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Article: The grain game: designers have a love-hate relationship with wood in the kitchen.(doctor spec)
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- Residential Architect
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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It's no accident that wood is one of our favorite products. Few other materials are as pleasing to the senses, of as durable and versatile. That's why luxury automakers lather on the hand-tooled leather and burled wood trim, leaving the lusterless synthetics to the budget-minded. Indeed, in the hands of a talented craftsperson, wood can bring a home design to life.
Despite its stellar past performance, wood's role in the kitchen has been decidedly secondary since Mid-Century Modernists spread the laminate gospel. Of course, wood cabinetry is still ubiquitous, but other, more imaginative applications of the material are approached with caution and sometimes dread ...
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... ... says Wheat. They chose Westport, Conn., decorator Beverly Ellsley, whose work they had seen and liked in showhouses and magazines ... professional artist, coexist comfortably with his own artworks in wood as well as crafts the couple has collected during travels ...
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