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Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island – Wayfair Hack

by Jessica

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I can’t wait to show you how easy it is to create a kitchen island for a small kitchen using a sideboard!

Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island - Wayfair Hack

Y’all know I love a good hack…turning something that you don’t really need into something that functions for you is one of my favorite things to do. Recently, I teamed up with Porch and Wayfair to come up with a back to school hack using something from my very favorite place for all things home, Wayfair! We live in a small home, so storage is always a pretty big issue for us. We needed some additional storage in our kitchen, so I knew instantly that I wanted to find something to add. We have no kitchen island, so that’s what I wanted to focus on.

Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island - Wayfair Hack

This is the sideboard that I started with. It’s super cute, and I love it with the doors on it, but I really wanted open shelving. For me, if I can’t see something it doesn’t exist…out of sight, out of mind. I started by removing the doors. I also didn’t have a ton of room for opening and closing the doors.

Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island - Wayfair Hack

Just by taking the doors off and adding a few hooks, I doubled the storage space in our kitchen. I have a place to hang my strainers so they are easy to grab when I need them. I was able to bring my cookbooks down to a level where I could actually get them out for menu planning.  I added a basket to corral lunch packing items and straws, and was able to store my sandwhich press/grill on a shelf so I would remember we owned one. I’m so bad about forgetting I have things when I can’t see them. Now…pressed sandwiches for everybody!

Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island - Wayfair Hack

I added a hook on the others side to hang a tea towel for hand drying and such, and also added a piece of butcher block to the top for added food prep space. We have very little counter space, so this was my favorite addition!

Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island - Wayfair Hack

I couldn’t be more happy with the kitchen island addition to our kitchen! It’s the perfect size for a small kitchen with little room and no island. If you think outside of the box a little bit, it’s easy to add additional storage space to your small kitchen!

Sideboard Turned Kitchen Island - How To Think Outside Of The Box and Add Kitchen Storage

This post was sponsored by my friends at Wayfair and Porch. All opinions, ideas, photos and styling are 100% mine.

Great news! Porch, Wayfair and Lonny Magazine are hosting a fun Instagram Contest! From September 7th – 14th at 11:59 pm, tag two friends in the comments on THIS PHOTO and you will be entered to win a $500 Wayfair gift card and $500 of cleaning services from Porch! 

 

Filed Under: Cleaning, DIY, Home Decor, Kitchen Cleaning, Mom Approved, Organizing Ideas Tagged With: kitchen, kitchen island, sideboard

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I’m Jessica, a mom on a mission to show other women that you can live well without breaking the bank. I like to share the thrifty, creative ways that I make changes in my home in the hopes that it will spark the creativity in someone else! I love to share DIY projects, crafts, simple recipes and cleaning tips too! Read More…

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