Lay it out. This was putzy. Being the obsessive-compulsive perfectionist that I am, I wanted each row to be made up of the same type of plywood, so that the stripes would match all the way across.

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood and presto! In a few minutes, you've got a table, a cabinet or a lounge chair. It's not that fast or ...

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood and presto! In a few minutes, you’ve got a table, a cabinet or a lounge chair. The home-improvement ...

This undated publicity product photo, a Bespoke chair, crafted in part from white oak plywood, and featured in "PlyDesign," by Philip Schmidt, is shown. Plywood is versatile, inexpensive and easy to ...

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood and presto! In a few minutes, you’ve got a table, a cabinet or a lounge chair. It’s not that fast or ...

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood and presto! In a few minutes, you’ve got a table, a cabinet or a lounge chair. It’s not that fast or ...

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood and presto! In a few minutes, you’ve got a table, a cabinet or a lounge chair. It’s not that fast or ...

The home-improvement and design shows make it look easy: Take a simple sheet of inexpensive plywood — and presto! — you have a table, cabinet or lounge chair. Unfortunately, it is not that fast or ...