Make A Countertop From Hardwood Floor

Learn how to make a diy wood countertop.

Make a countertop from hardwood floor.

You can use pretty much any flooring you want. 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. My countertop that i made from red oak hardwood flooring is finished. I m thrilled you have because we couldn t be happier with the way our rv kitchen countertops turned out.

Cut a plywood base the shape of your countertop but subtract the thickness of your finish material from the desired final width. Start by making the first plank flush with the edge of the plywood that way you can add the front piece later and make the countertop look like a solid hunk of wood. How to make a diy wood countertop and how i gave it a tiny bit of aging too. You can see the aging just a bit in this photo.

Here s how it turned out and it was super simple. Making the actual countertop is simple you just install the wood the same way you would on the floor. I used 3 4 flooring for my countertops so i made my plywood base 3 4 narrower why. I actually have one finished project in my pantry now.

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 choose between using flooring reclaimed wood or wooden boards for your countertop depending upon the look and availability of the wood. We used the floor of the sunroom until it was finished then we used the floor of the garage. All i had to do was sand wood fill sand sand again sand once more bleach sand bleach again sand again stain sand and.

To install the planks simply add some wood glue. Have you ever considered putting a wood countertop somewhere in your home. One thing i can actually officially cross off of my to do list for that room. Find a large flat surface to lay your countertop out on.

Here s a quick video where i touch on the steps we took to create the wood counters from flooring in our rv. Or do you have one already. 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. How to make a countertop using wood flooring.

Creating a countertop requires some basic home improvement skills such as accurate measuring sawing gluing and sanding. If you ve come this far i m guessing you ve decided to use flooring to make some awesome countertops. It really was not hard to do at all. I wanted it to have a bit since the floor also looked aged.