Building A Wooden Kitchen Countertop

Remove your old countertop.

Building a wooden kitchen countertop.

I had some beautiful rough sawn maple on hand so that s what i. Create your very own diy wood countertop and even add a little faux aging if you like. Decide what wood you would like to use. How to make a wooden countertop step 1.

It will be far easier to take the dimensions once it is. Record the length width and depth on a piece of paper. First of all pick your wood. The greater the number of boards you join the more stable your finished countertop will be.

After this i ran it through the planer a couple of times on the ends to get it straight. The easiest way is to take some wooden planks measure them cut send and arrange in a countertop. Use the tape measure to get the dimensions of the countertop area in your kitchen. Then draw or create a template by taping several sheets of paper together.

Don chose to make the countertop in one large unit including the hole where the. An end grain butcher block countertop is made by joining several parallel strips that are an inch and a half to two inches wide. It s so much easier than you thought. The board footage reflects the configuration of our particular kitchen.

I suppose that making a wooden countertop is even easier in case you have some wood working skills. How to make a diy wood countertop and how i gave it a tiny bit of aging too. Many people might prefer a harder wood such as oak. Measure the counter with a measuring tape once it is removed.

Work slowly and carefully to ensure that you do not wreck the cabinetry. Find boards that have a width around 6 as a standard counter should be made up of at least four boards to remain stable. Keep in mind the wood my husband used to build out countertop is a soft wood spanish cedar selected to match the previous countertop. The design template will give you a rough cutout of the counter space and aid you when you make your initial cuts of wood.