Making A Kitchen Island From Stock Cabinets

Once this decision is made you can assemble the island.

Making a kitchen island from stock cabinets.

Building a kitchen island can be pretty straightforward if you use stock cabinets for the cabinets and doors. Kitchen islands are the most versatile addition to any kitchen. 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. Some use base cabinets and others use wall cabinets.

Use simple straight cuts on plywood and stock boards to wrap the cabinets. 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. 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. Using a square to determine where to cut the height of the toe kick line it up from the existing toe kick and make a straight level line image 2.

The hardest part about making a kitchen island is deciding what to make it with. I decided to use both of the bottom cabinets to make my kitchen island. Stock kitchen cabinets come in a wide variety of finishes colors sizes and configurations. Many consist of little more than a couple of cabinets a custom size countertop some trim and maybe some shelves.

Here s what my dining room looked like before i started my reno. 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. The stock cabinets may have to be trimmed down so that the height of the cabinets is the same. Upper wall cabinets at 12 inches deep by 30 inches tall are ideal for building a mobile island.

Your post is so timely i m actually making a kitchen island from a sink base stock cabinet also from home depot. I m using 1x4s as my trim and actually trimmed down thin sheets of plywood for the sides and am doing something funky w a herringbone wood pattern where the stools will go. They add counter space centralize cooking areas add seating and eating areas and appeal to a kitchen layout. Use a circular saw to cut away the raised lip.

The easiest way to do this is to adjust the height of the toe kick. Some use base cabinets and others use wall. 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.