Oak is a beautiful, natural wood which can look equally at home in a contemporary or traditional home. If you’re interested in bringing a natural look to your bathroom, some oak bathroom cabinets would be a good place to start. Solid oak cabinets have a high end appeal, but if your home and bathroom are modern in style, you may find that oak veneered pieces ideally complement your space – and, crucially, these pieces will be less costly.

Fitted furniture is a popular choice for the bathroom, as households strive to create a relaxing haven for some personal pampering after a stressful day at work. The storage space that bathroom furniture provides is central to creating a minimal look in the bathroom: tidying away excess bottles and towels, children’s bath toys, and assorted hygiene and beauty products will leave you with clear surfaces and a sense of calm.

Oak is a light coloured material that will look good in most spaces.  It will complement a smaller bathroom better than walnut or wenge, and it can be matched with most colour schemes and materials. And oak fitted bathroom furniture ranges will usually include all the units you would expect, from vanity units and bathroom cabinets to storage units, WC units, and linen cupboards, with sizes varying from, for example, a slim vanity unit perfect for a tiny cloakroom, to larger and more luxurious washstands with double or extra wide basins.

If you have a specific size or type of bathroom cabinet in mind, do make sure that the range of fitted bathroom furniture you prefer includes a bathroom cabinet in that size or style: mixing and matching between ranges, while fine in gloss white finishes, is a little trickier when you’re working with oak, because of the natural variations in the wood. Buying from one supplier will help to improve the match in colour and grain across your full set of fitted bathroom furniture.

Wooden items sold for use in the bathroom should have been protectively coated by their manufacturer to afford their surfaces some protection from the moist environment and splashes of water that are a feature of all bathrooms. You can help extend the life of your new fitted bathroom furniture and bathroom cabinets by ensuring your bathroom is adequately ventilated, and by wiping up moisture and splashes so that no standing water is left on wooden surfaces for too long.

In choosing a natural material such as oak, you’re committing yourself as well to maintaining a reasonable level of aftercare throughout the life of your fitted bathroom furniture.  Regular cleaning will be needed to prevent dirt building up and becoming ingrained in your furniture, while a periodic polish will help to maintain your oak’s lustrous finish.