When you’ve got a small kitchen that might profit from having an additional work floor in it or a spot for kitchen storage, then you might just like the transportable kitchen island I discovered and the way I painted and styled it to suit the adorning model of my kitchen.
Final week I shared a publish with you in regards to the new kitchen island I purchased to exchange a metallic one I beforehand had.
I advised you as quickly as I completed customizing it in my very own model I might present you what I did to it. I completed it and I couldn’t be happier with the way it got here out.
That is what the very stable and durable wooden island seemed like earlier than I added my model.
There are a lot of methods to customise this wooden work desk/island from merely rubbing wooden conditioner on it, sealing it with a transparent poly to staining it a wooden tone or portray it a shade.
After all these choices, I made a decision to color the bottom utilizing Sherwin Williams Gown Blues paint.
How I Painted the Desk/Island Wooden Base
Usually I might have chosen to make use of Sherwin Williams ProClassic system of paint, since I used it to color the kitchen cupboards, however the man on the paint counter advised me the colour couldn’t be made utilizing ProClassic in a quart and advisable I strive their Emerald system.
I made a decision to get it made up in a semi-gloss end so the bottom can be simple to wipe clear.
Here’s what the again of the island appears to be like like. This aspect is parallel to the sink.
How I Sealed the Wooden Prime
To seal the wooden high, I went backwards and forwards on how I wished to complete it. Two readers talked about they preferred Waterlox for sealing Butcher Block and wooden. A couple of others preferred utilizing meals secure mineral spirits that’s used largely for wooden chopping boards. Each are nice choices.
Since I’m not going to make use of the floor as a chopping board as I’ve a Boos Board Chopping Block to chop on, I made a decision to strive a brand new product from Minwax referred to as Polycrylic Max in an Extremely Flat end.
I like Polycrylic and have shared all of the initiatives I’ve used it on through the years with you on the weblog so I went for it.
I LOVE how nicely it went on and better of all the way it sealed the wooden with no sheen so it appears to be like like naked wooden. I adopted the instructions on the label. I wished to ensure it was correctly sealed and used two coats – sanding in between the coats to ensure the second coat adhered nicely.
How I Styled The Wooden Island
The wooden worktable/island has a drawer and two cabinets beneath the drawer. The cabinets will be screwed in at a couple of completely different heights relying on what you wish to retailer on them.
The drawer had a plain wooden drawer knob. I didn’t take care of that so I changed it with a brushed chrome bin-style pull that I purchased at Dwelling Depot.
How I Organized the Drawer
When you’ve got adopted my weblog for a very long time then you recognize I wish to line drawers with fairly paper. I’ve used all the pieces from material, wallpaper, ebook pages and even present wrap so as to add a shock pop of shade the place you usually don’t anticipate it.
For the my new kitchen island drawer I used present wrap after which sealed it with Mod Podge in a matte sheen that I had in my decor provide stash.
I took my time to get this new island mission finished. First it took me fairly a couple of months to discover a ready-made one which would slot in the small area. Subsequent I didn’t rush into selecting the colour and styling.
I made it some extent to look over the photographs and clippings I’ve taken from Pinterest and magazines to ensure what I ended up doing, can be excellent for my kitchen in addition to my very own adorning model.
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