I began out engaged on smaller tasks for the walk-in closet yesterday, however about 5:30, I made a decision that I’d a lot fairly begin constructing the island. So I headed to Dwelling Depot to select up the whole lot I wanted for that mission. For sure, as soon as I acquired residence with all of these provides, I didn’t have a lot time to work, however my fundamental aim was to get the fundamental field constructed, connect the toes, and put it into place in order that I may get an concept of what this room will seem like with an island. I’ll skip to the tip and present you that half, after which I’ll again as much as the start and present you the method.
Right here’s what I’ve been anxious to see for some time now. That is the scale of the island, and what it appears to be like like within the room.
The completed island might be 30″ x 72″, plus the overhang on the countertop, which might be about an inch on all 4 sides. That can depart me with 36 inches of ground area on all 4 sides of the island. And whereas, in my thoughts, I’ve identified that 36 inches of strolling area across the island is loads of room, I’ve nonetheless been anxious to truly see it. So I used to be very relieved to get the island to the purpose the place I may truly stand it up, put it into place, after which get a really feel of strolling round it within the room to see for myself that it’ll truly work. And it’s nice! I nonetheless have loads of room to open my jewellery drawer all the way in which, which implies that I’ll have loads of room to open the entire island drawers as properly. So my planning labored out completely!
To construct this, I began with the lengthy piece for the underside, reduce to twenty-eight″ x 70.5″, and to that piece, I nailed after which screwed on the aspect items, that are 30″ excessive and 28″ broad.
Right here’s one other view of that, with the underside of the island in the direction of the underside of the image.
I don’t know why I made a decision to do it this manner, however I nailed after which screwed the aspect items into the sting of the underside piece. In hindsight, I want I had made the aspect items 3/4″ shorter, and the underside piece 3/4″ wider on either side, after which nailed and screwed the items collectively in order that the aspect items have been on high of the underside piece. Both approach will work, although.
I nailed the items collectively first simply because it’s a lot simpler to carry them collectively and nail them to get them lined up, after which I adopted up with 1.5″ #8 Spax cupboard screws, which don’t require pre-drilling the holes and gained’t cut up the wooden.
I repeated that on the opposite aspect after which added the middle divider. This piece was reduce 3/4″ shorter than the aspect items because it was connected on high of the underside piece. I measured and marked the middle of the underside piece, lined up the plywood divider, and nailed it into place.
After which I adopted up with the Spax screws by means of the underside piece and into the sting of the middle divider to safe it.
And that was it with the fundamental field. Fairly easy!
Then I added a “body” utilizing 1×3’s across the backside. The aim for these items was to present a bit of extra depth to the wooden in these areas the place the toes could be connected, and in addition give me one thing to connect backside trim to. I connected these items solely utilizing 1.25″ 16-gauge nails. There was no want to make use of screws for these items.
I flipped the piece over to connect the body to the opposite aspect as a result of I wished to make sure it was lined up completely with the sting of the plywood backside, after which I connected 1×3 items to every aspect to finish that body. I didn’t want these aspect items to connect the toes, however once more, the underside trim will go all the way in which across the island, and this offers me one thing to nail that trim to.
To connect the toes (turned wooden toes which are 4.5″ excessive and three.5″ broad, from Lowe’s), I drilled holes for the threaded bolts on the toes. I didn’t hassle shopping for these metallic plates that the bolts screw into as a result of that may have simply added extra peak to the toes that I’d should subtract from the drawer space, and I need to squeeze ever fraction of an inch I can out of the general 36-inch island peak for the drawers. Plus, they’re simply not wanted on a mission like this. So after measuring and marking how far again the toes would want to go for the underside trim to not hit the toes, I drilled the holes for the furnishings toes bolts.
After which I used fairly a little bit of wooden glue on the highest of the furnishings toes…
And positioned the threaded bolts into the holes I had drilled. I did three toes on one aspect, gave it a little bit of time for that wooden glue to set, flipped the island over, and did the opposite three toes on the opposite aspect.
That’s so far as I acquired, nevertheless it was far sufficient for me to face the island carcass upright and get an concept of what it was going to seem like within the heart of the room.
I believe it’s going to be nice! The dimensions is ideal. It’s sufficiently big to have eight drawers on the hanging garments aspect of the room, and 4 drawers and two cupboard doorways on the equipment aspect of the room. Every drawer and cupboard part might be about 34 inches broad.
And that leaves me 36 inches of ground area on either side of the island.
That is the aspect that can have eight drawers. I nonetheless have to work out the precise peak of every drawer. That’ll be a “determine it out as I am going alongside” sort of factor.
Nevertheless it’ll look one thing like this…
Right here’s a large angle view of it from this aspect…
After which this aspect will the one with the 4 drawers on the left and cupboard doorways on the suitable.
So it should seem like this…
And right here’s a remaining view wanting from the washer/dryer space again in the direction of the doorway to the closet.
I want I had began on this earlier within the day in order that I may have gotten additional alongside on the mission, however at the very least I acquired it to the purpose the place I may truly visualize the scale of the island within the closet. Hopefully I could make an entire lot extra progress on this over the subsequent two days! I hope to have much more island progress to share with y’all on Monday.
Facet word: I apologize to all of you neat freaks who’re in all probability feeling an unbelievable quantity of hysteria taking a look at these footage of me engaged on this mission earlier than cleansing up my messes from earlier tasks. 😂 Generally I neglect that not everybody’s work course of is like mine, the place I can simply shove the whole lot to the aspect and soar into one thing new. And I promise you that my ground is okay. I’ll attempt to take a while this weekend and get issues cleaned up so all of you organized folks don’t should really feel anxious wanting on the progress footage on Monday. 😀
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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