Making A Countertop From Hardwood Flooring

The unfinished wood was actually a little hard to find adam got some maple from a place called s s wood floors in san antonio.

Making a countertop from hardwood flooring.

We used the floor of the sunroom until it was finished then we used the floor of the garage. Or do you have one already. Have you ever considered putting a wood countertop somewhere in your home. However we have made a few countertops out of wood flooring instead with great results.

You can choose between using flooring reclaimed wood or wooden boards for your countertop depending upon the look and availability of the wood. Because you are going to put a face on your countertop to make it look thicker which will add to the total width. Find a large flat surface to lay your countertop out on. I wanted it to have a bit since the floor also looked aged.

Our wood flooring countertops 2 years later post on how we made them. Using the dimensions of the countertop you plan to make lay out the wood with all pieces facing the same direction fitting it together like a puzzle so that you know where everything goes. That was the price of the flooring and we had the rest of the materials on hand but if we didn t the total cost would have still only been about 60. It really was not hard to do at all.

For this project adam wanted unfinished solid hardwood but we used engineered and prefinished flooring leftover from our floor for the countertop in our laundry room. You can see the aging just a bit in this photo. How to make a diy wood countertop and how i gave it a tiny bit of aging too. Creating a countertop requires some basic home improvement skills such as accurate measuring sawing gluing and sanding.

How to make a countertop using wood flooring. Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11. Diy butcherblock style countertop made from red oak solid hardwood flooring part 1 on october 23 2018 by kristi 75 i made some serious progress on one of the biggest pantry projects yesterday my butcherblock style countertops that i made out of the same red oak solid hardwood flooring that i have on my floors throughout my house. Cut a plywood base the shape of your countertop but subtract the thickness of your finish material from the desired final width.