A labor of love......

Holly had been saving this horrible old cabinet in her basement --- well, actually it had been there for years and years and years...... Ever since Grandpa and Grandma (Gordon and Margaret) Peters remodeled the kitchen????  Maybe 60 years ago or more.    Marti got one of the pieces and it is a much loved piece of furniture in her home..... now Holly wanted this other piece to become an "Island" in her kitchen.

As you can see, there was no back or sides and the top was old, old linoleum.  So "how do we do this".    Of course, Gary had a plan.  He would save only the front and build an entirely new cabinet.  And that was good with Holly --- all she wanted was the "old" look of the front.   Their entryway has
wainscoat on the walls --- we would put that on the back side.

What would the top be made out of????   We had an idea --- how about we make a butcher block top?!   That might be kind of cool.

 So we cut up some lumber into strips  --- Ash and Black Walnut

Then came the gluing process....and then an oops --- so we cut that strip out.....re-glued it.   Then - doggone - another oops .....so we cut that strip out and re-glued it.   Yes - it was a process --- But look how it turned out!!!!

And then the stripping and the refinishing and the finishing on the cabinet......    I didn't get pictures of a lot of that --- -but here's a dad with a finished project for his daughter.

We told Holly that we had it "in our Living Room and it really looked pretty good -- went well with our furniture......so we'd like to keep it."     She didn't think it was very funny.

A recycled old cabinet --- what an idea.  Hope Holly gets lots of use out of it.  Gpa and Gma Peters would be thrilled also, I'm sure!
Gary and Barb