Hi,
Any ideas? suggestions? opinions?
I am a crafty kind of girl. I really want an island, but not for the purpose of just a table in the kitchen. For me, we have a living room and dining room in one and it is about 20x26 and we currently have a long dining room table but we hardly ever use it. I feel like we are wasting real estate space and we reside in an apartment and are pressed for space. I would like to have an island to fulfill storage issues as well as have a high bar for eating and doing crafts, crafts more importantly
I cannot afford to buy a fancy granite counter and have it custom made. I priced granite at the cheapest $1500, samsonite about the same and laminate about $900. The base cabinets do not seem expensive but do not have the dimensions I need.
I thought about just making it myself, I always hear people say how hard it it to make cabinets...how hard is it?
My vision is 36"Dx 96"Lx 42"H.
The problems are..
1] the base cabinets are 30-34.5 inches height and bar height is about 42".
2} the counters are VERY expensive!
3}the weight of the counters with an overhang of about 12" might weigh down the cabinets. {I cannot band the cabinets with the floor, as it is concrete and very hard to drill into}
I have some ideas but would appreciate any guidance. I have dove into watching how to videos, but they are not very specific, they skip around.