Island Support - Please show your pictures
The question of how to support your island overhang comes up regularly. A recent thread made me dig up our old pictures which I thought would be useful to others. Please show your pictures/solutions, prior to countertop going on.
We have a curved overhang in the front.
What's underneath: There is 8" of unsupported island at the deepest part (front). The wooden skirts hide the bars.
It's a little confusing to see, but there's a large cabinet under the overhang on the left. We keep large, rarely used items in here.
This was DH's solution - and was probably over-engineered:) - I look forward to seeing what others have done.
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8 years agoWow! I'm ashamed to post my simple overhang support now!
Cabinets notched.Steel plates attached
Finished overhang. I think it's 15", but I can't really remember.
8 years agoI don't have a picture w/o the top but I think you can get the idea from this
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