Kitchen Islands Making Waves
As a gathering place, it’s a most popular destination.
To be sure, the kitchen island has a lot to offer. It bridges the gap between work and storage areas in a large space, saving steps. In a smaller footprint, it offers an always-welcome extra counter for chopping veggies, setting down pots and stacking plates.
It may be a hideaway, but one likely to be noticed. Hip kitchen islands have broken away from their plain, boxy roots. Once merely an extension of all-matching cabinets, perhaps topped by a butcher block for added function, the island today is a standout, a piece of furniture with its own personality, style, finish and details.
Consumers want something more distinctive, even elegant, and furniture manufacturers are obliging by adding islands, as they have bathroom vanities, to their lines.
In a Gallup survey about kitchen use published by Ikea, those with an island in their kitchen were “twice as likely to be happy with the space than those without.”
That’s because the island is not just a pretty base. If designed smartly, the kitchen island is likely to multitask.
Written by larrylarr on September 5th, 2007 with
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Kelly Watts
#1. November 10th, 2008, at 7:50 PM.
Hi larrylarr,
I just found this image of the kitchen island featured in your article, “kitchen islands making waves”. Do you know who manufactures the island in the picture? I would like to buy it for my parents kitchen.
It is the perfect style. Please let me know if you can help me.
Jill