Stuff I Like: The Penny Floor

This is so cool, I want to do it to one of the rooms in my house. Ryan Lange and Emily Belden glued pennies to their bedroom floor, and then grouted and clear-coated them.

Photo by Ryan Lange

Some numbers about the project, from The Penny Floor:

1873: the oldest penny used; coin features an indian head instead of Abraham Lincoln

1944: year of the WWII 440 steel penny used because of a copper shortage

59,670: total amount of pennies used

128: total number of man-hours it took to lay pennies

2: total number of people who made the penny floor possible

184: number of reruns (see glossary) placed before grouting

$596.70: total cost of pennies.

$2.55: total cost per square foot x 234sq = 59,670 pennies.

Here’s a short video: