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Call 1-800-200-DOOR and speak directly to the craftsman making your solid wood counter top! We are a small family owned an operated company and take great pride in talking directly to the customer! No operators, no sales people, talk directly to the guy who will be making your counter top! Call us to start the process of owning a beautiful solid wood counter top! The History Behind Our Countertops
Wood countertops are not new to us, since 1979 we have been building custom cabinetry for our customers. Over the years our customers have asked us to build wood tops for many of our custom projects. We found ourselves putting wood tops on our kitchen cabinetry, built in storage benches, desk areas and even fire place mantels. The constant demand for wood countertops over the years naturally led us to where we are now offering them as a product line. Our countertops are all over New England. Whether you find one in the second floor of a brownstone in Boston or overlooking the ocean on Marthas Vineyard our countertops are sure to provide a warmth and character not often seen in today's construction. Our tops provide a traditional feel unmatched by any other countertop product. They can be used as the main top in your kitchen or as an accent piece for some stand alone cabinetry!
Construction of your Top
When building our tops we offer two different construction techniques, a face grain wide plank top and edge grain butcher block. The face grain wide plank tops will use boards measuring between 3"-10" in width. Each board will run the length of the countertop and be glued and biscuit joined the entire length using only premium waterproof glues. Our edge grain butcher block tops consist of strips of wood measuring 1 5/8" in width being glued together to make your top. Like our wide plank tops our butcher block strips of wood also run the entire length of the top and are also biscuited together with premium waterproof glues. The materials we use for our countertops are like people, their colors and appearances vary. Our craftsmen hand select the materials to provide the greatest color and grain match available, we also cut around unsightly imperfections and defects but keep in mind color and grain patterns are naturally occurring and their individual variations are what make them beautiful. The color and grain variation are part of the charm of your natural wood top and can not be controlled. You must expect that your top will have a certain amount of variation and will even vary from a sample that has been provided to you. The thickness of your counter top is only limited by the raw materials available. Our standard thicknesses are listed below or ask us and we will see if thicker material for your top is available from our suppliers.
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Our Edge Profiles
We offer many different edge profiles, pictures of our most common are listed below. We can apply other profiles to our countertops at your request. All of our profiles are made using quarter inch and half inch shank router bits. Feel free to send us the link to the manufacturer of your favorite edge profile with its product number and if we don't already have it we will add it to our collection building your countertop. Here are the links to manufacturers of edge profiling bits we most often use:
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Who else loves the look of brand new butcher block countertops? The natural wood gives a rich, cozy feel to a kitchen. But I've always wondered how these beauties hold up over time. Among folks who actually installed butcher block counters in their home, opinions tend to be sharply divided. After several years of heavy use, some call them a "disaster" while others have grown to love them even more over time. This polarization of opinion is related a number of factors: installation, type of surface treatment, and the level of care their owners are prepared to lavish on them.
What People Like About Butcher Block Countertops
Appearance is mentioned again and again as an enormous advantage of butcher block countertops. The wood complements every kitchen style and tends to grow deeper-colored and more attractive with the passing years. (NOTE: Because of the darkening as the wood develops a patina, choose a lighter color than you hope to end up with, when installing butcher block counters.)
Butcher block is often praised as "warm." This adjective does not apply only to its appearance, but also to its physical temperature. It is a very pleasant surface to work on, even in the depths of winter.
These countertops are equally easy on the ears -- they're sound-absorbent -- and on your dishes. If in the midst of hectic holiday meal prep, you slam down or drop your favorite ceramic platter onto butcher block, it's not likely to break as it would on, say, tile or quartz.
What's more, the smooth wood is fantastic for large-scale baking tasks like rolling pastry or kneading bread dough in quantity.
Perhaps best of all, butcher block countertops are easy to install and even to make yourself. Even if you order them from a contractor, they are very affordable.
What They Hate
Let's put it bluntly: butcher block requires a lot of maintenance.
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BLOCKS AND RECREATION - SWENZ78 #39;S VIEW - INTERIOR DECORATOR
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A public hearing is scheduled Monday at the Marshall Independent School Districts board of trustee meeting to hear a report on the highly qualified section of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Section 1119 of the act requires that all teachers in the core academic subject areas should have met the highly qualified teacher requirements by the end of the 2006-07 school year.
Based on the Texas Education Agencys review of the 2013-14 local education agency highly qualified teacher data, the state is close to meeting this goal.
In Marshall, professional staff members are close to meeting that goal, according to Greg Morris, executive director of human resources and administrative services.
At this time last year, MISD had five staff members waiting to meet those requirements as outlined by the act. This year, there are three one is applying for certification and two are in the process.
We sent in our reports to TEA in mid-November, and we have until June of next year to amend the report, Morris said at the districts pre-agenda meeting Thursday.
As for the paraprofessionals in the district, We are at a 100 percent meeting the highly qualified standards, he said.
The hearing will be in part to present to the public facts regarding the highly qualified teacher stats for MISD.
Richele Langley, district curriculum director, and Katina Brown, Marshall High School principal, will present a report on updates about the high school and the local college partnerships with MISD.
With House Bill 5, there have been a lot of changes, and challenges, at the high school, Langley told the board Thursday. But overall, we are pleased.
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Rome has the Coliseum, Florence has the Uffizi, Venice has the gondolas, Vicenza has the Roberto Coin factories, and Capri has the Blue Grotto. But Turin? Turin has FIAT, you may say. If travelers to Italy have heard of Turin at all, it is maybe because of Italys largest automaker. All the better for you: the dearth of tourists makes Turin an ideal weekend destination, especially in the winter. And youll soon find it to be more than just the Detroit of Italy.
Friday Afternoon
Arrive in Turin on the Frecciarossa train from Milan. Even the high-speed train signals the efficiency of northern Italy; were close to Switzerland here, and you can feel it in the airand the on-time arrivals. From the train, you can walk to your lodgings for the weekend, the elegant and understated Townhouse 70 hotel, part of the small luxury Townhouse chain. The hotels rooms are modern and well-appointed, and the central location is perfect for exploring the heart of this Piemontese city.
As in most of northern Italy, aperitivo culture is sacred in Turin. Lobelix, a caf in the Piazza Savoia just a short walk from the hotel, takes aperitivi to Alpine heights. The two-level caf spills out into the piazza in nice weather, but the spread of snacks inside is what draws crowds. Locals quaff negronis and Prosecco while munching on a veritable buffet. They take their snacks seriously in this town. From canaps to cannelloni, the treats will more than tide you over for your evening stroll.
Turin is renowned for its holiday lights, and not in the tacky, National Lampoon Christmas way. The Luci dArtista is an initiative geared toward bolstering Turins reputation as a center of contemporary art in northern Italy, and the entire city glows during the winter months. The traditional lighted signs of the citys shops and restaurants join installation pieces with names like Flying Carpet and Solar Wind from artists such as Luigi Nervo, Alfredo Jaar, Enrica Borghi, and Vanessa Safavi. Neon lights are suspended over the streets, strung between buildings, and you cant help but feel magic in the air.
Saturday
After breakfast at the hotel, you head out for some culture and history. Turin is home to the Museo Egizio, one of the worlds finest collections of Egyptian art, courtesy of several generations of Piemontese Egyptologists who amassed a trove of mummies and other artifacts. The museum is in the midst of continuing renovations, and recently opened the Statuario, an absolutely breathtaking gallery designed by Oscar-winning art director Dante Ferretti to showcase its collection of sarcophagi. Theres even a temple transported from Egypt after the construction of the Aswan High Dam. From the Museo Egizio, feed your appetite at the original Eataly, opened here in 2007. Though a worldwide phenomenon now, this one-stop food emporium celebrating the gusto and grace of Italian gastronomy was born right here in Turin. Its location in the Piedmonte region of Italy has always ensured that Turin produces (and consumes) some of the best food in Italy. Enjoy traditional pastas and a glass of local wine downstairs in one of the restaurants, then shop for souvenirs your friends and family will really love.
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SIOUX CITY | Local property owners who improve the value of residential properties will be eligible for partial tax exemptions until Dec. 31, 2020.
The Urban Revitalization Tax Exemption rewards property owners for increasing the value of their property through physical improvements. Anyone who owns residential property in Sioux City is eligible for the program.
Various exemption schedules are available to homeowners who have made qualifying improvements, lasting up to 10 years on up to 115 percent of the property's increased value.
Improvements must add "lasting value" to the property, through major remodeling projects and additions.
These include "building a new garage, finishing an unfinished basement, an addition to the house, finishing any unfinished space, sometimes siding and windows things like that," said Neighborhood Services Project Coordinator Amy Keairns.
Applications for the exemption must be filed during the year the improvements were made. If homeowners made improvements during 2014, they can apply until Dec. 31.
Applications and additional information can be found at Room 305 on the third floor of City Hall, or onSioux City's Neighborhood Services website.
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