[Greenbuilding] Counters

[Reuben Deumling]

I too have observed this trend. But it is really too bad when 'everybody' is
so sloppy in their usage. The countertop you show is neither a 'block' in
terms of the whole thing, nor in terms of the components which--in the case
of butcherblock--could be considered blocks given their aspect ratio.
Some people have suggested to me that this usage originated with a marketing
ploy, that 'wood countertop' isn't fancy enough.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Bobbi Chukran <bobbi at bobbichukran.com>wrote:

> OK, what I'm calling "butcherblock" isn't end grain wood.  It's strips of
> wood glued up to make a long slab.  Everybody seems to call that
> butcherblock--that's what the lumber yards call it, and the generic term has
> become fairly common, so that's what I call it.  Yeah, I know it's not the
> same as the real butcher blocks.
>
> I can clean my wooden countertops much easier than I ever could tile or
> other surfaces.
>
> For anyone who wants to know, this is the stuff we have on our current
> kitchen counters:
>
> http://www.ikea.com/us/en/**catalog/products/20057397<http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20057397>
>
>
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