Wood paneling

The Hugo Boss boutique in New York

A very classy and, in the same time, new look of wood paneling is shown on picture 4. I like the idea how the designers accentuate on trustfulness and warmth just around the counter by installing wood panels while giving the rest of the store dash of industrial and cooler look. It seems like this designers’ decision almost invites the clients to the pay area and it may work out as a good marketing policy. Besides, the structure of the paneling, e.g. the large particle boards covered with veneer, compensate the mostly importunate look of veneer paneling by giving the impression of solid wood boards. The plane paneling going all the way to the ceiling with its matte finish gives its best advantages to the Hugo Boss boutique interior.

Solid wood

A Lighted Interior from a Bygone Era West Palm Beach, Florida

Interior shown on picture 5 was luxury living for Henry Flagler. Today, this antique interior is part of the Flagler Museum of West Palm Beach Florida. The large cassone, or hope chest, incorporates a panel painting of the Adimari family wedding. This chest situated in the Grand Hall is nineteenth-century reproduction featuring a painting from an Italian Renaissance cassone panel in the collection of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, and brought to the attention of Americans by art historian Bernard Berenson in the nineteenth century. It is amazing how lavishly the craftsmen from the bygone eras have used timber to create solid, grandiose and respect evoking pieces of furniture. Skilfully painted, gilded and ornamented this chest is an example how complicatedly the beauty can be achieved and how impressive is solid timber furniture.

Painted wood

Vila Sofa furniture shop

Nowadays timber resources diminish faster and its price gets also higher. Therefore the unique beauty of timber itself and its natural look are getting highly appreciated by many designers and it is rare to see painted solid wood in the contemporary interiors. However, the separators of showcases from the furniture shop on picture 6 are made of solid pieces timber painted in creamy colour. They result in a feature to the relevant interior by appearing everywhere and by giving that somewhat old-fashioned appearance of the store. In addition to this look are the banal shapes of the separators. To improve this overall claustrophobic feeling from this place, it is necessary to remake the heavy constructions lighter or more flexible and to replace the ceiling with much lighter one. Hence, the store will bocome a lot more  bright and inviting.

Louvered doors

Southern house

Louvered doors evoke in mind the idea of south and sea breeze and they are ideal for such places. Functional, with their own charm louvered doors were used with great success mostly in past centuries. Despite the fact that they are replaced with a lot more efficient and preferred air conditioning, they are still the least expensive cooling implements for tropical regions. Moreover they perfectly fit for nowadays sustainability requirements and more often can be seen as a solution for eco-friendly or fully sustainable houses. A pleasant example of louvered doors represents picture 7 where their functionality is outstanding. Even if the habitants like to have more privacy by closing the doors they still can profit from the ventilation through the louvers. It would be even more interesting if their basic mechanism for ventilation is implemented into more uniquely designed construction to escape their timeworn appearance.