How to Use Your Leftover Stuga Flooring Planks
Design: Sarah Sherman Samuel | Photo: Daniel Peter | Floor: Shell
Your Stuga project is complete, but you have some leftover planks. Now what? Whether you're looking to add another touch of hardwood to your home, want a custom storage solution, or seek a simple, artistic project to complete over a weekend, we’ve got just the inspiration for you. A built-in breakfast banquette in Little Square, or a DIY Shell headboard to add the perfect amount of dimension and organic texture to a beachside retreat? Yes, please!
Elevated Seating
Wood isn’t just for floors. Think outside the box and consider a seating project that will not only give you a dreamy look for less but also make your entire design more cohesive. Sarah Matthews, Sarah Sherman Samuel’s studio director, has a kitchen that is a neutral-lover’s paradise featuring the designer’s Quarterline collection for Semihandmade, wood hardware, rich, earthy paint, and, of course, Stuga flooring. Little Square, the 5-inch-wide sister floor of Fika, complements the home’s palette, and leftover planks were utilized for a cozy breakfast nook.
Pro tip: For another addition to your finished design, use Stuga planks for toe kicks, to wrap your island, as a backsplash, or for custom floating shelves.
Another seating project we adore is this Pepper bench at Hygge Life, an Eagle-Vail, Colorado, showroom of hygge-inspired home decor. The bench offers an ideal spot to relax while browsing the store’s collection, while Sisu, our white oak herringbone, and Fika, our best-selling wide-plank blonde, create a grounding base.
A Bespoke Bar
Fika floors pair with an equally sleek Fika bar. Have leftover flooring? Create a backsplash for your coffee bar and craft a stylish, functional space to store wine bottles, glasses, and more.
Weekend Art Piece
If you have only a couple of Stuga planks leftover, consider making a one-of-a-kind art piece. Build a rustic photo frame from our character-heavy floors such as Forest, Harbor, Shell, and Pepper, or a Scandi art piece with a floor like Greta, Astrid, or Sisu.
Look to the Ceiling
The warmth hardwood can bring to your home doesn’t have to stop at the floors. Any of our floors can be used on ceilings, too. Zig Zag, our walnut veneer, shines in Yellow Brick Home’s Kim and Scott Vargo’s Michigan home. They worked with a contractor to run the planks horizontally across their hip ceiling for a cabin-in-the-woods feel they love.
In Portland, Emily Henderson used not one, but two Stuga floors to transform her brother’s new build into a homey haven. Shell on the floors and Drift on the ceiling are a match made in design heaven.
Up the Walls
When it comes to a DIY headboard, feature wall, or a reading nook, Stuga planks can do it all. In Montauk, architects at Studio MKT specced Shell for both the floors and walls for this surf shack bedroom, while at Sarah Sherman Samuel’s Grand Rapids Showhouse, she used Shell throughout, including for a pantry accent wall.
A Waterproof Coaster
We bet you’ve never seen a waterproof wood coaster until now. Our collection of waterproof floors goes above and beyond, so when it came time to promote them, we got creative and made Stuga-branded coasters cut with a CNC machine at our Austin sample shop. Take them to the pool, on a hike, or place them on your dining table, in the living room, or near your bedside for a unique piece.
