Vintage butcher block table

Transform your outdated butcher block table into a charming farmhouse table with heart pine wood and chalk-painted legs.

It might be hard to tell the difference in these two photos. That perhaps means I did my job. Below is before and above is after. This bu...

After many years, I finally restored my mom's old butcher block and it has a new home in our kitchen . The natural wood tone is so be...

Small kitchen layouts can present difficult design challenges, but regardless of size, the kitchen island is a practical feature for function and storage.

By stripping a vintage butcher block I gave it new life and got rid of the orange color! Come see how I did it and what it looks like now!

I can't tell you how many 'found' dreams have come true this week. First it was my dream pillow yesterday & then we finally got my dream butcher block island that we found into our unfinished kitchen. We may have not had a kitchen since February, but it really has been coming together more and more recently. You guys know that we found the most amazing old store counter for our big kitchen island , but many of you don't know we have another part of the kitchen that needed another island as…

Read about our Antique Harvest Table Kitchen Island! It fits the era and design style of our home perfectly and has loads of function!

A beautifully hand made butchers block, using 90% re-claimed timer that is on average 140 years old. Our goal was to make the butchers block look like a restored original and we think we have achieved that by keeping some of the age related character in the wood. The top is made up of separately cut blocks, all hand made, then sanded with slight undulations on the surface to give it that lovely old feel. The draws are nice and deep and are the only part that does not use re-claimed timber…

Decoupage artist John Derian bought a wonderful, old house in Provincetown, Massachusetts and has left it blissfully untouched. Here are just a few details that I love- 1. Texan tumbleweed fills an…

Susan Jay