A Butcher Block Kitchen Island

I picked this beautiful solid pine sideboard up on Friday. By absolute serendipity, I came from the flea market on Sunday with the most amazing slab of solid maple butcher block that just happened to fit the sideboard perfectly.
      I added a paneled solid pine backboard to the island, so it can be used from all four sides, swapped out the hardware, painted it a soft toffee cream color finished with a dark wax, and added the butcher block. The block is vintage but didn't appear to have ever been used- not a single scratch on it. I sanded it down to give it a nice fresh start and then cured it with butcher block conditioner (which is a mix of food safe mineral oil and beeswax).

*Before*

*After!*