How to Select Wooden Bathroom Furniture

Bathroom furniture is a main character in bathroom decoration, it is also one of the three must own items within a bathroom. How to select and distinguish between good and bad bathroom cabinet products and to make the most of the money you spend? First of all, you must get an all-round understanding about the bathroom furniture products from the following aspects. As for solid wood bathroom furniture, according to their physical properties and waterproof, anti-corrosion efficacy, oak is particularly the best choice.

- Flake board bathroom furniture

This kind of bathroom furniture is most commonly found in low cost bathroom and kitchen furniture ranges. It is processed from wood waste and obtain very high water absorption rate. You can identify them from the edge of lumber at both the opening and interface. Manufacturers often produce it by pasting emulated paper leather, wood leather, plastic skin, packaging the edges with other materials, and then spreading it with different colors of paint.

- Cabinet work board bathroom furniture

It is usually found in a number of low-cost or medium priced range wooden bathroom furniture. Because the structure of the furniture is composed by joining many different wood slices together, thus the prices are depended on different material used. Its anti-compression capacity is rather weak because of the combined structured, e.g., if the surface paint is not well done, sun-exposure and humidity will cause all sort of problems including ripped open on the leg plinth etc.

- MDF (Medium Density Fiber) board bathroom furniture



It is relatively prevalent in some household furniture. Using for decoration of indoor exhibition stand and shelf, the waterproof and moisture proof are not as good as other material made furniture. This explains why this kind of furniture often easier to be cracked, it is not appropriate to use the MDF furniture within the humidity environment of bathroom.

- Oak board bathroom furniture

Oak bears unique wood-grain, corrode-resisting wood core, high density and solid texture.. Bathrooms furniture made of oak possesses the advantages of mahogany furniture: elegant, calm, and dignified. But its price is much lower than mahogany. Because of its numerous advantages, oak is widely used to produce beer barrel, grape-wine barrels, bathrooms casks, floor, and outdoor wooden bridge, etc. It is also the most ideal material to produce bathroom cabinet. On the basis of color, Oak can be classified into: white oak and red oak. White oaks are more popular amount urban users because users can easily blend the colour into their existing deco style.

Here are 4 tips to select the perfect Bathroom Cabinet

* For ordinary families, the best choice of bathroom cabinet is wall-mounted cabinet, plinth cabinet or wheeled cabinet. It will effectively isolate the ground moisture;
* Check the spare parts of the bathroom cabinets before purchasing. If they are all made of moisture-proof aluminum or stainless steel materials, the moisture-resistance performance will be guaranteed.
* It is necessary to check the opening degree of bathroom cabinet hinge. When the opening angle reaches 180 degrees, it is more convenient to pick and place items;
* During selecting the style of bathroom cabinet, it is necessary to ensure the repair of water pipes and the valve switches. Do not leave troubles to subsequent maintenance and repair.

by JORDAN SUN