How we built a bespoke-looking kitchen island for under £300 – and it's become one of our proudest renovating achievements

Kitchen island with white top and yellow patterned sides, with rattan bar stools, on tiled terracotta floor.

Committed home renovators David and Andrew Harrison-Colley (better known on Instagram as The Home Boys) are part of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing their thoughts on making a home together and living through the tricky parts. See the rest of their articles here.

If you read Part 1, you’ll know the perimeter of our kitchen came together using GoodHome cabinets from B&Q, a few clever in-frame tricks, and roughly £5,000 of patience. Today we’re tackling the part of the kitchen people ask about even more than the perimeter: the island.