How To Make A Floor Made Out Of Pennies

I decided to do my kitchen because the floor is only 38 square feet.

How to make a floor made out of pennies.

Measure the floor space. At the news of kat von d s penny floor kelly graham showed off her diy penny floor made from 7 500 pennies. 7 steps to a diy penny floor step 1. This template allows you to make an 18 x 16 penny floor tile nice and quickly.

But upon closer inspection it s actually made of 13 000 lincoln faced coins. At first glance this copper floor looks like beautiful antique tile. Materials to install a penny floor. The made shop and if you were under any illusion about the popularity of penny floors then check out this custom made copper penny tile jig.

First things first there are 304 pennies in one square foot if you plant to make a 4 x4 foyer like mine you ll need 16 square feet of pennies. By checking out the images below you ll see that penny floors make a really cool choice for a barbershop floor. While we don t expect you to have your own basement barbershop it would be a shame not to try to take a few style cues from these safe havens of manhood. Add distinctive designs by combining darker patina pennies dimes or nickles into interesting shapes throughout the floor.

They are currently sold out but what a great idea for speeding up the process. Although it seemed like a small space and not too big of a project by the time we started laying about 2 78 worth of pennies per square foot the space started to feel much bigger. Or 48 64 in pennies. Also the epoxy resin that coats it keeps it shiny and easy to sweep.

You ll need roughly 200 to 225 pennies to complete approximately 1 square foot of flooring area as each penny has a diameter of roughly 3 4 of an inch.