Butcher Block Co. is offering 20% off John Boos & Co. butcher block furniture—including blocks, islands, tables, carts, and prep stations—during its 2025 Black Friday sale, Nov. 28-30. Enter code ...

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 ...

One of the most popular features of contemporary kitchens is a solid-wood butcher block cutting surface, usually 1 1/2-inch-thick hardwood strips laminated to form countertop inserts or cutting tables ...

Today, if you have a butcher block countertop, table or cutting board in your house, chances are it came from Effingham, a town of 12,600 about an hour and a half east of St. Louis. John Boos & Co. is ...

Wood Statement’s tabletops are all pretty much constructed using the same, step-by-step process. The species may differ, the aesthetics may change, widths and lengths altered as needed, but, at its ...

EFFINGHAM -- It was 1887. A blacksmith in Effingham, Ill., named Conrad Boos placed the trunk of a sycamore tree on three wooden legs, which he correctly guessed would ease the stress of using his ...