Studio Progress & Countertop Choice

Yesterday, I shared three concepts that I had for creating an extra-long countertop to span my 19.5-foot wall within the studio, and y’all had some tremendous artistic concepts for me! My thoughts has been reeling with the entire completely different concepts, and ultimately, I’ve determined to make use of hardwood flooring to create the countertop.

There have been just a few causes that I made a decision to go along with this feature. First, I’ve performed it earlier than, so I do know it can work. I used 3/4-inch crimson oak hardwood flooring to make the countertop in our walk-in pantry.

So there shall be no guesswork or trial and error with this. I’ve already performed it, and it turned out nice, and I’ve my outdated weblog posts to refer again to in order that I can refresh my reminiscence on the method. You possibly can see how I made these counter tops right here.

The second motive I made a decision to go along with hardwood flooring as a countertop is as a result of the result’s a sturdy stable wooden floor at a fraction of the price of butcherblock. I’ll most likely go along with unfinished maple for the studio counter tops, and that runs about $6.30/sq. foot. That’s about $283.50 for the lengthy 19.5-foot countertop, after which I’ll want to purchase plywood for the substrate. However even with that, I’m nonetheless lower than $500 for a 19.5-foot wooden countertop.

The third motive is clear — no straight seams or joints. This was my predominant concern with utilizing butcherblock or sheet laminate. Whether or not I’ve one seam or joint within the center, or two offset seams or joints, they might trouble me both method. I simply needed one thing to look as a stable, uninterrupted floor.

And the ultimate motive is that it may be in-built place. There are a number of countertop choices that require being constructed elsewhere after which being put into place. And instance could be the butcherblock-style countertop that I made for our hallway toilet.

That countertop is manufactured from stable pine 2 x 3’s glued and screwed to one another, after which reduce right down to dimension. I needed to construct it the wrong way up (utilizing my entrance porch as a piece bench), after which as soon as it was assembled, I turned it over, reduce it to dimension, after which introduced it inside and set it in place.

Now think about doing that with a 20-foot-long countertop. 😀 Yeah, that might be unimaginable.

So DIYing my very own butcherblock countertop utilizing this technique was by no means an choice for the studio. I wanted one thing that could possibly be in-built place, and by no means wanted to be picked up and carried and set in place.

The successful concept, and the one I felt probably the most assured and peaceable about, is constructing a countertop utilizing hardwood flooring over a plywood substrate. And now that I’ve selected it, I’m truly fairly enthusiastic about it. I simply have to determine on the particular wooden species that I wish to use. I do know for positive that I don’t wish to use crimson oak. I’ve had my fill of crimson oak since that’s what our hardwood flooring is all through the home, and that’s what I used on the pantry countertop. With a view to get that countertop the colour it’s, I needed to bleach the wooden to take away the crimson/pink undertones. I’d like to have the ability to skip that step by deciding on a wooden that doesn’t have that crimson/pink undertone. I believe I’ve narrowed it right down to white oak and maple.

In different information, I’m lastly going to start out portray the checkerboard design on the ground at the moment. I’ve bought every thing prepped, taped, and able to go. So by Monday, I ought to even have this portion of the ground completed and able to present you!

I’m so excited to see precise progress on this room! It’s been a very long time coming, and it’s so enjoyable to lastly see my imaginative and prescient come to life.

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