IKEA test house?
who doesn’t love the scent of formaldehyde in the morning!
The craftsmanship is impressive… The material abhorrent.
It makes no sense lol somone this good with wood, putting effort into making it out of crap.
Cheap client not willing to pay for proper materials and a good carpenter who didn’t care enough to argue with them about it would be my guess.
This was a look. Around the corner there’ll be raw concrete with the form marks in it.
that’s called “Brutalist” thank you very much!
This is brutalism same the way polka dotted wallpaper is pointillism.
Feaux particle board is the new mahogany
Plot twist: this is actually solid mahogany with an OSB veneer
There was a Grand Designs (I think?) episode where a women used this for the entire interior. It looked horrendous. Host bending over backwards to be polite about it etc…
It was on the market around 2021 in Lancaster, UK and still is
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141302183#/?channel=STU_LET
“Make sure the kitchen has a washing machine. That’s very important.”
“A washing machine? Are you sure?”
“Absolutely, huge selling point. Nobody likes hand washing.”
They remembered the word “dishwasher” a few days later, but it was already too late.
