26 more sites using wood

October 1st, 2008

Knock, Knock…

I did a roundup a while back on sites that used coffee in their theme, 26 of them in fact, and it had a nice response, so today I decided to give you 26 more sites that use wood as a texture in their layout. You have probably seen some of these before, but hopefully there are some that you haven’t. As I stated in my previous roundup, I am not saying I love cliches, but some of these are better than others. What do you think, is this just another trend, or a great design choice? Or does it depend on the site?

top-notch-wood.jpg

two-pitch-wood.jpg

101prints-wood.jpg

taufiq-wood.jpg

cyclops-wood.jpg

respiro-wood.jpg

federica-wood.jpg

oldsacramento-wood.jpg

olivertees-wood.jpg

webdesign-wood.jpg

urlacherguitars-wood.jpg

web2design-wood.jpg

tanicos-wood.jpg

jonlamb-wood.jpg

three-colors-wood.jpg

photolog-wood.jpg

emrahduzer-wood.jpg

nataliadevalle-wood.jpg

woodland-wood.jpg

revenue-robot-wood.jpg

my-design-studio-wood.jpg

zappd-wood.jpg

ethembudak-wood.jpg

unjourundesign-wood.jpg

creamscoop-wood.jpg

wp-coder-wood.jpg

What did you think? Do you like this look? Is it over-done? What other trends do you notice?

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  1. #1 opfa says...

    I think that these kind of list filling my rss reader begin to be really boring…
    90% of the blogs posts these days are “20+ awesome this” and “53+ amazing that” “500+ sites listing 250+ wonderful free floral brushes”

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 3:53 pm

  2. #2 Maria says...

    Hey Matt, these are awesome. Particularly love the 2Pitch and Federica Cau ones. BTW, I just released a free pack of wood textures if anyone’s interested: http://www.texturewell.com/2008/09/texture-pack-woody-goody/

    Cheers.

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 3:59 pm

  3. #3 Matt says...

    opfa, I agree, which is why this post is not completely about inspiration, rather it is posted under trends. You decide if you think it is a source of inspiration or not.

    Thank you for your input though.

    Maria, thanks so much for stopping by, and I will have to check out that pack. You really put out some quality stuff on your site.

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 4:08 pm

  4. #4 Chad says...

    Here’s a sweet wordpress theme that came out today, using wood.

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 6:41 pm

  5. #5 Harley says...

    You guys forgot another great woody site!

    http://baffleinc.com/

    Awesome list. I love the concept of the photoshop production line in the last one!

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 6:45 pm

  6. #6 Matt says...

    Thanks Chad, way to be on top of things, wow today heh.

    @ Harley, definitely worth a look, if I make any edits to the post, or a follow up I’ll be sure to make note! Thanks

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 7:46 pm

  7. #7 Norbert says...

    Thanks for the add. Nice list, especially 2pitch.

    • Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 9:46 pm

  8. #8 Oblik says...

    Don’t forget this one !

    philippe.plaideux.free.fr/

    • Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 3:13 am

  9. #9 Matt says...

    No problem Norbert, thanks for stopping by.

    Thanks Oblik, is that your site? If so, I am really loving the background, it works nicely.

    • Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 am

  10. #10 The DUde says...

    Another wood one!
    http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk

    • Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm

  11. #11 androo says...

    thanks for the link back… there are nice sites (other than mine) in the list… good collection!

    • Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm

  12. #12 Matt says...

    Thanks DUde, for the link!

    Not a problem Androo, and yes there are some rather interesting examples shown here.

    • Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  13. #13 Nathan Beck says...

    Hey Matt. Great selection. I hate to jump on the bandwagon but I really love the wood effect on sites. I wrote a very small article ages ago in my first days of blogging:

    http://www.redswish.co.uk/woody-websites/

    and I’ve also built a site recently that uses a wood effect background:

    http://www.m60flooring.com

    I know, I know it sounds like I’m pimping myself, sorry! Just trying to contribute!

    • Posted on October 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 am

  14. #14 Matt says...

    Hey Nathan, I think it is a case-by-case design choice, there are some that look great, some not so great.

    I am working on a site for my Dad, and he is a contractor, so there is a wood background on it. I will be launching it shortly, so be sure to check back.

    You’re not pimping yourself heh, thanks for sharing!

    • Posted on October 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 am

  15. #15 Max | Design Shard says...

    Gotta love wood, awesome list i like lists despite what the first comment says, sites like these can be hard to track down some times. and well thank you for it when we need to come back and get some inspiration from it.

    • Posted on October 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm

  16. #16 Matt says...

    Hey thanks Max, glad you appreciate it.

    As a prefaced this post, some of the sites are better than others, and some are just there as a learning device, be it “good” or “bad” design choices.

    • Posted on October 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

  17. #17 Acuity Designs, London says...

    Something about wood. It fails to get old.

    • Posted on October 7th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

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