Our new favorite kitchen: This Parisian one, consisting of simple plywood and stainless steel units on casters. Jump below to see more pics -- and don't miss the video tour of the French loft.
Our new favorite kitchen: This Parisian one, consisting of simple plywood and stainless steel units on casters. Jump below to see more pics -- and don't miss the video tour of the French loft.


Remodelista links to a video tour of the loft here.
Via: Remodelista via Dwell blog
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I'm all for "humble as hero" but this one, um, no.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
This one gets bookmarked in my "inspiration for when I can build a small cabin" folder. I love it.
view Gallivant's profile
Simple, and plain. I can't decide whether I love it or hate it.
view Melissa82's profile
I think they may have run out of Euros.
view art's profile
Interesting idea, but I think the plywood blends too much with the flooring. I think either a dark-gray stain or bright-color stain would make them much more appealing.
view AlmostAD's profile
Oh sure, this looks wifty all brand new and conceptual, but unfinished plywood in a kitchen that actually gets used would be a nightmare - the spills, smoke, grease, etc. And it just seems like a huge fire hazard. I know kitchens are usually made of wood products but I doubt naked plywood around an oven would meet code anywhere.
view amed studio's profile
I am sure the plywood is finished with a matt varnish type finish. They are pretty smart over there :-))
view Gallivant's profile
Looks too unfinished for my taste. Sorry...
view Monica's profile
This is hideous. It looks like they stopped construction in the middle and walked away from the site.
This sort of thing is what we have to look forward to as the hottest design trends?
view dblitz's profile
Is the cat a reference to the tiger patterning of the plywood?
I'm a bit torn on this one. The wood is obviously gorgeous, but so many people have such a hard time seeing beyond the social status of a material. I just did naked plywood sliding shelves in my loft, and I can't quite get the poverty association from my childhood out of my head, despite the beautiful pattern.
It must be a social class thing. Maybe, I'm not sure, it's neat if you never actually lived in unfinished plywood because you had to - life after a hurricane or something?
view Easyenough's profile
Unsealed plywood would be nightmarish to keep clean in a kitchen environment. I don't care for the look enough to keep the plywood finish but it would paint up brilliantly in a high gloss. And the basic idea -- building modular plywood units on wheels -- that is genius. In a loft environment I would totally go for that. If you put a propane cooktop into a unit like that, in summer you could roll it out on the patio/deck/balcony for outdoor parties.
view Ulrika's profile
pretty elegant, maybe it's the casters, pillars, stainless steel tops, in the lofty space
view orangered's profile
I know I am being pedantic but I am 99% sure the plywood is finished - a clear matt finish would be no harder to keep clean than any other finished or painted wood. Plus it looks like the tops are all stainless steel.
view Gallivant's profile
Wow, when I was a kid my Uncle Jerry out in Hemet used to make everything he built end up looking like this! He sure was ahead of his time, I guess!
view btoddster's profile
I like it - and it's probably alot more solid than particleboard cabinets from Home Depot or IKEA...
...the style certainly lends itself more to the 'Loft Asthetic' than the ubiquitous "Cherry" cabinets with Black granite counters.
view bepsf's profile
err.....yucky!
view Thomas's profile
The whole loft is like little island suspended vertically in space. Tres cool.
view Alana in Canada's profile
little islands. Sorry.
And with that as the concept, what else could the kitchen be?
Though I'm imagining a converstaion like this:
Honey, where's the corkscrew?
In the top left drawer next to the sink. Oh right, I moved the cabinets, today.
view Alana in Canada's profile
The concept is wonderful, the plywood needs a stain that doesnt match the floor and a high gloss finish.
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