this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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I'm more of a solid wood guy, learned a bit about chipboard here, for example to avoid it where possible. But the countertop is real wood :) We haven't got much space, so you have to build stuff.

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[โ€“] pdqcp@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

Tell us more about your experience. Anything that you might have done differently? Any hard lessons?

It looks great btw

[โ€“] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Countertop looks great! Did you do a coat of anything on top of the wood for the countertop?