Simple Kitchen Island — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

2 boards · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 30 3/4" left over
32"32"
1. Legs — 32"
2. Legs — 32"
Board 2 · 30 3/4" left over
32"32"
1. Legs — 32"
2. Legs — 32"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

2 boards · 2.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 66% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Side aprons — 43"
2. Side aprons — 43"
Board 2 · 56 3/4" left over
19"19"
1. End aprons — 19"
2. End aprons — 19"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

7 boards · 5.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over
43"43"
1. Bottom side shelf supports — 43"
2. Bottom side shelf supports — 43"
Board 2 · 8 1/2" left over
21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"21 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf slats — 21 1/2"
2. Bottom shelf slats — 21 1/2"
3. Bottom shelf slats — 21 1/2"
4. Bottom shelf slats — 21 1/2"
Board 3 · 8 1/2" left over
21 1/2"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

Simple Kitchen Island — board plan

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — Pine 2x2

Board 1 · 30 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 30 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 56 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — Pine 1x2

Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 3 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 5 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 6 · 8 1/2" left over

Board 7 · 13 1/2" left over