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How To Build A Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave

Set up your own hidden coffee and microwave station! In this post I’ll be sharing how we did it plus, I’m giving away the plans for free. So, if you want some coffee station ideas, read on!

How To Build A Hidden Coffee Station

With many of today’s kitchens having an open concept, there can be several things that distract my eye from seeing total beauty. But a hidden coffee station can totally fix this.

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I’m just one of those people I supposed that notices every. single. thing. and my family does not. I’m the one picking up after everyone when the fam jam is around and when it’s just my husband….ditto. Besides life’s little messes are one thing and honestly, I don’t mind, but when it came to designing our beach home kitchen something major did bother…

The Before:

The “in your face” microwave! Although I use a microwave just to heat things up, I preferred not to see it. Especially when it could be hidden! You’ll see it below…

beach house dated kitchen before

 

The before…. it’s not ugly, but simply outdated.

I can’t wait to show you the full reveal…done ON A BUDGET!
The appliances worked fine, but for 15 years they served us well and we donated to Habitat For Humanity for resale.

How To Build A Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave

The coffee maker, toaster and everything else had to either go or be hidden and my husband was in full agreement.

We kept the cabinets to save money, but ripped out the one over the microwave and tossed.
Only the other cabinets remain the same. The pantry got an extreme makeover and became our fabulous built in coffee bar – microwave station.

Can I just say…YAY and tell you how much we LOVE it!

The After:

How To Build A Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave

Today I’m sharing the process and the free plans…which you can take to use to build your very own hidden coffee station with if you’d like.

Hidden Coffee Maker Cabinet: The Process

We started with an idea and determined the size of the appliances that would go inside and what we would be using this station for.

Next we drew up a concept by hand. My husband is old school and has been hand drawing since he studied engineering and drafting in college as a construction management major.
We sent the concept drawings to our cabinet maker who used a CAD program to create the coffee bar/microwave station using the dimensions that we provided.

We approved the CAD drawings after making minor changes and then it went into shop production.

How To Build A Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave

 

The shop fabricated two side panels which went the full depth of the pantry. The unit has four slide out shelves with lips and two fixed shelves above the pull outs. One of the slide outs has a 2″ lip all the way around for the coffee bar and the other three pull outs have a 4″ lip all the way around.

Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave plans

Prior to installation, my husband determined where to place the electrical boxes. He chose to do it on the back wall for the microwave and coffee pot and installed two duplex outlets.

Full two part extension glides were then attached to the pull out boxes and then the second pieces were screwed into the side panels inside the cabinet.

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slide out coffee bar shelves
Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave cabinet

DIY Hidden Coffee and Microwave Station

We removed an existing bifold louvered door that was original to the pantry and replaced with a pair of two panel doors on pivots.
The doors came primed from our local home improvement store and we painted them to coordinate with the kitchen cabinets.

We thought about having the doors retract into the cabinet when open, but we determined that we would lose too much usable space and decided against that.

We still need handles, but have been going around and around with different tastes on what we want.

 

free plans How To Build A Hidden Coffee Station and Microwave

A Special ‘Thank You’

Thank you to our cabinet makers in Miami SPACE PROS for working with us and allowing us to share the renderings with our readers! Compromise is going to have to happen soon, because handles and knobs are the last remaining detail to finishing this kitchen!

I’ll be sharing the full reveal soon…with new knobs or without!

PIN FOR REFERENCE LATER!

 

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4 Comments

  1. Did you have to buy a specific kind of microwave? What about ventilation?

    1. Just a regular microwave and we leave the pantry doors open when it’s on, so never an issue.

    1. It’s towards the bottom of the post (says Space Pros)…just right click and save to your computer.