Build Your Own Breakfast Bar. Cheaply

I love them.. I’m sure you love them.
Those perfectly cute breakfast bars that are situated in a quiet nook in the kitchen or dining room, that are easy to serve on, look quite elegant and take up so much less space than a kitchen dinette set, and offer us a lot more storage space.
if you’re anything my me, my dining room is tiny .. so tiny in fact that its barely existent and calling it a dining room isn’t quite realistic.

My kitchen for all that its serviceable is also very small and has room for minimal extra furniture after the basics.
There was, however one vacant area, beneath a sunny window and I wanted a breakfast bar.
Being a middle aged kid, who was raised with the “eat in kitchen” thing happening, where we all shared discussion and arguments over breakfast, I wanted at least some means to eat in the kitchen as opposed to the adjacent dining room and I wanted some room to store a few extras..
But I also wanted something more.. I wanted a bit more fridge space.. My refrigerator sits in a pantry separate from my kitchen, but thats not always convenient and I thought.. Hey.. heres what I can do..
So heres what happened in my kitchen this winter.
I got my breakfast bar, and then.. had a couple brainstorms and took it back apart.. and started again.

Materials List.
*6 foot section of counter, with a splash, standard width of about 2.5 feet.
*One cabinet, purchased from a yard sale, with the lazy susan inside.
4 1 by 2′s about 6 feet long
one mini refrigerator
assorted drywall screws ( yeah I know.. not what you’re “supposed” to use.. but effective, easy and inexpensive.
8 L shaped brackets about 2 inches on each side of the L shape
Two bar stools, lower type, about 26 inches.

I built a frame over the small fridge, raising it up,from the floor about two inches, and also leaving about a six inch space between countertop and the top of the fridge. Also making sure that I had room with the countertop to open the door, and that it was level with the cabinet to assure the countertop laid level. I secured the frame to the fridge on two sides and extended the frame to take in the cabinet.

Mine is set against a wall on the back side, under a large window so that the natural light pours in.
I also hung apendant lamp over one end of it.
I ran power to it bu attaching to an existing electrical outlet.
I secured the frame to the floor using the L shaped brackets on the inside of course
and secured the countertop to the frame on top in the same fashion.

You can, using your imagination, make yours far better than mine..It takes no time at all.. an afternoons entertainment, its fun, its easy and it looks wondeful.
It gives me the added counter space, additional refrigerator room thats convenient in the room I’m cooking in and it gives me a place to take snacks or small meals.

The total cost for it?
79 pounds for the mini fridge
15 pounds each for the stools
15 pounds for the cabinet
25 pounds for granite remnant countertop.
25 pounds for wood and hardware.
Total cost for a lovely addition to my kitchen, about
150 pounds.
Try buying a breakfast bar with a built in fridge for 150 pounds>
Not going to happen.
Get creative.. Explore the possibilities and then just do it.
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