Using Wall Cabinets For Island

This video shows how to creatively use wall cabinets as base cabinets creating hundreds of possibilities in a kitchen design while saving hundreds of dollars.

Using wall cabinets for island.

If you are using stock cabinets from a hardware store and there are limited size options it sometimes is a. This project calls for an l shaped toe kick using 2x4s. The hardest part about making a kitchen island is deciding what to make it with. 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.

Use simple straight cuts on plywood and stock boards to wrap the cabinets. Make sure you order at least two extra doors to finish the front of the island on the side of the 24 cabinets. Remember matching base board to cover up the 4 1 2 inch platform you will build under the 30 high wall cabinets you use for the island. Fit the island over the two cleats so the cabinets are flush with the floor.

Instead of fastening them to an interior wall they must be secured to the floor and have built in allowances for anchoring them. Anyway i met with a helpful designer at home depot who suggested using 30 tall 36 wide 12 deep wall cabinets centered raised about 10 off the ground. Building a kitchen island can be pretty straightforward if you use stock cabinets for the cabinets and doors. Drill pilot holes and fasten through the toe kick of each cabinet and into the cleat behind using trim head screws.

Kitchen islands are the most versatile addition to any kitchen. Drive the screws slightly below the surface of the wood. The legs would have been in the way to seat 4 comfortably anyway. So basically using wall cabinets as base cabinets but a floating base.

Some use base cabinets and others use wall cabinets. Place spacers throughout the toe kick over the points where the cabinets meet. They add counter space centralize cooking areas add seating and eating areas and appeal to a kitchen layout. The toe kick should be built so it sits 3 inches in on all sides of the cabinets and measures 4 inches high.

Island base cabinets are installed differently than other cabinets.