A kitchen island can transform the look, feel and functionality of your kitchen. It can serve as a focal point in your kitchen space and can be used for anything and everything – from storage to dining – but choosing the right size island is important in getting it right. In today’s blog, we cover everything you need to know about measuring for kitchen islands, revealing how you can ensure the best design for your kitchen space.
Before setting your heart on a kitchen island, it’s important to think about whether your kitchen is big enough for one. A reasonably sized kitchen island does require space and if your kitchen is small, it’s probably not worth sacrificing floor space for an island. Sacrificing this space will make it difficult to move around the kitchen and carry out all your day-to-day tasks.
Once you’ve decided that a kitchen island is right for you, it’s time to think about placement. This will allow you to get the correct measurements and identify the right size island for you. Ideally, you want to place your island away from the kitchen triangle – but not too far away. It needs to prevent any obstruction of this working space while offering easy access to the work areas of the kitchen. If you need a little help, why not get our expert team to come and take a look at your kitchen? You can book your free home visit today.
Something else you need to consider when measuring for your island is its functionality. Do you need lots of storage space? Would you like it to include a breakfast bar? What about prep space? Once you’ve defined your needs, your kitchen design expert can help identify the right size of kitchen island for you.
Just because you’ve got a medium-sized kitchen or odd-shaped kitchen, doesn’t mean you can’t have a kitchen island. If space is an issue, you could consider an alternative kitchen island shape to the traditional rectangle. T-shaped and oval-shaped kitchen islands are also popular and look ultra-modern in today’s designer kitchens.
If you want your island to double up as a dining area or breakfast bar, it’s essential you think about seating too. Stools and chairs require counters of completely different heights – so decide on how you want things to look before committing to your kitchen island height. You’ll also need to factor in other ergonomic features too – such as space for knees and arm room.
Ask the experts about ideal measurements for your kitchen island and any design hacks they might have. There are plenty of ways to incorporate a kitchen island while making your kitchen space look bigger as well as ways to incorporate islands into smaller kitchens.
For more kitchen island inspiration, why not head over to our Customer Kitchens page where you’ll find plenty of fantastic designs.
Have you got a kitchen island? If so, why not tell us what you love most about island life? Tweet us @ModernKitchens
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AWARD-WINNING KITCHENS FOR AN AWARD-WINNING DEVELOPER
As you may know if you’ve visited any of our showrooms in Manchester, Blackburn, Liverpool or Barrowford, we manage more than 250 kitchen projects each year here at Kitchen Design Centre. Many of these kitchens are for individual customers, but we also specialise in providing exceptional designer kitchens to housebuilders and developers. We have a particularly successful longstanding relationship with Candelisa, a prestigious Yorkshire-based property developer that is (like us) known for the peerless quality of its designs.
The company already has an impressive array of awards on its shelves, and its team have recently managed to secure their latest accolade: the Best High Volume New Housing Development at the prestigious LABC Awards!
In case you need a quick refresher, the LABC Awards are the largest business-to-business awards in the UK’s building control sector, aimed at celebrating and rewarding building projects, and the people behind them. The Best High Volume New Housing Development in question was Candelisa’s project at Countyfields, Embsay. Due to our strong relationship with the company (largely through Simon Thomas, the head of our Barrowford showroom), Kitchen Design Centre was chosen to deliver every kitchen at the Embsay development – and like Candelisa’s team, we’re hugely proud of the results.
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When Louise and Stuart renovated and extended their Wilmslow home they visited several local kitchen companies but were keen to get exactly what they wanted and researched companies with large showrooms located slightly further afield.
Kitchen Design Centre popped up on google and they were delighted to find that were open on a Sunday and that being located at Housing Units Failsworth, they were only a 20-minute drive away.
They were amazed by the showroom and how many full-size displays there were. They were equally impressed with Designer Paul Harrington who spent a great deal of time listening to what they wanted and going through various options and designs with them.
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