Softer hues allow the grain and knots to show through more than darker colours, though the choice of wood is also important. Skoufoglou chose birch-faced plywood but says that today she’d opt for ...

Plywood is made of layers (plies) of very thin wood (called veneers) glued together. The grain direction of the plies is alternated 90-degree to one another, creating a very strong and ...

Pay close attention to the grain and how the panels come together ... "So many cabinets are actually made of plywood — it's more structurally stable than actual solid wood — and then veneered ...