Still thinking about whether you should get a kitchen island or not? Well, if you’re having some second thoughts, maybe some items below will help you steer into making a decision on why it’s advantageous to get a kitchen island.
1. More Storage For Kitchen Items
While most kitchen islands are located usually in the center of the kitchen, it is a convenient place for storing commonly used items such as knife, spices, baking ingredients and even some wine. Most kitchen islands would have to adapt to the current design of your kitchen but that doesn’t mean that you cannot add shelves and cabinets on the lower portion. Another thing about adding a kitchen island as an improvement is that you can customize its compartments and structure.
2. Can Serve As Temporary Bar
If you like having drinks with your friends and guests, then your kitchen island might be the perfect bar for you. Most kitchen islands have taller surface compared to kitchen countertops. By using the island as a temporary bar, it saves you the energy from driving into an actual bar! Instead you can store your liquor and wine in the fridge or island compartment and have drinks while munching on some homemade snacks at the comfort of your own home.
3. More Space For Cooking and Baking
Are you a inspiring chef or baker? If you think of the kitchen as your favorite part of your home and you like to spend time learning new recipes then you’ll love the kitchen island as much as a new recipe! Having a kitchen islands means more room to put your ingredients, spices and baking items. You can even have a book holder for your recipes.
By having more space for your cooking and baking journey, you become more capable of creating more dishes and pastries. You can even turn kitchen activities into a family bonding. Such activities include cookie and cupcake making with the kids, preparing dishes for a date night with your partner and rediscovering your talent with easy-to-follow recipes in the TV and internet!
4. Better Kitchen Design
If you’re one to be keen about making your house look perfect, then you might not be fond of big vacant spaces. Without a kitchen island, your kitchen might look like a canvass without a subject. This is why most interior designers find it fascinating to design a kitchen island especially for homes that have a large floor area. Because the possibilities for design and usage of it are limitless! Other than being a functional area, a kitchen island might just make your kitchen look more beautiful than ever.
5. Can Serve as Temporary Dining Table
If you’re in a family both you and your partner are still working, then breakfast might be difficult and hastened most of the time. With a kitchen table, you can simply lay down a cereal box and a pitcher of milk and your kids will know what to do! You can watch them eat as you prepare their lunch box or as you eat too.
What makes the kitchen island better than the normal dining table is that its location is normally near the sink so it’s easy to clean up the mess from preparing and eating! This way, the continuous bond of morning greetings within family members is never ended and everybody gets to see each other before the start of a busy day.
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I agree: it is really useful|
I agree: it is really useful|
Sure. I buy into the idea. Seen it in many American homes. Unfortunately, the place I live in, it is unusual to have kitchens of a size where it is possible 🙁
Sure. I buy into the idea. Seen it in many American homes. Unfortunately, the place I live in, it is unusual to have kitchens of a size where it is possible 🙁
Great points!
Great points!
Nice photos, and yes, for me an island is essential
Nice photos, and yes, for me an island is essential
This is so well written and so wonderful. Thank you so much for this! Look forward to more of your articles.
This is so well written and so wonderful. Thank you so much for this! Look forward to more of your articles.
Nice photos.
Nice photos.
I inherited a kitchen island with my most recent house and I agree, it is very useful!
I inherited a kitchen island with my most recent house and I agree, it is very useful!
All true. Looking for an island now. This is helpful! Thanks!
All true. Looking for an island now. This is helpful! Thanks!
Number 6. Might be the only island I will ever own… 🙂
Number 6. Might be the only island I will ever own… 🙂
Thanks for delivering such a exciting post. I hope i will see more great post like this in future, Thanks again.
Thanks for delivering such a exciting post. I hope i will see more great post like this in future, Thanks again.
This is such a cool post. I would love to have one in my future house, someday.
This is such a cool post. I would love to have one in my future house, someday.
Thanks for passing by and liking one of my blog posts! 😊🙏💛👊🎉
Thanks for passing by and liking one of my blog posts! 😊🙏💛👊🎉
I always want an island.
I always want an island.
Lovely!!! I have an island and I will always need an island kitchen, nothing less will do.
Lovely!!! I have an island and I will always need an island kitchen, nothing less will do.
What a great article. Thank you. I have a question for you. Right now, our sink is in the island. This means the island is really messy, and it does not leave a lot of room to work on the island. I want to move the sink to the wall counter, but there is no window to look out of. Is there a design solution for a sink on a wall counter with no window?
Maybe you could extend the kitchen Island with a table or a pull out table, as transferring the sink will be a lot of work.
That’s a good thought. Thank you!
What a great article. Thank you. I have a question for you. Right now, our sink is in the island. This means the island is really messy, and it does not leave a lot of room to work on the island. I want to move the sink to the wall counter, but there is no window to look out of. Is there a design solution for a sink on a wall counter with no window?
Maybe you could extend the kitchen Island with a table or a pull out table, as transferring the sink will be a lot of work.
That’s a good thought. Thank you!
I love my kitchen island. It is beautiful and multi-functional.
I love my kitchen island. It is beautiful and multi-functional.
This was one of the great and informative articles I have read after a long time. Thank you for sharing 🙂
This was one of the great and informative articles I have read after a long time. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Nice one 😀
I also post about U Shaped Kitchen Layouts Design … if you want i can put some of your image in my other post about kitchen ???
I don’t own these pictures 😉 sorry Eileen.
Nice one 😀
I also post about U Shaped Kitchen Layouts Design … if you want i can put some of your image in my other post about kitchen ???
I don’t own these pictures 😉 sorry Eileen.
My family has a kitchen island- the stove is there, along with silverware, cooking bowls, knives, teaspoons/tablesspoons- just that type of stuff
My family has a kitchen island- the stove is there, along with silverware, cooking bowls, knives, teaspoons/tablesspoons- just that type of stuff
Very informational!
Very informational!
Hi, thanks for such a beautiful and useful post. I did enjoy your post. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance.
Hi, thanks for such a beautiful and useful post. I did enjoy your post. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance.
Islands in the kitchen is the best part. Good points!
Islands in the kitchen is the best part. Good points!
I am in the minority. Islands are not impressing me. I’m just not seeing it. I am living in an apartment with a peninsula the size of my future island in the home I am building. I have no more cupboard space because it has a sink and dishwasher. I have no serious extra counter space because the two things under it take the same space island or not.
I do agree it gives you some temporary place for folks to park themselves. After 30 days in an apartment with the like, it is just a kitchen counter moved to the other side of the kitchen without a wall. It is more bright and open, but really no more counter or cupboard space.
I am in the minority. Islands are not impressing me. I’m just not seeing it. I am living in an apartment with a peninsula the size of my future island in the home I am building. I have no more cupboard space because it has a sink and dishwasher. I have no serious extra counter space because the two things under it take the same space island or not.
I do agree it gives you some temporary place for folks to park themselves. After 30 days in an apartment with the like, it is just a kitchen counter moved to the other side of the kitchen without a wall. It is more bright and open, but really no more counter or cupboard space.