Anyone who works with wood more than likely has a lot of scraps lying around. Whether they consist of trimmed-off pieces from other hardwood flooring in your home or leftover wood from other projects, like making furniture or building a deck, these pieces should never go to waste. You just have to get creative!
Leftover wood scraps come in handy in more ways than one, and you can even use them to create leftover hardwood flooring projects in your home.
So, let’s see how to turn your wood scraps into DIY sensations.
Checkerboard Patterns
Turning your standard flooring into a cool checkerboard patterned hardwood floor is just one way to reuse these wood scraps. Alternate square-shaped pieces of gray wood and standard dark brown in order to create the pattern. The size of each square depends widely on the dimensions of each leftover piece of wood.
For example, unless you want to spend some time piecing together smaller chunks in order to make a one-foot square section, you’re better off just making those squares closer to the sizes of your existing wood.
Mosaic Wood “Tiles”
If you’re feeling really creative, then use your leftover hardwood flooring to create a small wood mosaic patterned floor. It all comes down to fitting those existing pieces together, cutting them as needed, and then arranging them in an attractive pattern. You can mimic the pattern of a stenciled floor, complete with a repeated pattern around the edges or entire section of the floor.
If that seems a bit too complicated, then go for a random pattern or differently colored woods, all of which will look great together once the floor is officially laid and fastened down.
Entryway or Foyer Flooring
Whether you’re recycling leftover hardwood flooring scraps or have a lot of the same type and color of wood remaining from a different project, you can use them to create unique flooring in a smaller section of your home.
You may not have enough to fill a large surface area, such as a living room or dining room floor, but you might just be able to lay some flooring in a smaller section of your home, like the entryway, foyer, or mudroom.
Use Your Scraps to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing
A little creativity goes a long way when planning out and installing a hardwood floor from leftover scraps. There’s no rule that every plank of your wood floor needs to have the same color stain, which ups the number of options that you have.
Putting together a checkerboard patterned or mosaic wood tile floor can be enjoyable and great to look at once everything is installed and finished. The sky truly is the limit when it comes to designing a hardwood floor from leftover pieces, so let your inner DIY creative juices flow freely!
Sources:
15 Ways to Use Recycled Old Hardwood Flooring | Home Flooring Pros
