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Farmhouse Oak is De Terra's value door into solid timber: a full 3m x 635 x 40mm board of real European oak at a price that undercuts every plank of laminate pretending to be it. One size, honestly priced, genuinely solid.
The Farmhouse line asks a simple question: what does it take to put real solid oak in a kitchen at the lowest possible price? The answer is focus - one 3-metre board, 635mm deep, a full 40mm thick, in honest farmhouse-character oak. The construction is the same 40mm stave build as every De Terra board, and the surface sands and re-oils like oak always has.
One size covers most straight runs: 3m of length at 635mm deep in 40mm thickness. Boards arrive sanded and un-oiled. If your kitchen needs breakfast bars, deeper boards or multiple thicknesses, step up to the main Oak range - if it needs a straight run of real oak at the best price, this is it.
The honest question: this or laminate?
At this price the choice stops being oak versus budget. Laminate can only photograph oak; this is the tree itself - it will outlast the kitchen around it and sand back to new when asked.
| Material | Farmhouse character solid European oak |
| Construction | Solid staves - 40mm nominal width (38-42mm range) |
| Hardness | Janka approx. 1,360 lbf (6,000 N) - full solid oak |
| Thickness | 40mm |
| Edge Profile | Square edge |
| Surface | Sanded to 120 grit - supplied un-oiled |
| Widths | 635mm worktops |
| Weight | 57.2 kg to 57.2 kg per board |
| Brand | De Terra |
2-3 coats of food-safe worktop oil on every face, edge and cut-out - value price, full oiling discipline. Never fit a bare board.
Drop water on the surface every few months: beading means protected, soaking means re-oil. First year needs oiling every 3-6 months, then twice yearly.
Wipe standing water promptly and keep end grain around cut-outs well oiled - the same rules as every solid timber top.
Trivets under pans, boards under knives. The saving is in the range structure, not the timber - treat it like the solid oak it is.
Sands and re-oils back to new like any De Terra oak. A Farmhouse board fitted today can be showroom-fresh in 2036 for the price of sandpaper and an afternoon.
Focus, not corner-cutting. One board size manufactured and shipped at volume costs less than a full size matrix, and the farmhouse character grade uses more of each tree. The stave construction, thickness and hardness match the main range.
Yes - solid European oak staves the full 40mm through. No chipboard core, no veneer, no oak-effect print. Sand any edge and you find more oak.
Boards join edge-to-edge with standard worktop bolts and biscuits like any solid timber. For L-shapes and long runs, farmhouse boards join to each other - or to main-range oak boards - invisibly once oiled.
It arrives sanded and unoiled: apply 2-3 coats of food-safe worktop oil to every face and edge before fitting, then re-oil the work areas every 3-6 months in the first year.
Yes - one 3m board cuts down to any straight run up to 3m, and sink or hob cut-outs are routine with standard tools. Oil every fresh cut edge twice.
Farmhouse if the entry price on a straight 3m run decides it. Rustic if you want deeper character, 720mm-deep boards, 4m lengths or breakfast bars - it is the full-range character option.
