Ikea Butcher Block - Only Birch Available
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Comments (8)We just bought an entire kitchen's worth of Numerar countertops (30 feet of perimeter plus large island) a few weeks ago. Numerar's one of their most popular countertops, so I'd be surprised if it's not readily available in several lengths at your IKEA. You can certainly call the store ahead of time and ask (IKEAfans.com has great details on how to get through directly to the Kitchen department at any given store), and since it's a long drive, it's probably a good idea. But I wouldn't have any real worries about it not being in stock or on the verge of being discontinued or anything....See MoreIkea birch counter tops?
Comments (5)clg7067, i just posted about Ikea cabinets, and I was the one with the yellowing-birch experience. The cabs have been in direct sunlight for ten years and have darkened and yellowed considerably. I have no experience with their birch when its out of the sunlight and on a countertop. rc...See MoreIkea Butcher Block
Comments (9)We also love our...birch? counter and island, chosen because it's slightly more reddish than the other B. The oak is both darker and a cooler brown, with a bit more character. My counter has performed excellently, but this not the same stuff you pay at least 8 times more for. I also chose to seal with Waterlox because the island's used for everything but didn't stain it even slightly darker to match the floor because the strips of wood have different grain and would have taken the stain unevenly. It's very handsome as is anyway. My husband sliced off the ends of 2 pieces where they would join in the corner (they're designed to just be dropped side by side on the cabinets) and used rabbits to join them tightly together....See MoreMarble or Butcher Block? Question from a klutz.
Comments (15)Thank you so much for all of the input--it was extremely helpful! And thank you bbtrix for posting a photo of your kitchen--i haven't seen the ikea cabinets paired with walnut and marble, it looks gorgeous! It makes me even more excited for the final kitchen since I can envision it more. I'm planning on going with glass cabinet uppers too. We're twinsies. It's awesome to hear that commentators have loved both surfaces, even with the occasional etch or ding-I think I'd be really happy either way. I would still be stuck since I love them both so much, but based on my trainability and the particulars of my kitchen, I think I'll go with plan B-butcher block on the galley sides by the stove and sink, with marble on the pseudo island at the bottom of the galley and as a mosaic backsplash (arabesque or mini brick). The kitchen faces north, and since it will be a narrow galley, white cabinets plus marble might look a little cold and overwhelmingly white in such a small north-facing space. Butcher block would help warm it up, and I can get my marble fix with a marble mosaic backsplash above the butcher block and marble on the pseudo-island at the bottom of the galley that will be the baking area (there's currently a walk through area 50 inch wide to the living room, where I'm putting two base cabinets in). I suspect I'm also more likely to be able to train myself to put hot/steamy/wet things on the marble island or the range than I am to train myself not to accidently whack things on the edge of the counter top. Thanks for pointing me to staining the Ikea beech butcher block a walnut color! .It looks great and would be so reasonably priced, even if I pay the contractor to cut and install it (I'd stain it and waterlox it on my own, although I don't have the best record with staining things. Wood conditioner was a recent revelation). I'm torn between going with that for the fantastic price and walnut or sapele countertops, which might be easier to repair on my own since I wouldn't have to restain them. Craft art actually sells DIY countertops, so I might see how much he would charge to cut and install them if I waterlox them and how that compares to pre cut and finished craft art tops--it might only come to $500-700 more than the ikea countertops, but $1000 less than the fully finished craft art tops if my rough calculations are right. p.s. for future reference for those thinking about marble, I had a chance to pick up a piece of acid honed marble and play around with it, and I was fine with most of the damage I managed to make in the space of six hours. That included curry powder, pomegranate juice, a lemon slice, red food dye, and a couple of other liquids left on for 4-5 hours (some raised white marks and light etching from the lemon, but no stains), a rather heavy pestle dropped several times (left some very small white marks) and banged against the sides (left dents on the side, but not the big chip that was left in the quartz I sampled), a crenelated soy sauce bottle bottom twisted on the top (left some marks that I rather liked) and scratches from a quartz sample dragged across the top (my least favorite, but I can see how it could buff out with some sand paper or even a scrubby kitchen sponge over time). The acid honing really seemed to help diminish the visibility of etching, and I definitely plan to do it for the marble for the pseudo-island. Unless I go with the marble looking quartzite remnant that caught my eye......See Moreci_lantro
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