Easy Diy Kitchen Island Tutorial - Step-by-step Guide

Here's a simple but detailed kitchen island build that will look great in your kitchen.
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[@michellearaiza4740]

Thank you most people cut out a lot of the steps you showed, your video made it look like I could actually do this 👍🏻

[@johnhart4321]

You are a good teacher. Thank you for your thorough explanations and your patience to even cover the steps that probably to you seem so obvious, but to us they are revelatory! Thanks!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you 👍

[@supernova8962]

How is he a good teacher ? I guess you never went to school.

[@deloresochoa6235]

THANK YOU PETE!!!!! We just started our counter top design and ran into small problems. We took just about everything we bought back to Homes Depot and did what you did. We saved 800 dollars. It's for our garage and we didn't need all the expensive stuff to build this one. The better one will go in the house, lol. We will be using ours for cooking and in harvesting our garden goods. To much mess in our home kitchen. We do have air conditioning in the garage and the big pantry is in there too. We doubled the length because all our harvesting vessels and tools will be contained. Extra large pots, dehydrators, slow cookers, pressure canners and anything else you can think of. Our home kitchen has been decluttered and it looks nice. GOD bless you and your family.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Awesome 👍

[@Dreamintn]

Great project. Thank you for sharing and giving all the great information. I have been thinking on this idea and you gave awesome pointers and very thorough. I luv it!

[@CreativeWan]

I LOVE❤your detailed how-to video!!!! Knowledge Sharing, Lessons Learned Along The Journey Videos is what has enabled me to be a DIYer and save so much money!!! I love people being shocked when, upon asking “Where did you get that?” I am able to say “I made it” and enjoy the disbelief 😆😄😏Thank You Pete B. for showing and sharing with us how you too made your kitchen island and saved yourself a nice amount of money! 💪🏾

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Sorry for the late reply and thank you, I'm glad the video helped you out 👍

[@Cowboy_Steve]

Howdy Pete! Awesome job! That looks really good. You should get a lot of years of use out of it for sure. Perfect level of explanation. Thanks for sharing 🤠

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@stantheman5163]

What a great job you did on the island and the video production. That room is a great spot for these tutorials!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks so much!

[@joyleen671]

Thank you for this video. Your step by step process will be really helpful when I build my island.👍

[@deltorres2100]

Looks good Mr…, my cousin did the same .. but he put up a Mika top on it and he painted everything really didn’t paint stained it kind of looks rustic, but it looks good and it’s the same concept. It’s really good Pete.

[@morninggloryfarmstead]

Looks great Pete! Another satisfying project and this one is great because you are gonna get a TON of use out of it. Practical and looks really good. Way to go! 🥳

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@damogranheart5521]

​@@frogmanvcHe took three cabinets, put them together, and made them into a cohesive unit that looks nice and functions well. It does the job.That's DIY!

[@jon_web]

That looks mighty purdy & quite functional!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

It's very purdy 🙂

[@Dee.C]

That looks amazing . I love your attention to detail .

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you 👍

[@MoroMoro1]

Really great video! I watched in 2x speed lol. Saving for future reference. How many inches is the overhand for the seating area?? Thanks for taking the time to film and share!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks, The overhang is 14 inches

[@lorismitherman8744]

Looks great Pete your workroom is turning out fantastic

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@mrsk7384]

Best professional job I ever seen WOW 🔥

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@erickaallen2484]

I love watching this video. The best one I seen yet.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you👍

[@anilucas79]

Really great step by step video, thanks for this

[@jaynegelder4144]

Loved the detailed video! Great job!

[@alfitz2189]

Nice job and nice video. Thank you!

[@damogranheart5521]

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I needed. Subscribed!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks for the sub!👍

[@zac3410]

Awesome video, island looks great!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks so much!

[@robertberry6655]

Very good job. Very detailed. Thanks

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

You are welcome!

[@martinlicha8443]

Hello , i am from Germany your Kitchenisland is very nice, i search for and K-Island and i hope my looks like maybe the same Style.

[@kevincao5569]

Great works, Thank you

[@jonjensen1118]

Nice job Pete!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks!

[@traviscosten8836]

Great video

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you 👍

[@wdwtx2.0]

Looking good.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you 👍

[@LWYOffGridHomestead]

Looks good...great job

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@Alani0203]

This looks amazing! I am getting ready to build one for my sister. I do have a question though. I have an 8ft length butcher block. Can I cut it and butt it side to side to make it wider? Will that look ok?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

You can do that but there will be a line where the ends meet. There should be videos on KZbin that'll show you how it's done.

[@myyabarkley676]

Beautiful ❤

[@inderinder420]

Thanks bro

[@Richie5480]

I wouldn’t recommend using a stain on a butcher block counter top because the stain is most likely not food safe. The stain could seep out of the counter and into your food, causing the food to taste bad and possibly be toxic. There is food safe stains, but I prefer not use anything on the wood if it’s going to be used for food.

[@heyitsbroski]

I don't think he plans on cutting food directly on this counter top. It's simply a counter top.

[@ronnieg90rg]

Wouldn’t the poly coat prevent that? 😅

[@Madcaps215]

Looks really nice. I’m planning on doing the same thing. ❤

[@Madcaps215]

Do you mean the poly coating? I don’t think he stained it. Maybe I missed that. It’s my understanding that poly is fine for food prep once cured. I’d want to let it cure anyway to prevent marking it up.

[@malins4126]

Omg,I need someone to do mine lol

[@frankrosario4315]

How long was the overhang and at what length do I need a brace

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

My overhang is 14 inches and the table top is 1.5 inches thick. I wouldn't go any more than that before you would need to brace it.

[@johnhart4321]

P.S. Your music choice at 17min was beautiful and just perfect. Where did you find it?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks, I get it from Epidemicsound.com, the song is called marigold seeds and the artist is Tape Machines.

[@johnhart4321]

Excellent! Thanks so much!@@petebeasttexashomesteading

[@johnhart4321]

Your final reveal was beautiful!@@petebeasttexashomesteading

[@bart8245]

Do I need to anchor this into my kitchen floor at all?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

No not at all

[@bart8245]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading it won’t potentially tip over if someone leans on it or something?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

@@bart8245 We lean on the over hang and it doesn't budge.

[@lextrombas]

Great time saving idea buying thecabinenets, but with due respect, I think your workmanship is shoddy to say the least. That weight baring top will make easy work on the cabinets and if they last I will be very surprised.

[@rwjazz1299]

what's with the army boots???

[@garywithrow3637]

Like to know where you got that countertop

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

I purchased it at Lowe's

[@codygilbert9213]

What height are those stools?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

They are 28 inches high.

[@oatmeal63]

Boom, it's gone.

[@dwindlefoddl7225]

So why not buy used cabinets?!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

That would work if you can find them.

[@0_Comprimise9]

Nice. We are going to build one this weekend. Once question.... Are you happy with it? 😂😂

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

@@0_Comprimise9 Yes very happy and we use it all the time in our videos.