I may be alone in saying that my kitchen, unfortunately, does not come readily equipped with a kitchen island. It’s something I’ve resented for quite some time but never had the gall to actually do something about. A few days ago, I made that choice to go from Complaining Carrie to Happy Heather. I decided that I would make my very own custom kitchen island! It appeared to be an arduous task from the instructional books I bought but actually, once I set upon doing it, it was much easier than I had thought.
First, I set out to organize my plan. I knew for sure that I wanted a permanent stationary kitchen island because I knew that I had enough space for it in my kitchen. Then I took the measurements of the open space in my kitchen to make certain that I could indeed fit one in the allotted area and set off to the hardware store to purchase what I needed. When I came back, I had a lot of raw materials and a lot of screws. I employed the help of my boyfriend and we assembled my new granite kitchen island. It wasn’t actually too difficult. With instructions in hand, all we needed were power drills and determination. In fact, we multitasked by having my boyfriend build the base of the custom kitchen island while I constructed the drawers. I was aware that once I actually built the custom kitchen island, the rest would come easily.
We went out and bought some barstools to act as seating for guests and family. Then I took it upon myself to put all the lovely tools and gadgets in their appropriate nooks and crannies. I quite enjoyed this whole process and actually went out to buy more wine just to fill all of the 12 slots on the wine rack we installed. If you are in the market for a kitchen island, butcher block or work table, or want to gather ideas for your custom kitchen island, you should go to Kitchen Island Shop’s web site. You will find that do it yourself projects are ultimately very rewarding.
