Making A Kitchen Island From Stock Cabinets

Some use base cabinets and others use wall.

Making a kitchen island from stock cabinets.

The hardest part about making a kitchen island is deciding what to make it with. Your post is so timely i m actually making a kitchen island from a sink base stock cabinet also from home depot. Before you begin building the island order your countertop made 21 1 4 inches wide by 56 inches long so that it s ready to install when the base piece is done. The easiest way to do this is to adjust the height of the toe kick.

Upper wall cabinets at 12 inches deep by 30 inches tall are ideal for building a mobile island. The easiest cabinets to use are stock base cabinets because they are going to be the same size as the rest of the base cabinets. Building a kitchen island can be pretty straightforward if you use stock cabinets for the cabinets and doors. We started the process of looking at islands made out of kitchen cabinets and didn t find much we got some old cabinets from facebook marketplace.

I decided to use both of the bottom cabinets to make my kitchen island. They add counter space centralize cooking areas add seating and eating areas and appeal to a kitchen layout. The stock cabinets may have to be trimmed down so that the height of the cabinets is the same. We had trouble leveling them so we used a few wooden shims and tried some re arranging also used 1inch pieces of wood between the cabinets to make them more separated and give the doors more space.

Some use base cabinets and others use wall cabinets. The hardest part about making a kitchen island is deciding what to make it with. Many consist of little more than a couple of cabinets a custom size countertop some trim and maybe some shelves. Kitchen islands are the most versatile addition to any kitchen.

With just a few simplifications and a lot less money you can build a completely legit kitchen island with two stock cabinets a countertop and some basic lumber. Kitchen base cabinets are too tall for use in a mobile island unless you cut them down to size. Here s what my dining room looked like before i started my reno. Use simple straight cuts on plywood and stock boards to wrap the cabinets.

Once this decision is made you can assemble the island. Use a circular saw to cut away the raised lip. I was ripping this whole wall of cabinets out anyway for my reno but i m all about re use re cycle since i wanted a kitchen island and i was lucky enough to have an extra set of 2 double doored cabinets in my dining room originally.