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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.
- The cost of man hours for these "custom" cabinets is probably 3 or 4 times the cost of high end cabinets.
- This has very much the feeling of what you described to it. Someone was payed to work, not argue.
It's taking a post modern architecture concept and applying it to just what the home owner can reasonably change.
The idea is that the building shouldn't hide or obscure what the materials it is made from. You'll see it in buildings with deliberate exposed pipes, exposed concrete, unfinished wood.
It's about honesty and function.
The problem is to make this work they needed to go further or not so far. A polished concrete countertop, industrial tiles and industrial appliances could make this work better. Or using plywood rather than OBS.
- I really appreciate this (possible) explanation!
- I don't get the OBS choice because cabinets are usually made out of plywood which, like you said, would look way better
ATBGE
I'm guessing this is some kind of veneer. OSB doesn't even cut clean enough to be used as a cabinet
- It could have been milled on a CNC. That might make it cheaper to build without a carpenter, if you already have access to the CNC.
- Probably mahogany with a nice OSB stain
- Are you suggesting some form of OSB formica?
It doesn't even make any sense because MDF isn't really much more expensive than strand board and is a very common cabinet material.
They're trying to distract from the asbestos lead asbestos.

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.
- I think that might be a UK thing. I saw it and immediately assumed it was England, because I've never seen a washing machine in the kitchen, except in British television.
Surprising that this beauty hasn't been snatched up yet
Check out those spatulas though!
Holy shit! I've been on that street. They've used the same type of chip board to make other stuff in the house too. I'm guessing the landlord was able to source it for free and fitted it themselves. Hope it's rated for interior use as others here have pointed out.

Now cover it in denim!

who doesn’t love the scent of formaldehyde in the morning!

I just about died as a baby from formaldehyde poisoning. The brand new house was too air tight.

textures haven't fully loaded yet

im feeling splintery

How much they could have possibly saved, considering also the expensive skilled labor to install it? £100 on a £2000 kitchen?

You might be surprised. Materials costs have skyrocketed since the pandemic. (I'm in the trades, not just talking out my ass)

Doesn't that board have hella binders and toxic shit? Why would you want that anywhere near your food??

I don't know if it's different now, but when I studies cabinetmaking we were told that that shit outgasses urea formaldehyde for years. I wouldn't want that in my home.
There are different versions for interior and exterior use, using different types of glue. At least OSB/0 and OSB/1 can be used for internal applications and are considered safe. Not that I would trust a landlord doing this to select the correct board type, especially since the safe variants might have some issues with the humidity exposure in a kitchen.
But there still are many cases for using OSB indoors, e.g. behind drywall to give it some more strength (instead of more expensive plywood). Wouldn't want to leave it exposed in a kitchen though, it'll get messy if it's not properly treated, and in the picture it doesn't seem to be.
Why would you want it near ... ... ... anything?
What the fuck is wrong with us?

I actually think that it looks alright! I wouldn't pay extra for it though

Looks like someone tried to go for an industrial look but didn't get it quite right

It's a doom 1 kitchen. Who can see the hidden door?!

Iddqd
- idspispopd and we don't need doors

Going for that 7DTD look...

It’s called fashion look it up

looks like a minecraft house. Honestly, that might do well with some people. If you were blind or hard of vision, it would be very easy to navigate by feel and memory.

If the wood wasn't sealed/finished a blind person would probably end up with a splinter

It's got good bones

This could work as an aesthetic choice but you'd have to finish it really well in order for it to last and for you to be able to keep it clean. Buying normal cupboards would probably be easier and cheaper.

the longer the stove's in use the more burned grease droplets and soot will soak into the boards around it. Horrible idea.

It's to show off the beautiful wood

I can fix her.

Ouch, right in the eyeballs

When your fire insurance is worth more than your house.

Stain it, seal it, those cabninets could look niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Make that osb pop real loud.

The combination woth the awful tiles plus the non-matching color of the floor ... Ooof.

How to ruin the value of your kitchen with one easy step.

As someone who ADORES bare chipboard, and glazed brick tiles, and whose favourite colour is green... I ought to love this, but jfc it is nightmarishly bad.

It’s gaudy like Shaker Camouflage.

This looks substantially better than my current living arrangement

And waferboard isn’t exactly cheap either.

This is peak design

That is ODB raw.

they forgot to add textures in dev so now it's intended behaviour on prod

IKEA test house?

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..