the like the surface of the boards in addition to including a wash 110 may also be machine finished such as having a hammer finish or using other tooling and engraving machines to create various irregularities or patterns in the surface turning to fig3 there is illustrated a storage chest 112 constructed from any one of or combination of the boards 100 108 108 u2032 as previously described the boards are used as conventional wood boards in this regard the boards 100 108 108 u2032 can be cut using conventional sawing techniques and drilled with holes as may be required the boards may be attached together using screws intended for plastic materials in addition it is also contemplated that adhesives may be used to join the boards together turning now to fig4 there is illustrated an article of furniture in the nature of a chair 120 having a frame 122 constructed from the faux wood building materials in accordance with the present invention by way of illustration only the frame 122 forms a plurality of legs 124 for supporting the article on an underlying surface the frame 122 further includes cross braces 126 and optionally sidearms 128 in the illustrative embodiment the sidearms 128 are formed.