Kitchen reno...Kitchen Island

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When we moved into out darling little house 3 years ago, I knew then that the
Kitchen needed a face lift.

Love the layout but there was not enough counter space as well as cupboard space.

You see we moved from a large farmhouse kitchen/home  to a much smaller space.

Hence the Kitchen Island....

Rather than trying to build it from scratch we took the option of visiting our
local Ikea store.......

We knew exactly what we wanted but..... all their pre made Islands were either too big,
or didn't have the layout we were after.

So this is my story.....

We started with the AKURUM System......as seen here.

AKURUM

Base cabinet with 3 drawers, white, Härlig white

Base cabinet w shelf/drawer/door

We selected  Stat  door fronts .

STÅT

Door, white

$26.00

We used a plain fronts on the two top drawers

STÅT

Deep drawer front, set of 3, white

$50.00

Once we built the units we positioned them with the base cabinet to the left and the

three drawers to the right,  then they were bolted together underneath.

Then the hardware was installed.

EKEBODA

Handle, stainless steel

$11.99  / 2 pack

Next came the choice of counter. We chose butcher block.

NUMERÄR

Countertop, beech

$269.00

Instead of purchasing a back to cover up the two units we chose 
beadboard. We purchased this at our local Home Depot.







I added these cute bee hooks for my towels.

Then to give it a look of built in look we purchased trim 7" deep.

Measured and cut it out on the mitre saw then nailed it on. 

Then cut from a  block of wood we routered out the feet in the front.

Then I painted the beadboard and trim to match the rest of the island.




Love how it turned out and so inexpensive.


The Kitchen Island costs under $1,000. to make.

Customized to our needs.

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                                        Linda

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