Scrapbook Related: Anyone Remember The Costco Island

I remember that! I've been checking out IKEA islands. I like this work bench: link

I made my own out of Crop In Style cubes back in the day after seeing one someone had posted on 2Peas in the heyday of scrapbooking. You could do something similar with any kind of stacking cubes really. Mine is built with eight cubes on each side, four long and two high, with a countertop on top and a custom built base on the bottom that holds them all together. DH constructed the base frame out of 2x4s the same size as the footprint of the stacked cubes with a piece of plywood on top, and MDF trim nailed to the outside that is a bit taller to keep the bottom of the stacked cubes square.

ETA: Mine doesn’t have spots where you can sit like the one in the linked pic, but that could easily be achieved by using any small shelving units of the same size on either end with a countertop placed on top.

ETA2: One thing I discovered years later was that not all of the cubes that are currently available for scrapbook supplies will hold 12x12 materials especially if they are being housed in Iris or similar bins/totes. If you are looking for something that will hold storage like that be sure to bring one with you to make sure it will fit in a sample built cube or shelf in the store. When I moved in 2012 and wanted to find similar sized cubes or shelving to put in a closet in my new house, I couldn’t find ANYTHING commercially available that would hold those totes. I ended up having a custom shelf and closet guy come in and build a custom shelf for that closet to meet my specific dimensions.

Here is a link to one I found by doing a Pinterest search, but I would think you could do something similar for less than $500 by being creative.

www.walmart.com/ip/Sauder-Craft-Pro-60-Crafts-Table-in-White/720911955

peano Have you searched on Pinterest? I just did now and there are literally dozens of things that pop up. Try searching with the terms “cube island scrapbooking craft storage” and you will get a lot of hits.

If you are looking to build, I highly recommend the Target Threshold cubes over the Kallax, they are really pretty and seem sturdier. My husband made a table top for mine and used an IKEA leg frame underneath it (we already had that so it was cheaper then making legs) and that way mine is height adjustable.
The cubes won’t hold the bulky containers, but they hold 12x12 paper quite easily. I have most of my stuff in kits so that is what is in mine. They also hold finished albums and closed containers I got from the dollar tree this summer.
Pinterest has a ton of ideas.

KikiPea do you have something like this? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

I have a similar set up, but with drawers. I used Jetmaxx cubes, which were the precursor to the cubes you can buy at Michael’s.

The table is a standard 60” (5 feet) square bar-height table. I can either stand or sit to scrap and everything is hidden away in drawers. They fit 3 across. I do have a set of narrow plastic 12” drawers on the back side corner where I keep all of my paper scraps organized by color. I love this, as so often I just need a 4x4 scrap of paper. So 14 cubes and the drawers. 

It was easy to put together and I didn’t need DH to build anything. 

I have 2 sitting in my garage. I don't have a place for them currently. So they are stacked on top of each other in the garage.