Beautiful Countertops are on the way! Yesterday I took an hour or so while Maya was asleep to cut out two new pieces of our butcherblock slab to make the countertops for either side of the stove. Cutting them out solo with a jigsaw was easier than expected - it just took a while to get my "table" of old cupboards and boxes set up. And it can be hard to cut a straight line using such a shifty tool as a jigsaw. Since none of the walls are really straight (H or V), I had to make a cardboard template again to get the right shape for the corner.

Serina just applied the first coat of oil to both pieces last night. I'll have to sand them again soon and we'll keep adding more oil until those suckers stop drinking. They were really thirsty last night. They sat outside their box and plastic bag longer than they should have. I was expecting to cut out the countertops sooner, but sleep schedules and inclement weather slowed me down.

Stay tuned for the big countertop tale, to be written after I cut out the long countertop piece and try to undermount our hugantic white composite sink to it and not break the wood in the process...

Over and out.