Once a staple in kitchens from the 1970s and '80s, butcher block countertops have long taken a back seat in the world of home design, giving way to more popular materials like quartz, granite, and ...

In an era when luxury kitchen design is almost synonymous with a sprawling marble island, it is surprisingly refreshing to look back at a far simpler setup. Long before waterfall countertops and built ...

Q: My butcher block kitchen table is 1 1/2 inches thick and 38 inches in diameter. The varnished surface is badly pitted and some of the polyurethane varnish has peeled. Can I refinish it myself? The ...

Our family's round, hand-me-down butcher block kitchen table has seen a lot of love in its day. It was once my father and his ex-wife's kitchen table, then my parents', then my brother's, then my ...