Sprucing up the Kitchen Island

I was antsy for a project yesterday and chose the kitchen island as my unsuspecting target.

I had a little bit of cash, so I ran to The Home Depot and picked up some primed mdf boards.

It was serendipitous that I also found some bead board scraps for $.51 each

I wanted to get as much of the project done as I could before The Joe got home and felt obligated to help. I cut the bead board into strips using the table saw and tacked them to the top of the island.

 Then I made a paper pattern of what I wanted the supports to look like and cut 6 of them using the bandsaw.

That's when The Joe walked in the door and went to work cutting the angles of the shelves.
It's a good thing too! He's way more precise than I am. 

We put 3 shelves together before we screwed them onto the island and then cut extra little pieces to put in between so it looked like the support board was one long piece underneath the shelf.

Time to paint!

And here she is now.

Total project cost $25

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