A Note From The Home Depot
Who doesn’t love an extended weekend to relax and enjoy the company of your loved ones. This year, Monica Chavez and her family get to enjoy their Labor Day gathered around the grill on their new DIY outdoor kitchen patio. Check out the details below on how Monica was able to transform their traditional backyard patio into a built-in BBQ Kitchen with the help of The Home Depot.
DIY Outdoor Kitchen and BBQ
I cannot believe our backyard has an entire cooking area now! After wanting an outdoor kitchen for years, we finally built the one of our dreams.
With help from The Home Depot and their many delivery options, I was able to easily source all of the supplies I needed to build this project from scratch. Since I was going to be attempting this entire endeavor mostly on my own, having the large heavy items delivered was a huge muscle saver for me. Even loading 14 cement bags was a breeze by using the curbside pick up where the kind associates loaded it all up for me. You can catch all of the details for this build here, from start to finish, including details on how I made these DIY friendly concrete countertops
I was meticulous in planning the layout so that it fit our needs and would last us many years to come. The Traeger Pellet Grill and Smoker is incredibly versatile and provides a multitude of cooking options. Incorporating a mobile griddle that we could easily stow away allows us to have more space when we need it.
Built in shelving also provides plenty of storage for all of the outdoor cooking accessories. Countertop space was a necessity and I was able to customize the size and look of ours by creating our own concrete counters. Accurately figuring out square footage for materials needed was easy with the use of The Home Depot’s countertop calculator.Tackling the counters in segments made the project manageable and totally DIYable. I never thought concrete countertops would be this doable and now I want to incorporate them everywhere.
Another non-negotiable was a seating peninsula that could double as a buffet counter to hold food for gatherings. Finishing off the horizontal cedar planks in my favorite black exterior stain gives the kitchen a modern feel to it. It’s exactly what I envisioned at the start of the project and I couldn’t be happier.