However we have made a few countertops out of wood flooring instead with great results.
Countertops from wood flooring.
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.
How to build butcher block countertops from leftover unfinished hardwood flooring supplies.
Sandpaper for your belt sander 3 different grits we used 35 80 and 120.
120 grit sandpaper for your hand sander.
Food safe butcher block sealer.
Staples for your brad gun.
How to make a countertop using wood flooring.
My countertop goes wall to wall so the ends don t matter 2.
Create your very own diy wood countertop and even add a little faux aging if you like.
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.
How to make a diy wood countertop and how i gave it a tiny bit of aging too.
Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11.
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.
I m back today to share another tutorial for the recently completed coastal farmhouse laundry.
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.
I used unfinished 3 4 oak wood floor material because it was cheaper than buying regular 3 4 oak from the lumber store.