Island Dreams!

The island is FINISHED!  

Well mostly, I still have a piece of trim to finish nail on. But I am calling it complete.

The final tally for supplies:

• 1 Two door cabinet set, with two plywood laminate walls and 4 trim doors attached to to those ($125.00). I got those at Extra in Denver, formerly a part of an island (I assume a huge one) in a cabinet shop. 
• Butcher Block (birch) from Ikea ($195.00). I did not see it on the website but I was able to order it in a large enough piece to accommodate the overhang on the back eating side. I was inspired to use this product from http://www.beneathmyheart.net/2012/01/ikea-butcher-block-countertop-answers-to-your-questions/. I treated it with the butcher block oil ikea sells, I love the natural texture.
• Set of 3 new knobs from Lowes in a black metal finish ($9.00)
• General framing wood to construct the base the whole configuration is sitting on, corner cabinet fasteners  plastic adjustable leg/feet thingies, wood edging,  from Rockler ($40.00) 
• Bead board ($20.00)
• Base trim and accent trim I used to accent the back and sides ($30.00)
• Trash glides (19.00)
• Rustoleum antique white spray paint ($12.00) Exact same color as existing cabinet. Wonderful.

Total $430.00

Notes:
Setup and Base Island

Bottom up...

Using the anawhite site I modified the overall base build to accommodate a full base across the two cabinets. I combined a few of the project posts she has available if search for island and cabinets.
http://ftp.ana-white.com/2012/03/kitchen-island-farmhouse-table-top
http://ftp.ana-white.com/2012/01/plans/kitchen-cabinet-sink-base-36-full-overlay-face-frame

19inch Cabinet and trash pull

I used a couple of sites for reference in this project. the first was Anna white http://ana-white.com. This site features tons of free building plans that make sense and work well. I used it for the 19 inch trash cabinet I added to the end of the island. The specifics of the trash pull out deviated but the concept was the same. Using a trash can that fit perfectly inside the cabinet I cut out an opening in scrap plywood that would allow it to drop down and the lip of the trash can catches on the wood. I framed it out and added some standard long pull drawer glides. To clean it up and make it look less like a scrap lumber project I covered it in plastic drawer liner and nailed it to the bottom. Now if trash misses it wipes right up and looks nice. The concept is similar to how a drawer would be mounted in a cabinet and the bottom of the drawer cut out to fit a trash can. I screwed one of the cabinet fronts to the wood frame and added a drawer pull to the top. This took lots of leveling and clamps and brute strength (thank you husband:) and luckily the top was not on so assembled from the top down.

Trash systems that you can buy ready to install in your cabinets would have cost  $199.00+ (http://www.kitchensource.com/trash/d/built-in/).  These would have been a smidgen easier to install but I saved a lot by crafting my own and it wasn't a great deal more difficult. The anawhite link to a plans: http://ftp.ana-white.com/2012/01/plans/18quot-kitchen-base-cabinet-trash-pull-out-or-storage-cupboard-door?page=4

Throughout this project I kept up Two boards of ideas on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/jenniferbutts/making-for-my-home/
http://pinterest.com/jenniferbutts/ideas-for-home/
The original plan to keep the definitively doing on the making board and the ideas on ideas board. Well I scrambled up part way through so both boards are a mix:)

If your tackling a project like this I hope this info helps. My handy husband was a must for this project and don't tell him but he is pretty great to help so much. I don't want him to get a big head!