Wood in Web Design

by paulo | Jul 31, 2008

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Another day I was talking to a friend of my, and he told me that he would love to see more posts about web design here at Abduzeedo. When he told me that, I totally understood that we're kind of posting just about photography and illustration... and only Fabiano is doing something about web with his tutorials and links in the Best of the Week series. So today, web design it is! :D

When making a new site design, most of us try to figure out what kind of theme to go with... and there are plenty: space (lol), water, wood, colorish, glowing and shinning stuff, etc, etc. The list is just endless. One of my favorite design elements is wood! It's really great how you can manage to make a sweet design with wood background, static or not (I do prefer static). Anyways, here are some hand picked websites that got plenty of wood for your design needs.

About the author

Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 24 years old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I work as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! You may also follow me on Twitter.

Martin Damstuen 07/31/2008

Great work! Love them :+)

Anonymous 07/31/2008

Here is another great site I stumbled upon a couple of days ago. I wonder why it didnt make it on this list... http://www.stangursky.com

Teehoii 07/31/2008

I've been considering redesigning my site this style. You helped make up my mind, thanks.

Max 07/31/2008

I love the ninth and the last one, they are really creative!

a good mix of webdesign, photography and other topics would be cool

starlight86 07/31/2008

want more..:) this is good stuff..

Mr. Tunes 07/31/2008

why do you prefer static websites? they are so hard to update

paulo 07/31/2008

I mean the background. Static background.

PixlNinja 07/31/2008

I hope you didn't forget about the AlexBuga's Site

http://www.alexbuga.com/ he has a wooden background with an attractive design

PixlNinja || http://featherpot.com

Pascualilla 07/31/2008

Other www.lapascualilla.es

Thomas Eilander 07/31/2008

Wow, nice designs. They do well for inspiration. I like http://www.eurosong.ba/naslovna/ en http://www.leslyg.com

Funny combinations...

Aisha 07/31/2008

Wonderfuls designs!!!

Martin Damstuen 08/01/2008

http://www.builtbybuffalo.com/

greigdesign 08/01/2008

Great selection !

Dy 08/01/2008

My Blog
nice post! n_n

Fábio Siebert 08/01/2008

Another one...from Siebert Surfboards

http://www.siebertsurfboards.com/

cerium 08/01/2008

Here is a nice one too : http://www.gracias-home.net/ ;)

jake 08/04/2008

Some more nice ones are http://www.boyleswebdesign.com and http://www.jakeboyles.com

Agust Gudbjornsson 08/06/2008

Thanks for selecting my site here, appreciate it!

Agust Gudbjornsson,
Nebonmedia

Naina Redhu 08/13/2008

There's another one I designed using the Coda Slider effect [ the website's used to showcase an apartment for sale ] www.i805-houseforsale.com - the wood elements are taken from the main door of the apartment.