Amazing Using Base Cabinets To Make An Island

We have panels for the sides.

Using base cabinets to make an island. After everything was square and solid I used 12 MDF around the perimeter of the boxes to close them in. You can add 30 high wall cabinets to the back of base cabinets to build the island. Wooden cabinets are the easiest to work with for this project.

Instead of fastening them to an interior wall they must be secured to the floor and have built-in allowances for anchoring them. For this I used Luann board. Place the mdf countertop on top of the peninsula cabinetsSand and paint the kitchen islandScour the flea markets and thrift stores for a good baseThe countertop should hang 2 inches over the door side and 8 inches over the backside.

The base of the peninsula is constructed from three upper cabinets and one corner cabinet to create an L-shaped addition. Also remember the panels and outside corner molding to finish the backs of the cabinets. For one I want to live in the space and see how we function in it and two we need to save up for such a big undertaking since it involves reworking the entire back half of our house.

The island is 3 24 wide Ikea base cabinets. Build a platform to raised the wall cabinets up to the correct height and cover with toe kick at the bottom. The countertop extends to cover the wall cabinets also.

Stock base cabinets are 24 inches deep and come in widths of 12 to 48 inches. Its only 14 which makes it the exact size to make the side of the cabinet flush. Creating A Kitchen Island Using Ikea Base Cabinets Before we moved in we knew the kitchen needed to be addressed but a total gut was out of the question.

Make sure you order at least two extra doors to finish the front of the island on the side of the 24 cabinets. Measure the height of the cabinet and subtract that from your intended height for the kitchen island. This will determine the height of the legs you add to the base and a new countertop.