Wood

Our trip to the McClung Museum was very interesting and I learned much about the past of our great nation. The way culture has changed is extraordinary and mindblowing. But I think my favorite part about the trip was seeing how the design of things had changed and expanded. In the earlier days, design did not seem very important, but later became more prominent in thier works.

I picked out wood as my choice of material to examine and relate to something that I have seen in modern times. There weren't very many pieces of wood but, ironically, the biggest exhibit was a wooden canoe. It is somewhat skinny but also quite long. The picture of the canoe is shown below:

The ruggedness of the canoe and the hole in it immediately made me think of how we use old things in a modern place to give a sense of the vintage look to things. Driftwood or old wood is sometimes hung on a wall for the vintage look as shown below.

Or, in the case shown below, used as the headboard of the bed.

Even though all of the pieces of wood are of different colors, shapes, and forms, they still work in this situation.

The distressed look has really caught on in interior design. Damaged pieces of wood can still be pretty when used under the right circumstances like in the two above. Holes, chipped paint, rugged edges - all can, fascinatingly enough, give an edge and twist to the modern trends.