Japandi Bathrooms: What the Wood Is Actually Doing
Timber in a bathroom is a material decision before it is a style one. Which species survive, how to seal them, and where wood is the wrong answer.
Bathrooms are small, wet and full of things that cannot move, which makes them the room where design has the least room to manoeuvre and the most to gain. A bathroom that has been thought about is obvious within two seconds of the door opening.
The leverage is in a short list: tile that isn’t fighting the room’s proportions, a vanity that gives you real storage rather than a pedestal and a wish, mirrors placed where they actually double the light, and lighting at face height rather than only overhead. Materials matter more here than anywhere — this is a room where the wrong finish shows water spots forever. Ideas here run from full renovations to what a weekend and a tin of paint can do.
Timber in a bathroom is a material decision before it is a style one. Which species survive, how to seal them, and where wood is the wrong answer.