Staples for your brad gun.
Countertops from wood flooring.
2 1 4 inch wide unfinished hardwood floor planks.
120 grit sandpaper for your hand sander.
Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11.
My countertop goes wall to wall so the ends don t matter 2.
I used unfinished 3 4 oak wood floor material because it was cheaper than buying regular 3 4 oak from the lumber store.
It s so much easier than you thought.
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.
Sandpaper for your belt sander 3 different grits we used 35 80 and 120.
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.
How to build butcher block countertops from leftover unfinished hardwood flooring supplies.
If the ends of your countertop are going to be exposed do the same adjustment for the length.
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 diy wood countertop and how i gave it a tiny bit of aging too.
How to make a countertop using wood flooring.
I m back today to share another tutorial for the recently completed coastal farmhouse laundry.