[Greenbuilding] MDF vs Particleboard vs Whatever

[Alan Abrams]

Nothing like wood for counters.  When I can sell it, we're using urban
harvest black walnut, which is as beautiful as it is stable (I have a walnut
vanity top with an undermount sink, made as an durability experiment.  after
four years of daily exposure to water, it is in great shape.

We did a large portion of a kitchen with urban harvest mulberry--also dense,
fairly stable, and unexpectedly beautiful.  As I've mentioned before, there
are at least three sets of high grade white pine counters still in service
that I made in the early 80's--one of which housing a sink.

regrettably, I have ripped out countless proprietary (Bally or similar)
maple butcher block counters that were severely warped and delaminated.

*Alan Abrams**
Abrams Design Build LLC*
*A sustainable approach to beautiful space*
alan at abramsdesignbuild.com
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> Butcher block is a good counter surface for dry areas that can be used well
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