KITCHEN ISLAND TABLE COMBINATION. KITCHEN ISLAND

Kitchen island table combination. Dark brown dining table.

Kitchen Island Table Combination

kitchen island

Larger than utility kitchen carts, kitchen islands provide the maximum amount of work space and storage.
an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.

combination

The state of being joined or united in such a way
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
The act or an instance of combining; the process of being combined
Uniting different uses, functions, or ingredients
a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; “he forgot the combination to the safe”
a coordinated sequence of chess moves

table

a set of data arranged in rows and columns; “see table 1”
A group seated at a table for a meal
postpone: hold back to a later time; “let’s postpone the exam”
a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; “it was a sturdy table”
Food provided in a restaurant or household
A piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface on which objects may be placed, and that can be used for such purposes as eating, writing, working, or playing games

kitchen island table combination – John Boos

John Boos & Co. Kitchen Island Bar 32" x 48" – KIB01-O

The Kitchen Island Bar Table has got everything. Skillfully crafted of solid Hard Rock Maple throughout. There’s an 8″ drop leaf along the long side, with 2″ radius corners on the drop leaf. The top is 1A¾” thick Edge Grain Solid Hard Rock Maple – treated with a Cream Finish to provide an ample cutting surface. The John Boos Cream Finish is an all-natural formulation that penetrates deeply into the grain of the wood, leaving a silky wax barrier that locks moisture in. When used regularly, Boos Block Board Cream will replenish the moisture lost from repeated washings, keeping your Kitchen Work Table from drying, bleaching or cracking. Boos Block Board Cream is a special combination of natural unbleached beeswax and food grade mineral oil.

Reformed Church of Huguenot Park

Huguenot, Staten Island, New York City, New York

Prominently situated on the corner of Amboy Road and Huguenot Avenue, the Reformed Church of Huguenot Park is a distinguished and unusual building constructed in 1923-24 and designed in a style reminiscent of medieval vernacular buildings in England and France. Dedicated as the National Monument of the Huguenot-Walloon-New Netherland 300th Anniversary of Religious Freedom, the church celebrates the tercentenary of Huguenot settlement in New Netherlands, particularly Staten Island.

The Reformed Church of Huguenot Park, clad in serpentine stone native to Staten Island with concrete trim and mortar, was designed by prominent New York architect Ernest Flagg and is his only church design in New York City. An important part of Flagg’ s oeuvre of stone buildings on Staten Island, the church illustrates Flagg’s architectural sensibility, a consequence of his tenure as a student at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris whose curriculum sought to mediate the polarities of art and science.

Aesthetically, the design recalls the Norman architecture of England and the Romanesque vernacular buildings of Normandy and Brittany in France, while incorporating a number of ingenious scientific innovations by Flagg to make construction more economical.

A one-story extension with a peaked roof, designed by architect James Whitford., Jr. in a style sympathetic to the original building, was added to the west side of the church in 1954-55. At the northeast corner of the site is a small one-story wood-frame building, designed in a classically-inspired style, which was built in 1903-05 as a library and moved to its present site soon after its construction. This structure was the smallest branch in the New York Public Library system from 1929 to 1985.

Huguenot Settlement and the French Church on Staten Island

Huguenot settlement on Staten Island began in the 1660s and in the following years many Huguenots settled in New York and New Jersey, fleeing religious persecution in France. The Huguenots were Reformed or Calvinist Protestants living in France or Belgium who were persecuted for their beliefs by the Catholic majority.

Huguenots from southern Belgium where French was spoken were known as Walloons. Although the term applied to French-speaking Belgian Catholics as well, the distinction between these groups was seldom made in the New World.

Huguenot persecution in France dated back to the French National Synod of 1559 and the founding of a reformed church based on Calvinist doctrine and Presbyterian government. This legally legitimized the Protestant church in France, but provoked a backlash of intolerance among the Catholic majority. Many of these French Protestants had already left for England, Holland, Russia, and other European countries by the time Louis XIV signed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 due to pressure from Catholics.

His signature officially banished the religious hierarchy of the Huguenots from France, but forbade the laity to follow them out of the country. Sensing coming strife, Huguenots began emigrating to New Amsterdam (now Manhattan) arid New Netherlands (now part of New York State and New Jersey) early in the seventeenth century. By mid-century, the Huguenots had established a community at New Paltz in what is now Ulster County, New York, and in the 1660s joined with the Dutch in founding New Utrecht on Long Island, now remembered as a neighborhood name in Brooklyn.

Among the earliest Huguenot settlements in New Netherlands was that on Staten Island. In August of 1661, nineteen settlers led by Pierre Billiou (a Walloon who was later the sheriff and magistrate of Staten Island), settled near the present Arrochar, where they founded a garrison for protection against local Indians. The area proved well suited for agriculture, and the settlement (now remembered as Oude Dorp or Old Town) flourished. By 1664 the settlers arranged for a preacher from the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam, the Reverend Samuel Drisius, to visit Staten Island every two months and preach in French. The deeply religious nature of the Huguenots was demonstrated when a second small group of settlers, arriving in August of 1664 from Rochelle and St. Martin, France, agreed to stay on Staten Island provided "a good French preacher was furnished."

By 1686 an independent French congregation was established on Staten Island, continuing for nearly fifty years. By the late 1690s the only resident clergyman on the island was the French preacher Reverend David de Bonrepos who had come from the town of New Rochelle (now part of Westchester County). He began services in 1693 with a congregation whose members came from France, England, and Holland. In 1698 the congregation received a deed of land at Green Ridge on which Staten Island’s first church, known as the French Church, was built (now demolished).

This church, which for many years was the only one

Getting There..

Our kitchen island-work in progress. I was able to get it primed and one coat of paint on it so far. This island is a combination of an old cabinet and an new table added on to it to create one piece.