008 at 2:00pm
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"Yay I can do it myself! Wo hoooooooooo!
Wait - I mean, hubby can do it himself!"

As long as hubby has a table saw, a planer and lots of wood...

posted by bepsf on September 18th 2008 at 2:22pm
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Taloferia, I might be wrong but I think they are Norwich terriers.

posted by Kimber on September 18th 2008 at 3:47pm
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Hi Everybody - glad you like the wall. The wall measures 18x9ft. and about 1100 pieces were used. The wall is pretty easy to make, but does take some time to do. I did it over a period of two weeks. The dust is not a big problem, we just use a vacuum with the brush attachment. The models are Cairn Terriers and their names are Stanley and Hardy.

posted by MadsHome on September 18th 2008 at 4:54pm
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Kudos! I'm a pretty avid DYI-er but never would've guess that was DYI. Fantastic!!!

posted by caw261 on September 18th 2008 at 6:01pm
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Love the wall and love Stanley and Hardy too.

posted by Cynthia in SF on September 18th 2008 at 6:26pm
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The wall is gorgeous and so is the dog house, did you make that as well?

posted by alexis on September 18th 2008 at 6:42pm
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Beautiful! Great job Mads!

With that awesome relief/ texture, if you uplight it or downlight it close to the wall, the subtle shadowing effect will knock socks off.

posted by lightspeed on September 18th 2008 at 6:53pm
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"the dogs have it"

Here are some other mod dog beds...

http://www.blinkdecor.com/decoratorsdish/index.php?s=dog beds

posted by cdirvin on September 19th 2008 at 2:18am
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ooh. swanky. very swanky.

posted by exquisitecorpse on September 19th 2008 at 5:00am
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The wall is a great idea, I just don't know that I would have the patience to execute it. Plus I'm such a woodworking perfectionist, I'd have to stain, plus sand and varnish all of those pieces. I'd be crazy.

posted by John H on September 19th 2008 at 5:10am
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I might have the patience to do it, but I think I'd shoot myself when the time came to undo it. Still, it looks fantastic!

posted by luna on September 19th 2008 at 6:20am
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It is made from various lengths of 2x4s ripped in thicknesses from 1/4 to 1 in.

What does ripped in thickness mean?

posted by hazel8 on September 19th 2008 at 6:56am
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GORGEOUS!!!! maybe i could live with dusting it if i had to!

posted by blkbrrry on September 19th 2008 at 9:26am
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posted by quiltmaster on September 19th 2008 at 12:24pm
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I can now offer the wall as a "kit". More information on Etsy. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15414769

posted by MadsHome on September 20th 2008 at 5:07am
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