We have never built a kitchen island.
Its a little bit different then the rest of the kitchen. Let me explain.
You construct your cabinet boxes, attach them together then level and bolt them to the wall. Those little suckers won't go anywhere. An island starts off the same way, building little boxes, attaching together but what do you bolt them to? The answer: the floor.
Not as easy as you think. And to top it off, there's alot going on in this 4 x 5 space. A kitchen sink, a small miniature dishwasher, wine nook, decorative cabinet and power for a desk station. Oh...... and did I mention my favorite thing......a full sheet of chalk board!!!!!!!!!
For the last couple of weeks we built the boxes and distracted ourselves with other items that we easily decided were more important. But as other items got checked off the list we were faced with having to finish it. So we finally just jumped in and did it. Why we were so hesitant to begin this build? It's our tile floor. Our tile is a through body porcelain meaning its the real deal not just a porcelain top coat.
What this really means...... it's tougher then nails. It took a series of 5 to 8 masonry and tile drill bits, some smoke and even water to drill 4 little holes. Not what we expected. Who knew tile could be so strong? Duh.... We started on one side and worked our way to the other, it's probably not the exact way a cabinet installer would do it but I know that baby will never budge a inch.
Now all it's waiting for is a top........yes that's right a chalk board top.
