Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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I made 25 of these DIY sofas for a hotel which is right next to Joshua tree national park.
I used walnut veneer europly from Columbia forest products which is really nice but at $230 a sheet quite expensive.
We priced out sofas from a Chinese manufacturer that came out to about $1,140 each when shipping was factored in for both the ocean voyage and trucking from port to our site. They were sturdy and well-made but the finishes were painted on and felt like a combination of plastic and MDF. They also are not flat packed so that reduced shipping efficiency.
Our Sofas used much better material, and our cost break down was about $420 in materials which includes about 1.6 sheets of the plywood, screws, sandpaper, and finish. Once we started batching them out took about 16 hours each. I typically pay around $30 an hour so we were happy with the choice.
This project doesn’t require a lot of tools and here are the key ones I used:
Orbital sander: homedepot.sjv.io/EEe9bX
Circular Saw homedepot.sjv.io/QjnJOz
Drill and Driver homedepot.sjv.io/mOXJee
Palm Router homedepot.sjv.io/RGn15y
Kreg Pocket Hole Jig homedepot.sjv.io/XmndxM
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminuyeda
For additional projects and information check out our website:
homemade-modern.com
Sponsored by Incogni Use code HOMEMADEMODERN at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: incogni.com/homemademodern
I made 25 of these DIY sofas for a hotel which is right next to Joshua tree national park.
I used walnut veneer europly from Columbia forest products which is really nice but at $230 a sheet quite expensive.
We priced out sofas from a Chinese manufacturer that came out to about $1,140 each when shipping was factored in for both the ocean voyage and trucking from port to our site. They were sturdy and well-made but the finishes were painted on and felt like a combination of plastic and MDF. They also are not flat packed so that reduced shipping efficiency.
Our Sofas used much better material, and our cost break down was about $420 in materials which includes about 1.6 sheets of the plywood, screws, sandpaper, and finish. Once we started batching them out took about 16 hours each. I typically pay around $30 an hour so we were happy with the choice.
This project doesn’t require a lot of tools and here are the key ones I used:
Orbital sander: homedepot.sjv.io/EEe9bX
Circular Saw homedepot.sjv.io/QjnJOz
Drill and Driver homedepot.sjv.io/mOXJee
Palm Router homedepot.sjv.io/RGn15y
Kreg Pocket Hole Jig homedepot.sjv.io/XmndxM
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminuyeda
For additional projects and information check out our website:
homemade-modern.com
