Wood Lust

I am a sucker for wood - house full of antique furniture, old cars with real wood in them, and I've had several custom items made by friends in the business.

Here is a wood item that I lust after but have so far resisted, although I do have some custom CD racks made from the same wood (Zebra wood:



See some of their other wood boards http://carolinawooddesigns.com/t/design ... ing-boards

On the other hand, I think I'll forego the Adirondack chairs they offer......

http://carolinawooddesigns.com/products ... dack-chair

Nice board. I have one made from a pretty piece of teak.

I have to say that I'm on board with you (pun intended), BIll. I like fancy woods - I have a couple of recurve bows with exotic wood, some serving trays (don't recall what wood) from Hawaii and of course, guitars can be made with some really nice wood. For guitars I usually go for the finishes that enhance and reveal the patterns.

I have managed to resist cutting boards of fancy woods just because I have a hard time spending the $$$$ being asked for something that is going to get cuts in it from slicing and dicing.

The exotic hard woods actually stand up to wear very well.

I couldn't resist any more - I bought this one: 19" x 16"



Don't tell my wife or I am in big trouble (NB Jenise!)

Should make a heck of an exotic cheese board!

If you squeal on me - no cheese for you!

Next time, tell them to make it 8 squares on a side. Then you can pretend it's a chess board.

Yeah, but after a couple of bottles of wine, keeping it between the lines could be problematic!

[Jenise]

The exotic hard woods actually stand up to wear very well.

I couldn't resist any more - I bought this one: 19" x 16"



Don't tell my wife or I am in big trouble (NB Jenise!)

Should make a heck of an exotic cheese board!

If you squeal on me - no cheese for you!

That one has a trough like the other, so you can carve meats on it too. Must be heavy, zebra is pretty dense.

That one has a trough like the other, so you can carve meats on it too. Must be heavy, zebra is pretty dense.

Yeah, I think it might be too heavy to use as a cheese board.

This one will be better - leopard wood, paduk and madrone. 7.5" x 15 3/4"

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jgoAAOSwn ... -l1600.jpg

[Jenise]

Bill, that's gorgeous, too. But if it's built to be a cutting board it will be too thick and heavy to pass as a cheese board. Plus, the trough (for meat juices) takes away a lot of useful real estate, requiring you to have two extra inches of wood weight around the edge. Dual purpose--ain't gonna work.

I expect that you are right - it will have to be a cutting board and do occasional service as a cheese board sitting on the sideboard, not to be passed around.

BTW, granite counter tops show up today! Pics once they have been installed and the cabinet facings attached.

[Jenise]

FANTASTIC news, Bill. You happy with the cabinets? More importantly, is Suz happy with them?

We are happy with the location and build quality but much of them has yet to be clad in the maple outer casing so we are reserving final judgement until we see the finished installation. Looking very good so far.

The installer managed to switch the cabinets around the sink and put the dish washer on the wrong side, but we had them correct that, thankfully before the stone guys had cut the sink hole (not 'sinkhole', which refers to what doing a reno on an old house is).

BTW, I also picked up the smaller (7.5" x 15.5") board made of Leopard Wood, Madrone, and Paduk (Canadian artisan) to be used as a pass around cheese board. (See below)

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Bill, that's gorgeous, too. But if it's built to be a cutting board it will be too thick and heavy to pass as a cheese board. Plus, the trough (for meat juices) takes away a lot of useful real estate, requiring you to have two extra inches of wood weight around the edge. Dual purpose--ain't gonna work.

Flip it over.

[Jenise]

Bill, that's gorgeous, too. But if it's built to be a cutting board it will be too thick and heavy to pass as a cheese board. Plus, the trough (for meat juices) takes away a lot of useful real estate, requiring you to have two extra inches of wood weight around the edge. Dual purpose--ain't gonna work.

Flip it over.

Well, yes. But it may not be finished on the bottom.

Bill, that's gorgeous, too. But if it's built to be a cutting board it will be too thick and heavy to pass as a cheese board. Plus, the trough (for meat juices) takes away a lot of useful real estate, requiring you to have two extra inches of wood weight around the edge. Dual purpose--ain't gonna work.

Flip it over.

Well, yes. But it may not be finished on the bottom.

At those prices!?!?

It is indeed finished but also has small rubber stand offs to keep it from sliding around on the counter. They could of course be removed for a true reversible board.

PS - in the PT Barnum department, I happened to see this on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ikea-Lamplig-Be ... SwDuJWutQQ

A seller trolling for morons, asking $42.50 for a cutting board that sells at any Ikea for $15.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00309829/

Amazing thing is that he has found 5 buyers already!

PPS - for $15 it is an excellent cutting board!

Amazing. It really is a P.T. Barnum world.