New interior design trend

[aremmes]

Ya like wood? How about wood on the walls? Sounds rather posh, innit? Well, how about entire walls covered in oriented strand board... and nothing else?

Yes, it appears that some interior designers have managed to convince their clients to eschew more common materials such as paint, drywall, tile, wainscoting, shiplap, etc. in favor of exposed OSB panels.

Some have gone as far as leaving concrete beams and columns exposed alongside the OSB panels for that touch of mid-20th-century brutalism, because if you're not gonna bother covering the chip board, who's gonna give a shit about bare concrete?

Another handy benefit of exposed OSB walls is that you can place very hot devices in close proximity in order to make up for not putting windows in those big-ass wall openings, ensuring that you'll be warm for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not. That's hot.

And you know what goes best with OSB? Water! So why not cover your bathroom walls with it? Don't forget to not put a blower in the ceiling, the moisture will punch a hole through all by itself. Now that's working smart.

More examples of galaxy-brain design in this article.

[Roadkilled]

@aremmes

You too can spend an ungodly amount of money to make your home look like a crack house.

[ibRAD]

@aremmes This is a joke, right? Does that even meet fire code?

[Cash Rewards]

@aremmes ok, so i guess I get the idea in that it brings a warmth of wood to the room, but No. Absolutely not

[LooseonExit]

@aremmes
Poverty chic!

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@aremmes This design motif has been around, but I've never seen it taken to such extremes. I don't mind it done in moderation but this is excessive.

Hey, I'll take this over one of the sterile and dusty concrete boxes that allow developers to cheap out on finishing costs. It is much more useful to have a plywood wall than a concrete one. You can stick stuff in it without bother. Though a slightly more varied materials pallet really would be nice.

One of my favorite buildings has nearly everything, including walls, doors, and desks, made out of layered plywood with corkboard inserts for pinup space.

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@LooseonExit All of the sudden, I live in the nice part of town.

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@aremmes
I've actually done this before. It works really well but is harder to pull off than you might think and therefore more expensive than it looks. Ten out of ten will do it again.

After all... it's just another kind of timber panelling. Just stronger and more stable. And on the inside instead of the outside.

[flatisflat]

@aremmes Pfft, their hipster game is weak.

Here's the real deal:

[beefchips]

@aremmes

[beefchips]

@flatisflat bright, airy floor plan /s

[aremmes]

@Roadkilled Appearing to be poor, much like being poor, is expensive.

[Roadkilled]

@aremmes

I will admit that one of the buildings I work in has the walls covered in plywood up to about 4 feet. However, it isn't for the aesthetic. It's because the drywall was getting torn up by pallets of crates hitting the walls.

[Chariotoflove]

@aremmes
Unbelievable.

[aremmes]

@WhoIsTheLeader Plywood would work as a finish surface as it exposes the wood grain from just the exposed layer. OSB, though, shows the grain from multiple pieces in many random directions. To my eye it has all of the appeal of a dry bowl of corn flakes.

[ranwhenparked]

@aremmes They literally make veneer plywood that has one side of nice quality birch or maple or whatever that's suitable for staining. WTF is wrong with just doing wood paneling like a normal person?

[aremmes]

@SilentbutnotreallyDeadly BRB, checking the Bunnings website.

[facw]

@aremmes I like the exposed concrete. But yeah, could use some better wall material.

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@aremmes I've seen it done with plywood and OSB and OSB is just an uglier material so it's harder to pull off. I agree but it is possible for it to be done reasonably well. The sort of yellowish tinted prismatic box with a uniform texture can be interesting but only in small quantities. It at least demands a high quality to finish to distinguish itself from laziness.

[Shop-Teacher]

@aremmes Does it gets sanded and clear coated at least? OSB is very unpleasant to the touch.

[pos_camaro]

@aremmes Let me guess, the exterior has siding attached directly to the studs with no sheathing.

[aremmes]

@Shop-Teacher Apparently, some people opt for bare OSB. Hopefully not on floors, unless they like the feel of stepping on splinters.

[aremmes]

@pos_camaro Don't be so harsh. Of course they put a layer of foam board between the studs and the siding, they gotta keep the weather out.

[ITA97]

@aremmes In this case, I guess my garage is ahead of the style curve.

[Urambo Tauro]

@LooseonExit said in New interior design trend:

Poverty chic!

Derelicte!