Cara Newhart is a DIY Queen, designer, and creative alchemist helping people transform their homes — and themselves. Through ...

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If you watch our show every day, you know that Rach does all of her cooking on a butcher block countertop. While Rach loves it for its convenience ("You can chop everywhere [on it]," she says.), some ...

Weblog Ikea Hacker demonstrates a simple but inventive idea for carving a knife slot in an Ikea butcher-block island. The method: simply cut a slot with a circular saw, stick in a few knives, and call ...