But every kitchen needs one. Hello all. We bought the place with an island and knew that we'd want to replace it. It had only one side of storage plus two bar-type seats.
Not bad but not exactly what we wanted. The kitchen/dining area could to support a bigger island, for instance.
With it roughly in place we could start to get serious such as ensuring it's level (adding shims if not) and screwing into the floor to secure.
In our post on the kitchen floor we noted the stray (live) wire in the center of the room. The previous island had been electrified, and we wanted the new one to be as well. We threaded the wire through a small hole we made in the bottom of the new cabinet.
Then we had to identify where we wanted the outlet to appear on the island.
Ok, ok. It was a tad more complicated than that. We picked a very shallow electrical box and put it as far back as we could in the cabinet to ensure we had clearance for the drawer (we also tested the drawer).
Zip-zap and press you have an outlet!
Add and secure a butcher block top to match the rest of the kitchen...
The last step is to paint it green so it fits in with all its cousins.
Until next time.
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