What a good idea! What a cute pooch, too! Love Labradoodles.

Brilliant! Thank you for posting this.It's such a useful and simple solution.

As a mom to two rescued St. Poodles, I adore you Labradoodle. What a face

I am waiting for you retrofit your own car elevator.

Deedles and Starinasgarden, thank you for the comment. Starina, I was seriously considering a rescue standard poodle when I found Bell, who really needed a home. She was a discard from a breeding kennel.

Yes, the folding chopping/cutting table is a simple solution. Works for me.

Marcolo, Hmmm. Car Elevator. The garage IS in the basement. Hmmm.

A friend gave me several bags of fresh veggies. I set up the table, pulled out the trash and pulled up my stool, and dug in. It is SO nice to have a place to sit, to reach the sink for rinsing and just scrape leavings off the table into the trash.

I wish all kitchens, including mine, had room to build in such a station. Barring that, this works.

But I do need to evaluate whether it is worth while to put a better top on it. I had planned a chopping block, but that would make it heavy. As it is, I just put a chopping block on top--one that lives on the island. And a coat of varnish would be good on the legs. I just rubbed dark stain on them.
Like Scarlet, I'll think about that tomorrow. Today, this week, actually, it's get ready for a big neighborhood yardsale.

Happy cooking, guys.

Awesome DIY'ing! Thanks for sharing the great idea. I could have used that a couple of years ago, before I remodeled my kitchen. But I might do that for the laundry room....

With the new island/peninsula, I have a ton of space for all my canning and cooking, and can even sit to do it! And, after cutting 40 pounds of tomatoes, I sure liked being able to sit at the island to work last week!

Love the photo with your 'helper' Bella! She's adorable, and so hard to believe that is a 'discard'. I'm looking for a discard myself right now!

Oldhousegal,
A year after the death of our lovely old golden (a rescue, of course), I was looking for a standard poodle rescue when we found Belle. She had many strikes against her--wrong coat (she sheds), wrong size (28'' is way bigger than many people want), wrong personality (she bounces with joy and enthusiasm)--for most adopters. I couldn't forget her, and she eventually came home with us.
I strongly recommend one particular on-line rescue site. These people provide permanent homes to unadoptable animals, carefully vet their dogs, and provide excellent descriptions. I didn't get Belle from them (she came from KY Lab Rescue), but I can't resist putting Carolina Poodle Rescue's link here. I have no affiliation with them, of course.

Sandra

Here is a link that might be useful: Excellent Poodle/Doodle rescue site

Bells mom- this is so clever! I think I am going to use this in my galley to get a sit down work surface near the the prep sink. Kind of a temp peninsula.. Way cool! You should market this! Seriously..

Here is a picture of my updated kitchen. It was a 16 by 12 foot 80s white formica kitchen that needed a full remodel. It also had 5 doors! We took down a wall, removed a door, reduced the size of another door, removed the soffits and added 4 feet to the length of the kitchen. I desperately wanted an island, but the kitchen was too narrow. We put an Anderson bay window in to let in more light. The countertops are fusion glass under the window but the rest is granite. My favorite features are TWO dishwashers, not going with a sink under the window, my Thermador steam/convection oven and my Thermador induction cooktop. Backsplash is bluestone and glass. The chairs are Stickley. I'll try to post more pictures.

Lalitha
Thanks. Don't think I'm gonna go into mass production, but I do think the idea is useful enough that I would like folks here to know about it.
This one is pretty crude, but I didn't want to spend much on it until I knew if I would actually use it. I do use it, so I will probably somewhere along in my projects finish the legs better and replace the plywood top with something more durable and prettier.
I am really pleased that you think you might adapt the idea to your kitchen.
Sandra

Sedonamazer
I posted a thread for you. I think you meant to post your beautiful kitchen in a separate thread.