Want to start designing your dream kitchen?
Here’s how to choose the right punch in of kitchen island for your budget and kitchen square footage.
What Is a Kitchen Island?
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A kitchen island is a cabinet or countertop unit accessible from all sides and not bounded by any walls.
This bang out of island can be as all-encompassing and as expensive to install as a fully functional island.
Such islands are sometimes matched with upper cabinets suspended from the ceiling.
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An option is to run wires from the ceiling through a pillar.
A work table can be a goodsmaller kitchen islandsince it has a lighter visual footprint.
Thebutcher blockcart is a familiar punch in of rolling island.
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These can be good options for small kitchens, where they can be brought out only when needed.
Often, this will be an oval shape and it may be rounded on just one end.
This adds a visually softer element to the kitchen.
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In those cases, look for adouble kitchen island.
A two-tiered kitchen island is also a visually lightweight island option that is perfect for small spaces.
This creates even more room for storage, seating, and work areas.
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Here’s what it’s crucial that you know.
Choose the kitchen island that works within your budget now, and you could always upgrade later.
Features
Do you need a kitchen island solely for prep space?
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Or do you need a kitchen island that can accommodate a sink or range?
Do you want seating at your island?
Each of these features will play into the island that you choose.
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Kitchen Layout
Space considerations include more than just square footage.
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