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My sister needed a kitchen island, giving me a great Christmas gift idea, and an excuse to tackle another Ana White woodworking plan. I used Ana’s Easy Kitchen Island plan, adjusting the dimensions to fit in Amber’s kitchen. Instead of 54 inches wide, we made our version 36 inches. This was a quick and easy build. I have some tips to share that I wish I had known before this build, but we learn by making mistakes, right?!
I highly recommend staining the “planks” before attaching them for the bottom and middle shelves. Ana attached the planks with Kreg joins. This seemed like a ton of work and I couldn’t think of a reason that using my nail gun and wood glue wouldn’t suffice, so that is what I did. Super quick and easy with my Ryobi AirStrike Nailer.
Also, I used a 5 gallon bucket paint stirrer to space the planks, which worked out well.
Other than those few changes, I followed Ana’s plan linked in the first paragraph.
Hi Johnnie,
It looks beautiful! I followed your link to the plans on Ana’s site though and the wrong island came up. For anyone looking for this one it would be http://ana-white.com/2011/02/easy-kitchen-island-plans
Once again, looks great! I can’t wait to start on one. I agree with you on the nailer. Without it that would be a ton of pocket holes!
– Matt
Why do you space the top planks? Looks like you are creating a home for crumbs and food debris.
Not sure what you mean. We didn’t space the top planks. They are tight against one another.
Hi, Would you have a valid link / link for Ana’s kitchen ilslsnd. This one isnt working. Thanks 🙂
http://ana-white.com/2010/03/plans-michaelas-kitchen-island.html
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