Our Custom Wood Countertops Blog features the industry’s most talented and innovative designers throughout the United States and abroad. This featured design includes a Walnut Wood Butcher Block Kitchen Bar Top designed by Julie Freeman Cavanaugh of Design Matters.

Julie Freeman Cavanaugh of Design Matters
About the Designer:Â Julie completed her education in Interior Design in 1998, achieved a CID licensure and became a professional ASID member in 2002. With an eye for spatial relationships and problem solving, Julie’s interiors bring functional sensibility and tremendous flow while achieving beautiful proportions. Not afraid to mix color, texture and scale, Julie’s homes provide unique and unparalleled “livable luxury”.Â
About Design Matters:Â Design Matters provides unique, detailed and client focused design solutions. From architectural development, space planning, material selections, color and furniture specifications and more, Design Matters’ approach threads together comprehensive designs down to the last threaded detail.

Walnut Butcher Block Kitchen Bar Top designed by Design Matters
Design Details
Cabinet Manufacturer:Â Rutt HandCrafted Cabinetry
Cabinet Hardware:Â Top Knobs in Medium Bronze
Flooring:Â Arto Brick – Normandy Cream, 14″ Hexagon
Countertops:Â Kitchen Island – Grothouse End Grain Random Mix Walnut with Sapwood Butcher Block finished with Grothouse Original Oil; Perimeter – Raw Concrete
Sink:Â Native Trails Farmhouse Quartet in Ash
Backsplash:Â Blue Slide Art Tile
Wall Color:Â Benjamin Moore Twisted Oak Path in Matte
Stove:Â Thermador Pro Harmony Gas Range
Dishwasher:Â Thermador Built-In Dishwasher
Other Appliances:Â Thermador Professional Series Wall Mount Range Hood

Walnut Wood Butcher Block Kitchen Bar Top creates an inviting seating space

Walnut Butcher Block Kitchen Bar Top provides plenty of food preparation space

Walnut Butcher Block Kitchen Bar Top features a Roundover Edge Profile
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