Recently I decided that I needed a bit more counter space in my kitchen, without doing an actual kitchen remodel. And of course I also had a few spare remnants laying around that gave me enough material to make a good sized table top.

And I know it sounds repetitive, but once again it starts with some glue and a little with my bar clamps.

After it dried overnight, it was time to rough sand the top and square things up, and cut it to the size that I needed.

After that I wrapped the edges to give a little more stability. I also added some screws to make sure they do not come off, an counter sunk the screws and filled the holes with some homemade maple plugs. Sanded it down and edged routed over all the edges.

After several sanding passes it was time to start applying some polyurethane to seal it and protect the surface.

Then it was time to mount it on the wall where I need it to be. Planning wise everything worked out perfect. The drop down hinges were delivered just before I got off work so they were ready to go.

Although don’t I really expect it to be in this position, it sits really well on the wall and looks pretty good when it is folded down.

And it looks pretty sharp when it is in the upright position. Overall it it was a pretty successful project, and is very functional to boot.