My kitchen island transformation…Part One

September 27, 2011

also known as “She’s got legs, she knows how to use them!…” or aka Step 3, 252 in my kitchen remodel…

Ahhhh…my dear friends. You have so generously and graciously put up with me and my almost but not quite reveals of my never ending, will it ever be over kitchen remodel. When I started this ginormous project in April I truly never realized how long it would take. See there’s this thing called “life” and it keeps getting in the way. I am also almost doing this completely on my own, (I love my husband. He does not love DIY projects. We agree to disagree on this issue.) which is a huge undertaking but also very rewarding and I am almost there. I see the finish line (or the crown molding on the cabinets since that’s the last project left) and it is looking lovely my friends, just lovely.

I didn’t want your interest to wane too much as you are waiting with baited breath for the final reveal (you are still waiting with me right??

) So I thought I’d give you a peek at my new (old) island! I can honestly say it’s my favorite part yet! The before and after is almost shocking…

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I do need to interject here and say the “Before” isn’t really our before. This was a photograph taken when we first looked at the home..but the island itself had not changed in the six years we’ve lived here, and she was due for a makeover! Isn’t she a beauty now?

As you can see we wrapped the original island in beadboard and new baseboard trim.

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I painted the cabinet doors and added hardware where none ever existed.

Of course the most dramatic change is the addition of the island legs, the removal of the old counter and the beautiful Ikea butcher block counter we replace it with stained in walnut!

Seriously I could just lay on this counter, I love it so much! Removing the old island counter and extending the new counter out longer instead of wide like it use to be, gained us almost two feet of space between the island and the refrigerator! It feels like we doubled our kitchen width!

The white and walnut together are just so soothing to me and makes me smile every time I look my new beauty.

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Did I mention how much I love her!? And, I love you all so much that later this week I’ll give you the complete step by step tutorial on how I gave our island her makeover…including having to convince the tool rental guy at Home Depot that I was renting the compound miter saw for myself and not my husband. Yep, ladies 95% of this project was completed by just little ole’ me..and I am so proud of myself!

So be sure to join me later this week when I’ll show you, how you can do this

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to your own outdated kitchen island!

For past tutorials on my kitchen projects you can visit my posts on: building a window seat addition, replacing our planning desk, building a decorative shelf, how to make frugal cabinet feet, how to replace a recessed light with a pendant, repurposing our old chandelier, how to add an Ikea farmhouse sink in an existing cabinet, and making your own DIY cornice boards.

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For the full HOW TO on the island please visit my: Island Modification Tutorial

Thanks for joining me at my new “island retreat” at the picket fence!

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