To have an island or not to have an island?
Emmeline Westin
7 years ago
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To have an island or not?
Comments (10)The advantage of an island is that it acts as a barrier between the cooking and non-cooking half of the room, means you can prepare food etc facing into the room and others there (no need for them to sit crowding your cooking space when you have a perfectly good dining table and chairs) so they don't need to feel they are conversing with your back. Also when you have young children there might be times when you want to keep them from under your feet and it clearly defines the space, so they know where not to go. If you have lots of family to stay for Special occasions there's plenty of space for several people to work on preparing a meal together. So whether you have an island or not depends on how you see yourself using the space. If you're happy preparing food, cooking and washing up with your back to the room and what your children are up to, fine, if you can see advantages to using an island as I suggest then try to fit it in. Just because the vast majority of people seem to use them as a breakfast bar doesn't mean you have to!...See MoreAdvice please - do we have space for an island
Comments (1)We have 6 x 5 m space for our new kitchen/diner and are planning an island, though I think it could be tight for us. Can you show us a floor plan as locations of doors make a difference to how the space can be used....See MoreThe Benefits of having a kitchen island
Comments (2)There is only one minor issue... space. :-)...See MoreDressing room island or no island?
Comments (0)I'm not being creative enough I think. Was hoping to have a little island in the middle of room but not sure I can get cupboards in towards sloping ceiling and have the island too. Floor to ceiling cupboards for higher section...See MoreDaisy England
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