OSB Nightstand

looks pretty good to me

-- mwm! Before you criticise walk a mile in their shoes, and when you do criticise you will be a mile away and have their shoes!

I never would have thought to use OSB for furniture, but you make it stylish.

Not surprising you had some trouble with dowels in OSB. It’s a bit too coarse for holding a clean hole in its edge. Biscuits tend to be better in composite materials because of the better orientation of the biscuit with the ‘grain’ and therefore better holding power. You’re very brave to try miters with OSB, but nicely done!

Very cool first project!

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

I’m near sighted!!!
It looks better than anything I’ve built in the last year.

-- "Not skilled enough to wipe jam on toast!"

Whoever said you can’t make a silk purse from a sows ear?

-- John , Central PA , www.jcsterling.com

Personally I would never use OSB in a display piece.

I gotta say, however, the design is a bl**dy good idea – very well thought out and innovative

-- I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.

I don’t know if you are crazy or a genius.

-- Wipe the blood stains from your blade before coming in.

And to think….......I threw my scraps of OSB away. Guess I need to re-vitalize my creative juices.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

Thinking outside the box resulted in one . . . and a nice one!

-- Bob Costello

OSB is strong stuff but flakes at the edges, like you said. Maybe some simple corner molding would help. Also you could “mud” this stuff with drywall plaster and then paint it if ya want!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

I had a friend that paneled one room of his dinning room with OSB. He sanded it and stained it a muted orange. It had an interesting look.

I think that’s just cool. I love it when you can take a need, some cheap materials, and creativity and turn it into a functional and stylish piece. Nice work.

-- Premium firewood created daily.

I’ve used OSB for various projects including a couple of cabinet like items for the shop. give it a good sanding and the yellowing found on it is replaced with natural colors which will really show a lot of contrast. I found that using a lite frame like 2×2 or even just a lot of glue blocks can result in something just as sturdy as if it was made out of solid wood. I think that your design idea was successful and in the first photo I could not see the hinges.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

Pretty cool idea!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Your coffee maker right next to your bed ,now why didn’t I think of that;) Now I’m waiting in anticipation for the matching OSB Armoire

-- Paul Sayre Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

Very nice, gives me some ideas for my left over OSB.

-- It is, what it is.

.......”most conventional plywood, OSB and MDF are bonded with formaldehyde adhesives that off-gas and negatively affect indoor air quality. The Environmental Protection Agency has classified formaldehyde as a probable human carcinogen. Long term inhalation of the vapors can cause fatigue, respiratory illness, and allergic skin reactions. “

Just sharing some info with you regarding the “off gassing” of Formaldehyde depending on which type of glue was used to make yours with . (UF or PF glue) Best wishes .

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

An architect friend of mine use to have me save him the scrap OSB from when we would sheeted the roofs on the houses we where framing. he would cut all these pieces to the size of cedar shingles and then dipped them in different color aniline dyes, sprayed them with high gloss poly, then applied them to the walls of his office. at first I wasn’t convinced of his vision, but when it was done, it was a really pleasing and interesting effect that always got lots of attention from clients when they first came into his office. most were surprised when they found out it was OSB, I guess he was green before green was in.

-- Joey~~Sabina, Ohio http://sleepydogwoodworking.blogspot.com/

I clicked on this project thinking that you meant mdf or anything other than osb.

I can’t imagine trying to dowel or get a clean miter in that stuff – I’m impressed.

OSB furniture would be a pretty cool LJ contest

I’ve never heard anyone speak so elequintly about OSB… I like it! and I think the nightstand is brilliant… I too enjoy the mysterys of OSB as a medium.. why just the other day I bought 4 sheets just cause it was on sale for 5.57 a pop..

-- Dave, North Dakota,http://www.northdakotanart.com

Awesome,
I forsee a line of shop cabinets in my near future. Thanks for the OSB thought and all the savings that go with it.
Thanks, BTKS

I think it’s great. At least now I know I’m not the only one that looks at materials like this in a more than only utilitarian perspective. I am big fan of using unusual materials to make ordinary products. I keep trying to figure out a good project for gluelam beams (you know, other than building a house)

Dowels are the devil! I don’t like using them either. It takes a lot of practice to or nice tools to ensure that they line up perfectly. I love my new biscuit jointer.

-- Don't tell her I'm in the shop!

oooh, black coffee in bed!... I too like how it looks like it’s more of a sculpted piece…

I remember one of the wood working mags showed boxes made from industrial materials, sanding the osb gave it a neat soft texture.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Seriously? This is your first project? I find that hard to believe. You work miracles in OSB. I have to say that I kind of love it now, too, thanks to your pics. If rare wood grew that way, everyone would be chomping at the bit to get their hands on some for high dollars, but as it’s made of scrap, and inexpensive, and used just as a construction underlayer, people don’t see its beauty.

I wonder if it’s possible to use it in a segmented bowl ;)

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

Awesome work, and I totally agree with you on the 3D effect. That’s the first thing I thought of when I stumbled onto your project! Neat stuff! Keep thinking outside the norm!