Wooden Countertops!!

Let the wooden countertops begin!!  This is the second time we've built these (we did them back in 2006 when we remodeled the kitchen in our current house...still have them...and still love them!)  Maybe some day I'll remember and edit this post to add a picture of how our other countertop has held up over the last 7 years.

We used just regular 2x10's to build these.  We made 3 different lengths too...this new house has LOTS of counter space.  So we did a 16', 12' and a 10' section.

It took a little while to figure out what widths to trim the boards to...we needed to end up with just a few extra inches of overhang.  Enough to make a proper edge on the front.

Dad & Kade took LOTS of measurements and we made several test pieces to make sure we got the correct "tongue and groove" size on each board.

We finally got all of the widths figured and ran all the boards through to square them up.

Dad's expression is cracking me up...he's so focused!

We needed to do another test piece....all these tools and Kade decides to use a HAND SAW??  He is crazy!

Look at all of those "tongues"....not too shabby!

16'....what were we thinking??

Kade has to inspect and measure everything to make sure we're going to have it right!

This is when we cut the "grooves" in.

Closeup of the groove!

I can't believe we got them all cut, tongue & grooved and clamped and glued today!

Feeling so productive (for once!!)  :)