Finishing a kitchen in 4 easy steps - #3

Hello all. With the tile portion of the countertop done we could turn to the butcher block sections. We had a little excess on which to practice because we needed no kidding clean cuts. With a straight edge clamp in place we used the 90-degree angle to double check.

In the only corner where the counter would go we discovered (surprise!) the walls were not square. Rather than trim the counter to fit we picked the easier option of digging out some of the drywall to create a notch for the countertop. All this would get covered over with backsplash anyway.

With that in place we could get an exact measurement for the other piece that filled the gap to the sink.

This third piece needed only a little trim but otherwise little futzing even for the backsplash.

With all this done we could take a step back to see how everything--cabinets, tile, butcher block, sink--looked together.

We know we're biased, but to us this is light years beyond where we started.

This concludes our miniseries on the kitchen, one episode early. As with so many home projects we finished early and under budget! (If you've done home renovation you know how big a joke that is.)

Until next time.