Birch is a high-quality ply with a lovely grain and light color. The door and drawer fronts shown here have been treated with lye to lighten them for a soft, chalky look, but the end grain and recessed handles are simply sealed with an eco-friendly water-based matte lacquer to show the interesting patterns of the ply.
“Typically, we work with oak frames and doors,” and birch ply for the cabinet boxes, says U.K. kitchen designer and remodeler Sam Shaw of Sustainable Kitchens. Here, however, the birch plywood takes center stage. “It’s the best-quality plywood you can get for internal joinery because it’s very stable,” he says. “But the owner liked it mainly for its light color.”
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