

So pretty much as soon as we could, we found the closest lumberyard and got our butts over there. We originally wanted to make these cutting boards as gifts and/or to sell on our Etsy shop, but we liked them so much we couldn’t help but turn this into a tutorial too. You can watch the video that covers everything below, or keep scrolling for all our choices, steps, and tips in blog-format. Our excuse to get our hands on something really really nice.

But for this project, we needed to get our hands on something a little more specific/fancy/drool-worthy.Įnter the DIY cutting board.

We’ve done some “light” woodworking in the past (like this simple side table we made or our DIY marquee letters), but we’ve always just used whatever cheap wood we could find at Home Depot.ĭon’t get me wrong – there is a lot you can do with inexpensive framing lumber, plywood, etc, and we will continue to use it I’m sure. We’ve been wanting to get into hardwoods lately.
