Comments on: Kitchen Cabinets Ideas: Design Kitchen Islands With Wall Cabinets http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets Get The Best Storage Cabinets Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rockler http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets/comment-page-1#comment-1351 Rockler Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:44:59 +0000 http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets#comment-1351 A 3/4" plywood panel will provide all the support you'll need. Just attach a stile to the face side of the panel (where the dishwasher door will be) that matches the width of the stiles on your cabinets. Glue and clamps will provide the best joint. If you have frameless cabinets, just use a matching edging tape: self-adhesive: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=964&filter=wood%20panel or iron-on: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1738 I'm assuming the back of the peninsula is finished, so the tricky part will be making that joint look good. If you're OK with a concealer strip, that would certainly be the easiest route, but only good if it's not very visible (a large overhang on the countertop, for example). If your cabinets are wood and you have clamps, you can glue the panels together, then sand for an excellent seam. If you're veneering yourself, which it sounds like you might be, then you could veneer the whole back after joining the panels. If you have face frame cabinets, attach some blocks to the top and bottom of your plywood "L," so you'll have something for fastening it to the floor and to the countertop. If you have frameless cabinets, you could still use a stile and blocks, or simply toenail through the panel. Hope this helps, and happy woodworking!<br><b>References : </b><br>www.rockler.com A 3/4" plywood panel will provide all the support you’ll need. Just attach a stile to the face side of the panel (where the dishwasher door will be) that matches the width of the stiles on your cabinets. Glue and clamps will provide the best joint. If you have frameless cabinets, just use a matching edging tape:

self-adhesive:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=964&filter=wood%20panel

or iron-on:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1738

I’m assuming the back of the peninsula is finished, so the tricky part will be making that joint look good. If you’re OK with a concealer strip, that would certainly be the easiest route, but only good if it’s not very visible (a large overhang on the countertop, for example). If your cabinets are wood and you have clamps, you can glue the panels together, then sand for an excellent seam. If you’re veneering yourself, which it sounds like you might be, then you could veneer the whole back after joining the panels.

If you have face frame cabinets, attach some blocks to the top and bottom of your plywood "L," so you’ll have something for fastening it to the floor and to the countertop. If you have frameless cabinets, you could still use a stile and blocks, or simply toenail through the panel.

Hope this helps, and happy woodworking!
References :
http://www.rockler.com

]]> By: Steve G http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets/comment-page-1#comment-1350 Steve G Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:42:59 +0000 http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets#comment-1350 Just a filler panel on the end would be all you need. You can cover it with formica to match the cabinets, or whatever you want. You can probably get the panel at the same place you get the cabinets. 3/4" ply with L-brackets sounds reasonable. And fwiw, if one end is attached to a wall, it's not an island, it's a peninsula.<br><b>References : </b><br> Just a filler panel on the end would be all you need. You can cover it with formica to match the cabinets, or whatever you want. You can probably get the panel at the same place you get the cabinets. 3/4" ply with L-brackets sounds reasonable.

And fwiw, if one end is attached to a wall, it’s not an island, it’s a peninsula.
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]]> By: Talmadge W http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets/comment-page-1#comment-1349 Talmadge W Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:40:52 +0000 http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/storage-cabinets/kitchen-cabinets-ideas-design-kitchen-islands-with-wall-cabinets#comment-1349 <b>How do I finish the end of my kitchen island with a dishwasher?</b><br>I have a kitchen Island where the left side is against the wall then on the othe end there is a dishwasher. That end is not against a way so I need help figuring out how to finish it off so that it supports the counter top at that end. I know I do not need a cabinet for the dishwasher so that won't work and I know that the dishwasher is not designed to rest the coutner top on. One friend told me to use 3/4 inch plywood with L brackets then put the vaneer on that. Any ideas are welcome but please have some experience since I dont' want to waste time and money. Thanks! How do I finish the end of my kitchen island with a dishwasher?
I have a kitchen Island where the left side is against the wall then on the othe end there is a dishwasher. That end is not against a way so I need help figuring out how to finish it off so that it supports the counter top at that end.

I know I do not need a cabinet for the dishwasher so that won’t work and I know that the dishwasher is not designed to rest the coutner top on. One friend told me to use 3/4 inch plywood with L brackets then put the vaneer on that. Any ideas are welcome but please have some experience since I dont’ want to waste time and money. Thanks!

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