A walk around the block. The butcher block, that is...

Let's take a walk around our latest consignment, a handsome, hardwood, butcher block kitchen island ($595)UPDATE: SOLD:

Very solidly constructed of hardwood. 1.5" butcher block top and post legs are glued laminate hardwood.
46" wide x 36" tall x 20" deep, to 32.25" deep using the drop-leaf countertop extension.
2 drawers with gliding metal slides. Long drawer pulls make handy towel bars, as well.

Lots of easily accessed storage on the open slatted shelves.

Plenty of room for two to pull up counter stools at the island's drop-leaf.

Adjustable feet enable you to level your work surface.

The wood surface is easily maintained using periodic rubs with a good quality kitchen oil.

(Not to brag on my son, but didn't Chris take some good photos? :^)

Four-poster, canopy, twin bed becomes a retreat (and camera has been found!)

Margo set up the hardwood, 4-poster, canopy twin bed with a delightful, full/queen, "Turkey Red"* duvet as bedcover (which has since sold), and a gorgeous, hand-crochet bedspread as canopy. Add a half-dozen decorator pillows and a strand of Christmas beads, et voila.

We're so thankful that our Canon Powershot has been found (it was at home, where I never am--small business owners understand), so Margo took these photos on her cell, sent them to her son, who emailed them to her so I could download them on my computer, edit them, upload them to my flickr account, and finally copy the link to this blog :^). Not bad for such well-traveled, cell phone photos, eh?

Doesn't this invite you to curl up with a book and a cup of tea?

Here's a better look at the 4-poster and the canopy frame, unadorned:

    

*Friends in the shop hadn't heard of "Turkey Red" before and thought it was in reference to the color of turkey wattles. But, no, the name refers to a beautiful, colorfast hue produced in the 1700's (and perhaps earlier?) by a laborious dying technique originating in the Middle East and later revised (presumably without the sheep dung part of the process) for production in France and Scotland. Yet another interesting historical bit to divert me from my to-do list!