Incredible Bangkok Guesthouse Made From Salvaged Wood

Pim, a ceramic artist and industrial designer in Bangkok, wanted to build a gathering place for her family and friends. Rather than buying new materials, she instead wanted it built out of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/a-salvaged-wood-table-that-shines-with-a-slice-of-color/" target="_blank">salvaged wood</a> from a 70 year old home that sat on her family's property. Enlisting the help of a friend and architect at Bangkok-based firm <a href="http://www.allzonedesignall.com/index.php#" target="_blank">all(zone)</a>, together the team dismantled the old home and re-assembled the parts into a steel-supported structure. Although it certainly wasn't an easy project, the results were successful and the traditional Thai sala (or living room) is radiates with a rustic charm.

The 70 year old home was the childhood home of Pim's husband and she didn't want to waste any of the material and memories by throwing it away.

The dismantling of the home resulted in a huge pile of lumber, windows and doors. Then they built a raised platform and a steel frame to reinforce the structure before re-assembling the salvaged wood. There was even enough wood and materials left over to build a whole ceramics studio in the garden.

Skilled craftsman cut and fit the pieces together like a puzzle until a beautiful patchwork of multi-colored wood emerged.

Pim and her son Mo hang out by a mosaic wall of wood scraps.

During construction of the guesthouse, Mo thought it might be a good idea to build something else with all the scraps and reclaimed wood.

A design session in which they figured out where each window and door would go in the studio.

The result is another mosaic of reclaimed and salvaged wood.

The studio is a small L-shape building in the back part of the garden on the same lot as the Sala.

Various sized and shaped windows and doors from a large portion of the studio's walls.

The inside of the ceramics studio.

The roof is covered with corrugated tin.

An open deck serves as the main work station for Pim's ceramics.

Pim and her ceramics studio.