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Veneer Vs. Solid Wood. Are you choosing the right material for your locker?

When designing a locker, Hollman wants to make sure you select the right material to enhance your locker room’s aesthetics, meet your functional needs, and remain durable throughout time. With over 45 years of manufacturing wood lockers, our experienced team will ensure you make the right decision for your locker room needs. 

Let’s start with understanding the differences between solid wood and veneer:

Solid Wood

  • Advantages
    • Solid wood is durable and easy to repair. These include scratches, dents & stains. However, the worse the damage, the more expensive it will be to repair, but it is still repairable.
    • Solid wood is the best material to create cabinet frames, furniture legs, and other dimensional features.
  • Disadvantages
    • When exposed to different temperatures and humidity, it will expand or contract and may split along the grain of the wood. Warping and twisting are also a result of changes to the environment.
    • Tree Size limitations can limit your selection. Trees do not grow large enough to produce a wide enough board. To compensate for the limitation, edge lamination must occur, which creates weak points in the material.

Veneer

  • Advantages
    • It’s environmentally friendly! We can produce 20 veneer panels with 1 log vs only 1 panel with solid wood. Having this ability with veneer allows an increased yield from each tree, conserving natural resources while maintaining the natural aesthetics.
    • Veneer creates new design possibilities. Veneer panels are thin and bonded to a substrate, allowing designs that are not possible with solid wood.
    • Stable Substrate. The technique on how veneer is bonded to medium-density fiberboard creates a stable substrate. The stability produces surfaces that are not prone to warp, split, or seasonal movement.
  • Disadvantages
    • It’s thin. It is easy to sand through a veneer layer during fabrication, making it challenging to repair.  However, at Hollman, our skilled craftsmanship uses innovative technology, allowing for durable bonding to its substrate.

Still not sure which material is best for you? Check out our Wood Veneer or contact Our team who can walk you through the differences and send you samples to ensure you are making the right decision for your locker room.

Titanium Wood Veneer

Hollman’s new pre-finished wood veneer collection is the perfect solution for a modern design. This new collection comes in trending wood stains; the pre-finished wood veneer also has the added benefit of having a titanium finish.

Titanium-finished wood veneer creates a more durable veneer locker for country clubs and or resorts. The titanium finish on the wood veneer locker provides added protection to the veneer, giving it a scratch-resistant surface. Also, the finish helps provide a dirt-resistant coat, helping your locker sustain over time.

Our wood veneer is FSC® certified to guarantee responsible forestry. These top-quality wood veneer lockers ensure a continuous wood look without significant visual interruptions and color consistency throughout your entire locker room. We have 3 pre-finished stains to choose from to help you create a stylish design and distinctive locker.

  • BASHO
  • APPALACHIAN
  • TERGO

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Project Insights: Elkhorn Lodge Ski Lockers

‘Exclusive, Premier, World-Class Elegance’ are all used to describe Elkhorn Lodge in Beaver Creek Resort with Hollman Club, Resort and Ski Lockers

INTRODUCTION

‘Exclusive, Premier, World-Class Elegance’ are all used to describe Elkhorn Lodge in Beaver Creek Resort. In an upscale location, Elkhorn offers a spectacular backdrop for gatherings of 10-30 participants.’ The guests can enjoy skiing from a variety of villages between the resort. With all of the ski options the resort offers, Elkhorn needs to provide a storage solution while maintaining its exclusive and luxurious experience. For this reason, they partnered with Hollman Ski Lockers to develop a storage solution.

CHALLENGE

Like other companies, Elkhorn wants to provide germ-free, clean, and safe facilities for their customers and guests. Secondly, they want their lockers to be durable, water-resistant, and functional. Additionally, they need to be large enough to store skis, snowboards, and additional gear.

SOLUTION + BENEFIT

Elkhorn’s design team, Victor Mark Donaldson Architects, was aware of the challenges they needed to overcome. With Hollman lockers’ help, they were able to go above and beyond Elkhorn Lodge’s expectations and needs. Hollman provided single-tier, wood veneer lockers with a nanolam interior, solid surface shelving, and some benches. 

The single-tier model A lockers are 30W x 30D x 84L. Certainly large enough to store guest skis, snowboards, and gear. The lockers also have a water-resistant core. The MedEx core stops the veneer lockers from absorbing water. The nanolam interior is antimicrobial and keeps mold and bacteria from growing. 

The wood veneer flat benches are 20W x 60L and stained to match the lockers. Hollman also provided Elkhorn Lodge with amenities such as wood-framed mirrors and foldable towel rack wall mounts.

RESULTS

With the help of Hollman club, resort, and ski lockers, Elkhorn Lodge was able to keep their club experience comfortable, luxurious, and clean. Hollman’s team worked together to develop the ultimate storage solution for Elkhorn’s guests’ ski equipment and belongings.

In conclusion, Elkhorn Lodge’s ski lockers provide guests space to store their skis, snowboards, and gear without worrying about bacteria, mold, or damage. The nanolam interior is antimicrobial material that reduces the chance of staph infection by 99.79%. This high-tech laminate resists scratches and abrasions which may occur from ski equipment. The lockers also have a MedEx core to protect against the melted snow.

Above all, these lockers are durable, antimicrobial, and water-resistant. At the same time, maintaining the luxurious, exclusive experience, Elkhorn Lodge provides.

Project Breakdown

LOCATION: Beaver Creek, CO
MATERIALS: Wood Veneer – Cherry Amber, Nanolam – Formica Fog, Solid Surface – Maple Sugar
FEATURES: Nanolam interior, MedEx Core

Sources: Vail Resorts

Project Details

Explore Club, Resort + Ski

Hollman specializes in the equipment that country clubs need, with quality reimagined at every stage – from start to finish.  We seek to surpass expectations with a focus on function, form, space and design so your members enjoy comfortable surroundings and amenities of distinction with every visit.

    Discover Wood Veneer

    To enhance the sophisticated styling of your space, we recommend our signature inch-thick locker doors, which add luxury both in look and feel. For a true five-star space, look no further than our wood lockers.

      Discover Nanolam

      Our Nanolam material looks and feels soft and luxurious, but it’s powerful. This high-tech laminate resists scratches, abrasions, rubbing, and dry heat.

        A Vision For the Future

        THE ULTIMATE PRIVATE CLUB LOCKER SOLUTION

        At Hollman, building a locker starts with our innovative Research & Development and Products team.  Our teams work extraordinarily hard to maintain an open dialogue with our customers to ensure that we continue to deliver products and services that you value. This relationship fosters a level of pride in our work that is immeasurable. It also provides us with insight into the needs of Private Club lockers to manufacture an innovative locker solution that fits the club’s needs.

        Feedback this year from our customers was focused on member and employee wellness.  Our most exciting update based on customer feedback is providing our antimicrobial material solution, Nanloam, in all locker interiors.  This smart material helps resist the growth and spread of mold and bacteria.  

        With functionality central to our design method, we created a locker that helps your members optimize their personal space. Our team incorporated an optional tennis racket and golf club holder as well as a frosted acrylic tray to help promote an organization.  And we have also added modern, optional amenities to the locker that include touchless lock technology solutions and embed, wireless, USB cell phone charging surface. These are just a few of many more options to come as we want our customers to truly create a space that truly reflects their club and members.

        Below is a sneak peek at our 2021 Private Club Locker Solution.  

        Have additional feedback on what you would like to see? Let us know!

        To learn how to upgrade your locker room, connect with us HERE to get started!

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          Discover Country Club Lockers

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            Explore past storage solution projects for workspaces, athletics, country clubs, fitness, spas, resorts, and more.

              Featured Material: Discover Wood Veneer Lockers

              Wood Veneer Lockers that Set the New Gold Standard

              At Hollman, we are known for our craftsmanship of wood veneer lockers, which is why BoardRoom Magazine named Hollman Locker Room Firm of the Year 4 years in a row.

              Our ability to design and directly manufacture lockers in our Irving, Texas warehouse has given us the capability to find the most innovative solutions and designs for our customers. Our dedicated in-house woodworking and custom stain shop also allow us the flexibility to provide the customer with lockers that are custom matched to their environment.

              Over the last 44 years, we continue to improve our veneer locker methods by implementing new woodworking technology. Perfecting our methods starts with our selection of premium grade wood veneer. Our veneer has a solid, stable medium density fiberboard (MDF) with a concealed core. These features help provide a better solution over solid wood as it helps your locker avoid warping, contracting, or expanding over time. We know this solution is crucial which is why we incorporate it on all locker doors and end panels.

              To create the perfect color consistency and grain Hollman uses premium logs for cut and production. In addition to that, our automated stain process guarantees 99% less yellowing than traditional lacquer.

              Our stain process provides a consistent look other companies have difficulty achieving while ensuring our veneer lockers are the most sustainable and durable option available on the market. We use a UV finish on all locker doors to create a more durable locker that is antimicrobial and formaldehyde-free over competitor lockers stained with pre-catalyzed lacquers.

              We understand that your lockers should be built to withstand everyday wear and tear over time which is why, with our manufacturing capabilities, we are one of the only manufacturers offering 1-inch thick locker doors. To enhance your member’s experience, complete your locker with modern amenities including USB device charging, integrated lighting, and compartmentalized custom storage. 

              Hollman wood veneer lockers come in a wide range of wood species, stains, as well as a wide range of door styles that will perfectly complement your space, whether that be classic, traditional, or contemporary. 

              To learn how, connect with us HERE to get started on upgrading your locker room.

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              DISCOVER STAINS AND FINISHES

              For a true five-star space, look no further than our wood lockers.

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                  Project Insights: Alt Aspen Hybrid Storage

                  Discover the Hybrid Storage solutions at Alt Aspen where you can combine work and vacation – Ski and Workspace Lockers by Hollman

                  INTRODUCTION

                  When Wit Solberg took family vacations in Aspen, there was just one thing missing — workspace. “I would take my family out there and I worked, but I couldn’t find a place to work,” hesaid. Solberg and his business partners filled this void by purchasing 4,000 square feet for over 3 million for their next venture: Alt-Aspen. This unique coworking space is designed as an efficient working space so business types can get their jobs done without logistical hassles.

                  CHALLENGE

                  Alt-Aspen will include printing and scanning services, mail service, private offices and conference rooms, and on-site notary service. However, they needed a hybrid storage solution: lockers (which are large enough for skis or a bag of golf clubs). Hollman was tasked to design a locker to fit all of their members’ needs and still maintain the aesthetic of the interior design.

                  SOLUTION + BENEFIT

                  Hollman Lockers created Alt-Aspen’s storage solution that could accommodate both ski gear, and personal belongings for a productive work environment.

                  Hollman provided a combination of glass and wood veneer single-tier model A lockers, measuring 18″W x 24″D x 84″H. The back-painted glass doors use Sherwin Williams Wall Street and wood veneer doors in Clear Walnut to complement the outdoor landscape. Hollman built the lockers using MedEx Core, a water-resistant material because of the need for water-resistant, ski storage.

                  Each locker includes a power-grip ski holder and custom routing for an integrated ski boot dryer, for the ultimate ski storage solution.

                  RESULTS

                  Alt-Aspen’s on-site lockers provide the members of the co-working space with the perfect hybrid storage for recreational and work gear. “A lot of time in this town, people are doing business in their hotels,” Solberg said. “You’re by a mountain and people need to get to work, and there’s no place to do it. They don’t want this hanging over their heads.” Alt-Aspen “is for someone with access to the mountain, and maybe they just want some space with a locker.” 

                  PROJECT BREAKDOWN

                  LOCATION: Aspen, CO

                  MATERIALS: Glass – Sherwin Williams Wall Street, Wood Veneer- Clear Walnut, Laminate Interior – Frosty White

                  FEATURES: Power grip ski holder, Custom routing for ski boot dryer, water-resistant MedEx Core

                  Source: The Aspen Times

                  Project Details

                  Explore Ski Lockers

                  Ski locker rooms are a popular gathering spot and prime social space. Because they are essential to the overall club experience, they should be comfortable and luxurious.

                    Discover Glass

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                      Keyless1

                      Hollman’s most popular lock, the Keyless1, provides flexibility for your facility while giving your clients less to carry.