I will have a walnut vanity and other items in the bathroom.
I also have a tiled box that will get a top on it. It will be like a shampoo shelf or for decoration or other things.
The joinery workshop showed a solid walnut slab. It would be expensive and not at all like the bathroom furniture. Instead, he suggested a veneered slab with many layers of lacquer.
Would you go with that? Or take another solid wood species that you might stain/paint/lacquer to resemble walnut?
I'm a bit skeptical about the solid edge band, if there will be a seam that could be annoying.
I also have a tiled box that will get a top on it. It will be like a shampoo shelf or for decoration or other things.
The joinery workshop showed a solid walnut slab. It would be expensive and not at all like the bathroom furniture. Instead, he suggested a veneered slab with many layers of lacquer.
Would you go with that? Or take another solid wood species that you might stain/paint/lacquer to resemble walnut?
I'm a bit skeptical about the solid edge band, if there will be a seam that could be annoying.
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Why not tiles on top as well?
But veneered sounds like about the worst choice (it's in/near the shower where you should have the shampoo).
A solid piece of wood sounds better. Probably doesn't cost that much to replace when/if it deteriorates either.
But veneered sounds like about the worst choice (it's in/near the shower where you should have the shampoo).
A solid piece of wood sounds better. Probably doesn't cost that much to replace when/if it deteriorates either.
Hard to find a tile slab that is 120x30 that looks like walnut. 
It is near a bathtub, but it will get minimal splashes since I also have a shower cabin, so the bathtub is more of a relaxation thing.
The question is how to manage to treat another type of wood so it looks like walnut. Easy or difficult?
It is near a bathtub, but it will get minimal splashes since I also have a shower cabin, so the bathtub is more of a relaxation thing.
The question is how to manage to treat another type of wood so it looks like walnut. Easy or difficult?
Teak is probably the type of wood that withstands water the best.
It can certainly be treated with pigmented oil to achieve the right tone.
Actually very similar to walnut from the start as well.
It can certainly be treated with pigmented oil to achieve the right tone.
Actually very similar to walnut from the start as well.
Is there an option to place glass on top and seal so the wood is protected?
Sure, I can lay glass.
I went and checked out a building supply store and saw some demo kitchens. Pieces of countertops.
Oiled cherry looked pretty nice... How would a solid one be?
I went and checked out a building supply store and saw some demo kitchens. Pieces of countertops.
Oiled cherry looked pretty nice... How would a solid one be?
Yrrol said:S...
It is close to a bathtub, but there will be minimal splashing since I also have a shower cabin, so the bathtub will be more for relaxation.../QUOTE]
When I used to bathe in the bathtub, you would always rinse off before getting out of the tub.
New times new habits
It still feels like in that case you would shower quickly and in a controlled manner.. not scrubbing and fussing for half an hour as one might do in the cabin. But I can admit to having poor knowledge of bathtub habits since I have only showered. The bathtub was mostly a look-good thing when it was purchased.
Then you don't have to worry about water resistanceYrrol said:
How do you get hold of rarer types of wood?
Is it usually possible to order such through your usual hardware store?
I'm thinking of cherry.
Is it usually possible to order such through your usual hardware store?
I'm thinking of cherry.
If you're nesting near Gothenburg, then ABI trä is good http://www.abitra.se/
Not the cheapest, but with a large selection and good quality.
They are located in Västra Frölunda.
See page 15 in http://www.abitra.se/filearchive/1/1368/AbiTra_sortimentskatalog.pdf
There you'll find plenty of cherry and walnut
Not the cheapest, but with a large selection and good quality.
They are located in Västra Frölunda.
See page 15 in http://www.abitra.se/filearchive/1/1368/AbiTra_sortimentskatalog.pdf
There you'll find plenty of cherry and walnut