Building a kitchen island can be pretty straightforward if you use stock cabinets for the cabinets and doors.
How to build a home bar out of kitchen cabinets.
If they are shorter you could consider having a shorter bar or custom building bar height cabinets if you have your heart set on making a bar out of kitchen cabinets.
Kitchen cabinets are sold in several standard heights including 30 36 and 42 inches if your cabinets happen to be 42 inches tall they are perfectly suited for a traditional bar.
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To build a cabinet start by cutting panels for the bottom and sides out of mdf plywood or another type of laminate.
Before you begin building the island order your countertop made 21 1 4 inches wide by 56 inches long so that it s ready to install when the base piece is done.
A standard bar height is 42 inches.
Then cut 4 pieces of 1 by 6 lumber to the same width as the bottom panel for the front back and top brace panels.
A lower home bar counter is the perfect place to slice lemons set bottles or install a bar sink.