From Wood to House

16 Wood Samples

Wood (wikipedia)

Lumber (American English) or timber (British English, Hiberno-English, New Zealand English, and Australian English) is wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.

Engineered wood, also called composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board; includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding or fixing the strands, particles, fibers, or veneers or boards of wood, together with adhesives, or other methods of fixation to form composite materials.

Wood flooring is any product manufactured from timber that is designed for use as flooring, either structural or aesthetic.

A house is a building that functions as a home for humans or other creatures, ranging from simple dwellings such as rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to complex structures composed of many systems.

The names of parts of a house often echo the names of parts of other buildings, but could typically include:

1. An attic or a loft is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building (also called garret or sky parlor),

2. A bathroom is a room for personal hygiene, generally containing a bathtub or a shower, and possibly also a bidet,

3. A bedroom is a room where people sleep,

4. Traditionally, and often seen in country houses and larger suburban houses up until the 1930s in Britain, the box room was literally for the storage of boxes, trunks, portmanteaux, and the like, rather than for bedroom use,

5. A dining room is a room for consuming food. In modern times it is usually adjacent to the kitchen for convenience in serving, although in medieval times it was often on an entirely different floor level. Historically the dining room is furnished with a rather large dining table and a number of dining chairs; the most common shape is generally rectangular with two armed end chairs and an even number of un-armed side chairs along the long sides,

6. The family room is designed to be a place where family and guests gather for group recreation like talking, reading, watching TV, and other family activities,

7. In Western architecture, a living room or lounge room (informal: lounge) is a room in a residential house for relaxing and socializing. Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house,

8. A residential garage is part of a home, or an associated building, designed or used for storing a vehicle or vehicles,

9. A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation,

10. A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such as sweaters, and an ironing board. A typical laundry room is located in the basement of older homes, but in many modern homes, the laundry room might be found on the main floor near the kitchen or upstairs near the bedrooms,

11. A study is a room in a house which is used for paperwork, computer work, or reading,

12. A pantry is a room where food, provisions, dishes, or linens are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen,

13. Shrines to serve the religious functions associated with a family,

14. A stair is one step in a flight of stairs. Also called a stairstep,

15. A sunroom (also solarium, garden room, and other variations) is a structure, either attached or integrated into a building such as a home, restaurant, or office, which allows enjoyment of the surrounding landscape while being sheltered from adverse weather,

16. A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool (or simply a pool), is a man-made container filled with water intended for swimming or other water-based recreation.

wood house minimalis (Google Image)