[Greenbuilding] Counters

[Bobbi Chukran]

Actually, it is a block.  It's a huge, very heavy block of wood made  
from many smaller oak pieces glued together and sanded.  Ask my  
husband, who broke three saw blades installing ours.  LOL.

You're probably right about the marketing ploy, though.  Makes sense.

bobbi c.

On Jul 27, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:

> 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.