Island Construction: Part 4

Weekend 2 of this crazy project brought great progress.

We cut out the beadboard for the two sides and placed it. The other side is the mirror image, just without an outlet.

Nate constructed a rough counter surface for us to work with.

And the painting began in earnest!

This looks like prison chic! 

It's starting to look like more of a cohesive whole!

Island Construction: Part 3 (was Island Demolition)

After raising the cabinets, we then needed to connect everything. 

We had to place the new outlet a little off-center, but there was no helping it. 

We secured the cabinets to four-by-four posts, then the posts to the original structure. Then we secured the bookcases to the original structure, with additional four-by-four posts to help support the weight.