DIY Farmhouse Kitchen Island

This was my most challenging project yet and can serve as a kitchen prep table or a kitchen island.
I had access to a both Festool Domino's which I tried for the 1st time to assemble the base. But you can use a router and loose tenons, traditional mortise and tenon and even pocket screws. I would have no issues using pocket screws. I build an assembly table that weighs hundreds of pounds with pocket screws and have rolled that all over my shop and stood on it to assemble the electrical on the ceiling with no signs of failure.
I also used the Domino to align the drawer bottom and table top. Here again, you can use a biscuit joiner to accomplish the same thing.
A lot of 'firsts' for me:
Domino and loose tenons
Dimensioning rough lumber
All solid wood; Poplar and Hard Maple
Building a countertop
Annie's chalk paint
Osmo Top Oil clear satin
Attention to wood movement
z-clips
Here are the supplies and tools that I used:
Supplies:
Rough Lumber: Poplar for the base / Hard Maple for the top
Osmo Top Oil clear satin
Annie's Chalk paint (base)
Annie's wax (base)
z-clips - Table Mounting Clips (Lee Valley)
16" self closing drawer slide (Lowes)
Low profile polyurethane caster (Lee Valley)
1-1/4" Kreg screws (coarse thread)
1" Kreg screws (coarse thread)
Domino tenons
Titebond glue (extended)
Drawer handles from DeVol Kitchens
Tools:
Festool Domino DF 500
Festool Domino XL DF 700
Sawstop Jobsite tablesaw
Grizzly G0860 Dust Collector G0860
Grizzly 17" bandsaw G0513x2
Grizzly 8" Jointer G0858
Grizzly Benchtop planer G0940
TSO Parallel Guides
Festool Tracksaw
Festool Track guide
DeWalt Drill/Driver
Kreg pocket hole jig (an old one)
Grex 23 gauge pin nailer
Porter Cable 16 gauge nail gun
Woodpecker 6" and 8" squares
Woodpecker Delve square

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[@DanMarantz]

Looks good and I’m a little jealous if your shop

[@DIYwithDennis]

LOL!! Thanks Dan! It's a work in progress that never seems to end

[@daniellecaggiano173]

Awesome!

[@DIYwithDennis]

Thanks Danielle!!