Counter extension

Like many of you, our kitchen is too small and we don't have enough counter space. The main weekly PITA is when the wife and I return with groceries. To avoid using plastic bags, we shop using a duffle bag and a backpack that we pack to the gills.

I've always wanted a breakfast bar in our kitchen, so naturally, when planning the layout of our kitchen, I was determined to make it work. We got our cupboards used off of kijiji and designed it so that we had a peninsula that we could make into a breakfast bar. We had to modify the back of the bottom cupboards that were now exposed, by adding a bookshelf to the empty corner and by adding a thin board to make it look like board and batten backing. I bought these Capita brackets from IKEA to…

Storage and work top space in a tiny kitchen can be a nightmare, especially when there is no more wall or floor space to extend kitchen cupboards. Often, the on…

DIY hinged countertop, increase kitchen counter space, piano hinge countertop

Storage and work top space in a tiny kitchen can be a nightmare, especially when there is no more wall or floor space to extend kitchen cupboards. Often, the on…

A No-nail, No Lost Security Deposit Kitchen Counter Extension for Renters: I am a recent college graduate living in an apartment in a big, expensive city. Since I don't come from some extremely wealthy family and I didn't invent facebook or anything, it pretty much goes without sayng that my kitchen is TINY. I cook a lot, …

A new build from HMH Architecture + Interiors blurs the lines between outside and in. For an active young family of four, the sky's the limit.

My new drop-leaf kitchen counter extension! #perroncustombuilders