How can I install cabinets in a half wall?
by Linda R
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Hello!
I have a half wall between my kitchen and living room. I'd like to put a breakfast bar on it and put some cabinets for storage under the bar in the same wall. I figure the beast way for the cabinets to sit is with them opening into the kitchen. The kitchen is small, about 10' x 11' .
It's not a load-bearing wall--it runs perpendicular to the roof ridge and the condo sits on a slab. But, it does have an electrical outlet about 32 inches in from one side.
The top of the wall, where the breakfast bar would sit, is 58.5" wide long and 12 inches wide and the wall is 43 inches high (58.5" l x 12" w x 43" h).
Any suggestions for the easiest way--and most cost-efficient--to do that, or something similar? My skill level is about medium level, I'd say. I'm definitely not Norm Abram material, but I ain't no slouch with a set of tools either.
I look forward to your ideas.
Thanks a bunch!
LTR
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buy ready made cabinets at Ikea or habitat for humanity Restore. put them against the kitchen side of the wall. buy a ready made quartz or granite top. shim the cabinets to to top of the wall so the counter can rest on it.
You can also cut into the wall and use the stud space for built in cabinetry.
I wonder why the wall is 12" thick? Does it have HVAC in it?. To attach a bar top on top of cabinets you'll have to tear down the wall to top of cabinets or remove the wall totally. Base cabinets are around 35" tall. Or just add base cabinets with a top for storage and apply a separate top to the 12" wall with an overhang of 12" with brackets for support, using tall barstools.