I am building a pretty extensive built in for our mudroom to clean it up and organize it. I had planned to use 5x5 Baltic birch and spray it white, but the thought occurred to me how much easier it would be to A) skip the painting step and B) have a durable and easily cleanable surface especially in a MUD room with 2 kids. I would buy it from a reputable lumber supplier, NOT the BORG.
Ive worked with melamine before and know how finicky and easily it chips, and I know it’s heavy, and I have all the edge banding tools. Besides that, am I overlooking any negatives about the material? I know some will say melamine is plastic-y, which it is but it’s a mudroom.
Eliminating the painting step is a pretty huge benefit as I can just build and install rather than dealing with setting up my paint booth in the garage and dealing with fumes and wait times, etc. I’d plan to build shaker style doors out of poplar and ply and spray them, but once I’m at that point the cabinets would be useable and I’d have less pressure to complete them.
Thoughts, suggestions?