One of the elements I really like about the kitchen in our house is its breadboard -- a pull-out cutting board. It's like magical counterspace. You're cooking and you've got crap all over the counters, but you need to put this one thing down -- what to do? Viola! A place wondrously appears with a simple pull of the hand. And even though I have a large butcherblock, I find myself using the breadboard for more than just bread. Since it pulls out, I don't feel awkwardly smashed up against it. And it's easily cleaned. So when I remade the kitchen, I had to include a breadboard.

Well two years later and I finally got around to making it. The old one was made out of plywood (hey, just because it's old doesn't mean it doesn't suck) which I'd worn through the top layer. So solid maple strips with a bit of walnut for some style. It's wide so I have to glue up the wood in two pieces, plane both to thickness, then do a final glue.
One of the flaws in the original was with cutting juicy stuff -- the juice would run off if not paid attention to. So I routed a small channel in the new one which works quite nicely. So there's two side to work on, with hand pulls on each side.

The pic is the Christmas country ham before its boiling, broiling, and slicing ordeal.