Mel Carpenter
I found 15 amazing DIY outdoor kitchen plans that you can build yourself in just a few days and all of these are much cheaper than paying a professional to do it for you. You can of course, pick and choose what you include and the type of finish that you want – stainless steel, etc. If you have a space for it, this DIY grill island is the perfect outdoor kitchen.
There really are some great DIY stone and pebble projects for you to add beauty to your life.
It has a gorgeous pergola overhead and although it may take you a week or so to build it, it’s not at all a difficult project. With concrete, you don’t have to worry about the weather causing your countertops to buckle or crack.
You can even add a lovely tempered glass inlay to your concrete countertops on this one. You can turn a plain patio or deck into a great little kitchenette in just a couple of weekends.
If you have the boards and steel, you can construct your own outdoor kitchen without spending anything and then just add an off the shelf grill and maybe a small dorm fridge. You can build the perfect outdoor kitchen cabinets to surround your grill with some leftover wooden posts and a few old bricks or stones.
Once it’s done, you just slide your grill into place and you have a lovely outdoor kitchen for just a fraction of the cost of having a professional build it for you. This project only takes a couple of days – including drying time for the concrete.
Once you have the countertops completed, you just add your grill and other outdoor kitchen appliances. The concrete is perfect for outdoors because it won’t rust, crack or otherwise succumb to the weather.
The cabinets still give you plenty of storage space for your outdoor cooking essentials and they help to dress up your grilling area just a big. This is a really cheap and easy way to create an outdoor kitchen, and you can have it easily completed in a weekend. Plus, it’s portable so you can easily move it in and out of the garage or gardening shed to save it from the weather and to keep it neatly put away during the colder months. It includes a sink, bar and of course, a grill and fridge and it has a lovely pallet look that is sure to match your DIY outdoor farmhouse décor.
Tile is a great choice for covering the wood on your outdoor kitchen. It is very versatile and you can find it pretty cheap if you shop in the clearance section of your local home improvement store. This DIY outdoor kitchen has stainless steel and tile and it couldn’t be easier to build.
DIY Outdoor Kitchen With Food Fired Pizza Oven
This DIY outdoor kitchen has a wood fired pizza oven! This one is actually pretty simple to build and the pizza oven fits in perfectly with the rest of your outdoor cooking essentials.
There is even a great little portable outdoor kitchen that you can build in a couple of hours! And, you can customize these plans by adding whatever you want such as a gas grill, a rinsing sink and even a mini fridge.
Once you have your outdoor kitchen built, be sure to take a look at these 40 delicious grilling recipes that are sure to make you the most popular hostess on the block. However, all of them are cheaper to DIY than to buy and you can do some of them with reclaimed wood and other items, which makes them really cheap to build.
And, be sure to add some of these 35 DIY backyard games to make your summer even more fun this year.
