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The patterned wood surfaces are juxtaposed against crisp white painted ceilings, cabinetry and shelving. The plywood "was painstakingly chosen over a period of many months for its grain pattern" before being shipped from Alabama to California, said Donahoe.

Although Harrigan Woods' primary residence is in San Francisco, she remains active in the plywood business she owns with her cousins, Tom O'Melia of Grove Hill. Al.. and his sister, Helen Skipper of Jackson, Al.

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\-zsouthern pine plywood is usually not selected for its aesthetic proper- ties. But a recent project in California's Sonoma County uses plywood as its primary design element.

The 2,000-sq. ft. gabled farmhouse sits on a 40-acre vineyard in Healdsburg and is owned by Teira Wines' Daniel Donahoe and his wife, Alexis Woods, a modernist landscape designer. Woods' mother, Kay Harrigan Woods, also built herself a cabin on the property, and she serves as chairman and co-owner of southern pine plywood manufacturer Scotch Plywood, Fulton, Al. "I thought, why not use the family product?" her daughter theorized.

The L-shaped layout of Donahoe and Woods' home features a longer, single-story wing with kitchen, living and dining room and a shorter, twostory wing, with bedrooms and a plywood-clad staircase. Unadorned plywood walls and simple southern pine floors are throughout.

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