Thread: Source or options for timber for kitchen

Iam taking a plunge here but guessing your not in Australia.

Those kitchens do look awesome though.

Originally Posted by Tonto

Iam taking a plunge here but guessing your not in Australia.

"Timber has to be available from Brisbane or nearby."

I'm guessing he is

A net search of "distressing timber" brings up a few hits. But if you buy the right sort of recycled timber you may not need to do much to it.

I love the look myself - early onset of patina - yum!

Get some old fence palings, joint and thickness (but not too far into the new wood). Laminate them onto an mdf substrate for stability. Cheap as chips and will look sensational - full of character. People will say "where did you get the timber?".

Yup, in OZ guys, currently in western QLD, but the new house build is north west Brisbane.

I am going to make a new kitchen out of Camphor Laurel. Even new Camphor has a wild rustic look.

If you are keen on metal edging, it'd also be worthwhile 'antiquing' that as well - ball peen hammer, light touches with a grinder, rounding over sharp edges, maybe even rust pitting in spots and a shallow drill hole or two, then painting with a black epoxy paint to 'hide' the marks. Personally, I think that redder timbers work really really well with brass; while dark brown ones work best with black or possibly that dark machine green for contrast. If you leave the brass unfinished you could let it tarnish naturally, or accelerate the tarnish.

Hi Splinter, yes a black metal edge, or even leave it with a little rust in the odd spot, definitely a little on the rougher side, was thinking the Steel Blackening (cold bath), kind of like the black phosphor? finish on bolts, and wax, that way it looks a lot more like real steel, and may pattenate a little more over time. I wasn't going to go over the top with surface finish and trying to do a faux antique or hand beaten finish, more a simple used industrial look I guess.

All very good suggestions and feedback so far, keep em coming!

If you search these forums, you'll find info on how to do that black passivate finish - you need to either make a trip to a pottery place, or take some batteries apart to get some manganese dioxide.

A slightly easier way for large parts may be some of the gun blue solutions from gun stores.