Wooden bathroom furniture

[telbert]

Just getting the bathroom finished and now i need to start looking for some furniture. Im looking for a tallboy, medium / dark wood, classic styling ( by that i mean not modern) matching wooden wall cabinet and mirror. Any ideas where i should be looking?

 

[Pickman's model]

telbert try asking in recycle your stuff in community

 

[Looby]

I’ve done really well on gumtree for nice wooden furniture. My friend used Facebook a lot when she was renovating her house.

 

[Cid]

Look for tropical hardwoods; the general mahogany family - Iroko, Sapele or whatever the go-to mahogany substitute was for the thing you're buying. Other less mould-prone hardwoods will also do, oak etc. And tbh cheaper (stained) pines and the like will probably be ok as long as they've been treated right. Go for solid timber, not veneer unless you're buying new and the product is designed for bathroom/kitchen.

Gumtree, local groups, ebay, facebook marketplace etc.

 

[StoneRoad]

Surprisingly, some architectural salvage / house clearance / furniture renovation places can have a good bargain or three.

Sapele is the modern mahogany, Iroko is the poor man's teak - anything you get should be solid wood. If it isn't you will need to seal the surfaces (all of them) with a decent oil-based varnish (use satin if you don't want a high level of shine).

 

[Epona]

Look for tropical hardwoods; the general mahogany family - Iroko, Sapele or whatever the go-to mahogany substitute was for the thing you're buying. Other less mould-prone hardwoods will also do, oak etc. And tbh cheaper (stained) pines and the like will probably be ok as long as they've been treated right. Go for solid timber, not veneer unless you're buying new and the product is designed for bathroom/kitchen.

Gumtree, local groups, ebay, facebook marketplace etc.

This is so true, the people who lived here previously put in some sort of pine panelling on the lower half of the walls in the WC of all places - whatever it is, it is a soft wood with a lot of knots (they are interesting, but provide cracks and gaps for moisture to enter) - I think they were going for some sort of beach hut or shipwreck on the cheap theme (I have no idea), but they left the wood exposed and unfinished and although it has no mould or warping, it quickly became discoloured in some places.

Since I may well be moving, I don't want to expend a whole lot of effort on it, as I can see that the nice even plaster on the wall ends where the panelling starts and there is thick vinyl wall covering that it is installed on top of, I am not going to rip the panelling out as there are no smooth walls under there - I'll probably put some wood beading along the top edge of the panelling (very small diameter stuff, just to cover any ragged looking bits), then borrow a sander and invest in a large tin of wood primer - the aim being to end up with the whole shebang painted in as innocuous a way as possible.

I am sure when the previous owners did it, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time and I ought to be thankful that it didn't go any further than that - replacing the window with a porthole or embedding a fishing net complete with floats in a thin layer of plaster or something. That sort of look for bathrooms/WCs was briefly popular some time back (often in seafood restaurants). It all looks quite dated these days, and doesn't come under the heading of easy to change.

 

[Cid]

Surprisingly, some architectural salvage / house clearance / furniture renovation places can have a good bargain or three.

Sapele is the modern mahogany, Iroko is the poor man's teak - anything you get should be solid wood. If it isn't you will need to seal the surfaces (all of them) with a decent oil-based varnish (use satin if you don't want a high level of shine).

Yeah, you’re right. Though I’ve rarely used Iroko as I would teak... much nicer looking wood in many ways, goes/stays dark left indoors.

You can use oil if you don’t like varnish... Osmo do products design for kitchen and bathroom. Not cheap, but don’t need much.

 

[StoneRoad]

Aye, real (old) teak is lovely wood, has a beautiful grain.
Some might say it is difficult to work with, it certainly blunts tools quickly!

 

[Poi E]

Used some sapele and recycled iroko (from old science tables) in our bathroom. Coated them with Epifanes yacht varnish. Toxic to use but single pack and an incredibly hard finish that takes cleaning chemicals no problem.

 

[Manter]

Just getting the bathroom finished and now i need to start looking for some furniture. Im looking for a tallboy, medium / dark wood, classic styling ( by that i mean not modern) matching wooden wall cabinet and mirror. Any ideas where i should be looking?

Victoria plum, John Lewis, B&Q or drench would be my starting places. Our stuff came from drench

 

[pengaleng]

rots.