I'm going to put some wainscoting on three sides of a square kitchen
island. The size of the top of the island is 48" x 48" and the back
side has an overhang of about 10".
Corbels are not needed structurally, but I'd like to put a couple in
for aesthetics. My question is, what size corbels should I use? I have
never used them, and I don't want to choose a size that's too small or
too large. A google image search brings up this picture:
http://store.wellsfargoestore.com/merchantstaging/1739/corbels%20at%20island%20end.jpg
Is that about right? Those look pretty big to me.
On 18 Jan 2006 12:55:25 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>I'm going to put some wainscoting on three sides of a square kitchen
>island. The size of the top of the island is 48" x 48" and the back
>side has an overhang of about 10".
>
>Corbels are not needed structurally, but I'd like to put a couple in
>for aesthetics. My question is, what size corbels should I use? I have
>never used them, and I don't want to choose a size that's too small or
>too large.
My suggestion would be to just make some cardboard cut-outs to just
get an idea of height and depth. Have someone hold them where you
want them and stand back to have a look. Then get a chair (if you
will ever be sitting there) and while the person is still holding your
cut-outs see which ones don't bang against your knees. Use that size.
Mike O.