Make Countertop Out Of Hardwood Flooring

How to make wood countertops.

Make countertop out of hardwood flooring.

You can choose between using flooring reclaimed wood or wooden boards for your countertop depending upon the look and availability of the wood. 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. 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. All boards are like this 2 x 4 s are actually 1 5 x 3 5 etc so when we cut them down by 1 4 inch on each side that equaled 1 2 inch per board which brought it down to 5 inches per board.

So this is actually true i was ripping out old hardwood floor tongue groove real wood not sure maybe oak from our old linen cupboard and keeping the nice pieces and then had an idea to make a countertop for the linen cupboard that i plan to build in the redone bathroom with a thought that maybe i could re use these boards to create. Hardwood flooring boards are often milled from quality lumber that is more expensive if you buy if by the board foot so it makes sense to put boards. 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. 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.

Find a large flat surface to lay your countertop out on. Creating a countertop requires some basic home improvement skills such as accurate measuring sawing gluing and sanding. 24 inch cabinets and a 1 inch overhang. Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11.

Cut wood in desired lengths or if you ve bought them at a store have them cut for you. Learn how to make a diy wood countertop. 5 inches times 5 boards comes out to 25 inch depth for the countertop. We used the floor of the sunroom until it was finished then we used the floor of the garage.

However we have made a few countertops out of wood flooring instead with great results.