This man has an Island

From the begining, our kitchen was to have an island in the middle. It has taken a while but we have it now. Here's a shot during construction. No island. Since we did most everything ourselves and, couldn't do everything all at once, there had to be a priority. The island's number has come up!

We used this little antique table for these last two years while we were finishing other things. It's nice and all that but didn't funtion well as counter space.

We bought a couple more cabinets from Lowes, put them together and covered the sides and back with our favorite bead-board paneling, then built the top like the rest of the counter using red oak flooring. That leaves it up to Jane to paint, stain and water proof. She likes using Spar varnish, 3 - 5 coats.

So here it is, we like it. That's 13.5sqft of counter space we didn't have before. Now the project will be to finish the bar chairs in black like the cabinets.