Worktop

With all our efforts focused on getting the bathrooms ready for the plumbers we've missed a few things off the work schedule. One of these is sourcing the kitchen worktops.

We had hoped to be able to recondition and reuse use the pine plank worktop that came with the island unit, but after sanding it down at the weekend it doesn't look in good enough condition. The burn marks from an iron and saucepan (judging by the shapes of the marks) give it character but aren't really what we want on the island. It may prove good enough for the utility though, we certainly don't expect it to end up in the wood burner! So it's time to source an alternative.

We want to stick with wooden worktops for their obvious sustainability credentials, so granite etc and laminates are out of the question. We did consider recycled glass but the budget can't cope! On the wood front Norfolk Oak do some very nice large plank worktops (we'd like to avoid really small staves)...but their prices are suitably large so that's a non-starter. So C has done some investigating and a local joiner can (it seems) supply a very similar sounding oak worktop for considerably less than Norfolk. So we'll be calling in to see them tomorrow to see what the product looks like. Let's hope they're good as they sound.