Q: My butcher block kitchen table is 1 1/2 inches thick and 38 inches in diameter. The varnished surface is badly pitted and some of the polyurethane varnish has peeled. Can I refinish it myself? The ...

The northeast corner of 159th Street and Central Avenue in Oak Forest recently has experienced a rebirth, with the addition of a 100,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a new Dominick’s.

Wood Statement’s tabletops are all pretty much constructed using the same, step-by-step process. The species may differ, the aesthetics may change, widths and lengths altered as needed, but, at its ...

And thus was butcher block born — along with John Boos & Co., which made them (John was Conrad’s son, and he adapted the idea for the butcher). Today, if you have a butcher block countertop, table or ...