Doesn’t everyone need a little more counter space, and a little more storage in their kitchen? These kitchen storage table plans add a little of both to your kitchen. With open shelving on one side and a closed cabinet on the other, you’ll have easy access to the small appliances you use most and be able to hide away those that you only use on occasion.

Materials needed:

• 1 1/2″ Butcher block top @ 60″ x 24″
• 3/4″ plywood – 1 sheet @ 4′ x 8′
• 3/4″ plywood – 1 sheet @ 2′ x 4′
• 1/4″ plywood – 1 sheet @ 2′ x 4′
• 1 – 2×2 @ 6′
• 8 – 1×2 @ 6′ (poplar recommended)
• 4 – furniture feet (or cut from scraps if you have them)
• 6 – inset hinges
• Wood filler
• Wood glue
• Finish nails

Tools needed:

• Saws – miter saw and table saw
• Kreg pocket hole jig
• Drill / Driver
• Tape measure
• Sander and sand paper

Step 1: Base and feet

Let’s start with the base, which is a 55 1/2″ x 20 1/4″ sheet of 3/4″ plywood, and add the feet to the four corners. You can purchase feet of a design that fits your style, or you can cut your own. If you purchase feet, attach using their recommended hardware. If you cut your own, use wood glue with two screws coming down from the top of the base. You’ll need to fill and sand the holes from the screw heads later.

Step 2: Cabinet walls

The three cabinet walls are all constructed from 3/4″ plywood – but note their sizes are all slightly different. Also, before you start assembling the walls, you’ll want to have your pieces for Step 3 cut and ready to attach, as they’ll be adding stability and keeping these walls square after assembly.

To keep construction simple, we’re using pocket holes and screws along all of the connecting edges of the walls. Use four screws along the bottom edges of the sides, and five screws along the bottom edge and both sides of the back panel. Remember to also use wood glue along all of the joints.

NOTE: If you want to make the shelf inside the cabinet adjustable, you’ll need to drill shelf support holes before assembling the cabinet walls.

Step 3: Face frame and supports

Now it’s time to add in your two supports for the open ended shelves, which are made from 2x2s, and all of the face frames made from 1x2s.

Start by adding the two horizontal face boards that run the full length of the front. Before you attach the top one to the front of the cabinet walls, ensure that the walls are square. Then add in the horizontal end fascia.

Attach the two 2×2 supports using pocket hole screws and wood glue. You’ll need two screws on the inside of the bottom of the supports, and two screws coming in from the top horizontal fascia.

Use finish nails and wood glue to attach the vertical fascia boards, aligning their edges to the outside edges of the cabinet walls.

Lastly, attach the remaining horizontal boards using wood glue and two pocket screws on the inside of each end.

Step 4: Shelves

Now, onto the shelves for this kitchen storage table. Both shelves are cut from 3/4″ plywood, but again have slightly different measurements.

For the shelf inside the cabinet, we’re going to fix it in place (which means it won’t be adjustable. Use four pocket hole screws on each side, and five along the back to hold it in place.

For the outer shelf, use four pocket hole screws along the front and inside, and two pocket hole screws to attach it to each vertical outer support.

Step 5: The doors

The doors of this kitchen storage table are designed to be inset, sitting flush with the face frame. We’re using standard rail and stile doors made from 1x2s and 1/4″ plywood. Each door measures 12 5/8″ wide by 30 1/8″ high. This allows for a 1/16″ gap along all four edges of each door so they can open and close. For complete directions on building these doors, follow our tutorial on how to build a shaker cabinet door.

If you’re going to paint the base of this unit and stain or oil the top, now is a good time to paint.

Step 6: The top

The top is cut from a single piece of 1 1/2″ butcher block. Align it with equal overhangs on each edge, and attach with wood glue and pocket hole screws from underneath.

That’s it! Your kitchen storage table is complete and ready to use. Just make certain to maintain the butcher block with a food grade oil periodically to protect the wood.

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