Larry Spitz wrote in
:

I have just had new beige carpet installed in my home office. The pile
is much deeper than the carpet that was replaced, so much so that my
chair does not roll on it.

I know I can buy a plastic chair mat but I think they look tacky. So I
now have a sheet of 9mm MDF on the floor. Now the chair rolls perhaps
a little too easily, but hey the color is just about the same as the
carpet.

Since the MDF is just about as tacky as the plastic would be, I got to
thinking that perhaps there is a good wood solution to this problem.

Has anyone built such a chair mat? Do you have any suggestions for
something that looks good, is durable and has rolling resistance a bit
greater than the MDF surface?

Cheers,

Larry


I did two for my dad in Baltic Birch. Stained them with a dark stain, to
sort of go with his old desk, then three or four coats of oil poly.

Still looked pretty sad. He's happy with it, though.

Were I to do it again, I'd get some engineered or prefinished flooring, and
lay it on the 1/2 ply, and trim it out right. But it would still be too
thick, most likely.

Patriarch