Custom wood slat walls · Winnipeg, Manitoba
Each wood slat wall is a run of laser-cut fins whose depths follow a wave, sized to the inch of your wall and finished by hand in birch plywood or MDF.
CMH1325 · CO2 · 0.5 in birch · one pass
The making
Every wall goes through the same four stages in the shop, in this order, one order at a time. The fins start as a parametric file and end up on your studs.
The fin profiles are nested on a 4 × 8 ft sheet and cut on the CO2 laser in a single pass. Contours, profiles and fine detail come off the laser. Straight stock is cut on the saw.
The kerf edges are cleaned up and every fin is sanded. Then it takes a matte oil, or primer and paint.
Each fin is numbered and mounted one at a time on a backing panel. The panel is screwed into the studs, so the wave lines up across the whole wall.
Once the wall is up, light catches each fin at a different depth, so the shape shifts through the day.
Patterns
The depth of every fin is a number in the file, so one feature wall can carry a wave, a ripple, peaks, or a whole picture. These four are drawn with the same model as the wall at the top of the page.
One long crest that rolls from one end of the wall to the other.
Rings that spread out across the fins from a single point.
Raised points that climb out of the wall and fall back into it.
Carried by fin depth. From the front the image appears. From the side it reads as a slat wall.
Colour ideas are welcome. An MDF wall can be painted any colour, and a birch plywood wall can be oiled or stained.
Materials
Both are cut from 0.5 in stock and both stand up to 6.5 in off the wall. The choice comes down to what you want people to notice first.
Paint grade. Primed and painted any colour you like, with a solid, even tone from edge to face. Choose it when the shape should do the talking rather than the grain.
Natural grain, finished with oil, or with a stain under a clear coat. Choose it when the wood itself should be the star.
Commission
Four steps from a tape measure on your wall to fins on your studs. You deal with the same person at every one.
We measure the wall and talk through material, depth and budget.
I build a parametric file to your wall's exact dimensions, so every fin is drawn for its place on that wall.
Contours are cut on the laser and straight stock on the saw. Every fin is sanded and finished by hand.
Delivered and mounted in Winnipeg, or shipped anywhere with install notes.
The shop
TimberWave is a one-person shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I design, cut and finish every wall by hand, one order at a time.
Each custom wall is drawn to the exact dimensions of the wall it's going on, never a stock size. The laser handles the contours, profiles and fine detail. The saw handles the straight stock.
FAQ
MDF is the budget-friendly, paint-grade option, primed and painted any colour for a solid, even tone. Choose it when the shape should do the talking. Birch plywood is the premium option, with natural grain under oil, or stain and a clear coat. Choose it when the wood itself should be the star.
Fins are cut from 0.5 in stock and can stand up to 6.5 in off the wall.
No. Every wall is drawn to your exact wall dimensions, so there is no stock size to choose from.
Yes. In Winnipeg the wall is delivered and mounted. Anywhere else it ships with install notes.
Yes. The picture is carried by fin depth. Seen from the front the image appears, and from the side it reads as a slat wall.
Your wall size, a material choice (or "not sure"), the look you're after, a straight-on photo, and where the wall is going. The full list is just below.
Quote
Send these five things by email and I'll reply with a real quote for your wall.
hello@timberwave.ca
The email opens with the five questions already filled in. Attach the photo and send it as it is.