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Cheap and Chic: 3 Creative Interiors Featuring OSB
July 8, 2013
These three interiors make oriented strand board (OSB), a cheap material made of wood fragments, look luxe. For more examples of humble materials used in a high-end way, see our post on plywood in the home, and a roundup of plywood furniture and accessories.
Openshop|Studio’s design for a hivelike structure in the middle of a Brooklyn loft creates a chrysalis of comfort for a couple and their baby. The large OSB structure with skylights, a bathroom, enclosed baby’s room, and master sleeping alcove dominates the main living space. Photo by Jesse Chehak.
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Originally appeared in Hive Minded
"Our baby loves the structure," says loft resident Ainsley Ryan, an opera singer. "She loves running around and playing hide-and-seek in it. Tatum doesn’t know it’s weird. She just thinks everyone’s bedroom looks like that. The built-in bench in her room doubles as a storage bin for her stuff, which is greatly needed. She basically learned to walk by moving alongside the bench. The Flor tiles make the surfaces more baby-friendly. During the day, the light streaming in through the skylight turns a corner and it gets darker, which is great for naps. She won’t sleep through the night when we’re all out of town."
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Originally appeared in Hive Minded
Everywhere you look in Carl Turner and Mary Martin’s 5,000-square-foot 1850s threshing barn, you can see oriented strand board (OSB), a medium associated more with shuttering around large construction sites than with interior decor. The OSB is used to break up the vast space and create distinct areas: It fences in a sofa; forms seating; makes up a central freestanding bathroom and office pod; and delineates cabinets, cupboards, and bookshelves made by Turner himself. By using this rough-hewn material as a kind of muse, Turner has created a stunning rural getaway for himself, Martin, and their host of friends, wringing a winning live/work space from a pastoral ruin. The mobile daybed on wheels is a standout piece and allows the user to catch the sun or shade as the mood strikes. Photo by Christoffer Rudquist.
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Originally appeared in A Pair of English Barns Hide Unabashedly Bold and Budget-Friendly Minimalist Interiors
The main public space of Ochre Barn is broken up by a full-height OSB pod, which contains a bathroom and a utility room with a view. Up top is the crow’s nest, where Turner can survey his creation and answer any stray emails. Though the bench table, daybed, and outdoor spaces afford plenty of room for the couple to work away from the hubbub of weekend guests, the top of the pod offers dedicated office space. Photo by Christoffer Rudquist.
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Originally appeared in A Pair of English Barns Hide Unabashedly Bold and Budget-Friendly Minimalist Interiors
Matthew Trzebiatowski's bathroom in his Phoenix home/office building retains the spirit of Arizona heat with its shocking magenta ceilings, floors, and walls. The vanity is anything but—opting for art instead of a mounted mirror—and is made from sanded and sealed oriented strand board (OSB), a waste material typically used in framing. Photo by Gregg Segal.
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Originally appeared in Xeros Effect
Openshop|Studio’s design for a hivelike structure in the middle of a Brooklyn loft creates a chrysalis of comfort for a couple and their baby. The large OSB structure with skylights, a bathroom, enclosed baby’s room, and master sleeping alcove dominates the main living space. Photo by Jesse Chehak.
Photo by Jesse Chehak.
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