Quality products are hard to find and when you do find them you have to pay a pretty penny for them. When I was looking for an island for my kitchen, I knew I wanted something sturdy and with a relatively large surface area AND I didn't want to pay a lot for it. I looked online and saw lots of islands - nice granite islands - but they didn't really have the area that I wanted and they wouldn't have fit the look of my kitchen. Then I found a 45" x 60" Ikea butcher block island that a guy was selling on Craigslist for $45!!! At the time we didn't even have the house yet but I knew I needed it. However, I didn't really have any idea of how big it really was or how it would fit into the kitchen. When I was actually putting it together, I realized that it was actually 2 Ikea kitchen cabinet pieces with butcher block sides and a top.
Needless to say, I have no idea how I'd function without it now. I'd never owned real butcher block before so I did some research on how to take care of it. You should season your butcher block at least once a month with a light coating of warmed mineral oil. Since I didn't have any mineral oil on hand, I found that you can substitute grapeseed oil since it doesn't go rancid. If your butcher block is new, do one coat and let it dry. Then, repeat 5-6 times letting the coats dry each time.
On the left is the treated area and on the right is untreated. See what a little oil can do :)
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