Kitchen Island Project - zoom in to read the text
We knew we needed some extra cabinet space, and countertop space in the apartment. I thought about the many kits that can be purchased, however, most didn't offer as wide a countertop as what I wound up with by building my own. And after building a kit desk about a month ago and having to modify the build because of misaligned fittings I vowed no more kits for me. They often come in damaged, or with missing parts, or the case of the desk, dowels that were not aligned properly to fit in their mated holes, plus a back panel that required me to take a saw to it in order to make it fit! So, I started looking at pre-assembled cabinets, kitchen types, or in the case of my build above, a nice bathroom vanity with no top, back, or interior shelf...all easily rectified, and not with a lot of skill needed. At first, we were going to use butcher block for the top, and Lowe's sells a nice one. But, it was roughly a foot longer than I needed, and therefore would need to be cut. And it was unfinished, it did require some extra work that a quartz top would solve. However, the quartz top was about $!50 more than the butcher block, but overall maintenance would be reduced, and with less labor involved. The vanity itself was the most pricy item, but there were others that were less expensive that still could have been used as a base. Of course, and typical of us, we liked the more expensive one. The vanity comes in a box and is fully assembled, and no drawers to build, which is a blessing that you don't get in kit builds. We purchased the base vanity plus some additional material (wainscoting, moldings, etc) from Home Depot. "No man is an island," but he can build one. :)
Kitchen Island Project - zoom in to read the text
We knew we needed some extra cabinet space, and countertop space in the apartment. I thought about the many kits that can be purchased, however, most didn't offer as wide a countertop as what I wound up with by building my own. And after building a kit desk about a month ago and having to modify the build because of misaligned fittings I vowed no more kits for me. They often come in damaged, or with missing parts, or the case of the desk, dowels that were not aligned properly to fit in their mated holes, plus a back panel that required me to take a saw to it in order to make it fit! So, I started looking at pre-assembled cabinets, kitchen types, or in the case of my build above, a nice bathroom vanity with no top, back, or interior shelf...all easily rectified, and not with a lot of skill needed. At first, we were going to use butcher block for the top, and Lowe's sells a nice one. But, it was roughly a foot longer than I needed, and therefore would need to be cut. And it was unfinished, it did require some extra work that a quartz top would solve. However, the quartz top was about $!50 more than the butcher block, but overall maintenance would be reduced, and with less labor involved. The vanity itself was the most pricy item, but there were others that were less expensive that still could have been used as a base. Of course, and typical of us, we liked the more expensive one. The vanity comes in a box and is fully assembled, and no drawers to build, which is a blessing that you don't get in kit builds. We purchased the base vanity plus some additional material (wainscoting, moldings, etc) from Home Depot. "No man is an island," but he can build one. :)