Are Kitchen Islands Outdated?! Let’s Talk About My Honest Thoughts…
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- I think we can all acknowledge there's never enough space in the kitchen when cooking a meal, right? Enter the forever trusty and always stylish kitchen island. Unless... they're not forever? Today we're talking about whether or not the kitchen island should be here to STAY!
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(Reads title) I dunno, is using your kitchen to cook food also outdated? If you are planning to use your kitchen to cook, counter space is important. If you only use it for filming Tiktok vids then you can rip out that counter and put in a fish tank or something I guess
Haha! I could not believe that someone would classify a function as a trend these days. Island are at the forefront of a kitchen design 🙏🏼
Most kitchens with islands have counter space that isn't part of the kitchen island.
I don’t like to cook so will consider the fish tank idea.
Double islands remind me of my chemistry class back in high school. 😖
Oh my god, I completely forgot about that memory until you just unlocked it 🤣
Yes!!
Yes, yes, yes 😱
Yes!! Institutional!!
Yes! Especially when both islands have one of those little sinks.
I lived in apartments until my 50s and never had islands in the kitchen. With my first home, I finally have one and cook more than ever before. Our kitchen island has led to better health through more home cooking.
We moved into our new house, almost 6 months ago. We are in our 60’s and this is the first time we have an island. Our previous home had such a small kitchen there wasn’t anywhere to put an island or even a small table. Our previous home had a large kitchen with room for a large kitchen table. I have to say, that having an island is a wonderful addition to the kitchen. Our Island also has wonderful large draws for pots and pans and baking equipment. It also has two smaller drawers for kitchen utensils and for linen. The one thing I am glad is the sink is not in the island. This gives lots of room for baking, chopping vegetables, and as you stated, when bringing the groceries home, somewhere to place the shopping 🛍️ so you don’t have to place it on the floor. This saves the old back from bending over constantly to put the groceries away. I’m so grateful for this large beautiful island. I’m just sorry it took 40 years to get one! 👍🤗🇨🇦🎄
I've always lived in spaces where a kitchen island would actually detract from how the space is used. I think the impulse to center the whole kitchen design around the feature of an island has become so commonplace that it can start to feel expected. I don't think islands are going anywhere but the double islands and huge islands will leave a dated impression eventually.
Yes 10000x yes to the large, chunky islands! I personally prefer counter height tables that can move around but resonably sized islands are a close 2nd.
Yes to islands/peninsulas. No to doubles. Waterfalls are gorgeous. I'm old, so I will let you young ones care about trends and I will carry on to please myself. Thanks for another video, Mr. Phoenix, Design Daddy Extraodinaire!
Thanks for always watching love! It means more than you know 🥰🙏🏼
I made this same comment about gigantic kitchen islands in another video a couple of years ago, but when I was working in a residential architecture firm we would often have clients with more money than taste insist we design these oversized "status" double islands. Amongst ourselves we just called them "autopsy tables."
🤣🤣🤣Autopsy tables 🤣🤣🤣
I never understood the appeal or functionality of a double island. Anytime I'd see one I'd assume the homeowners had like 7 kids who sit at one to do their homework. That or they were those weird parents who don't allow their kids to go in the kitchen, so sitting at the farthest one to eat was as close as they'd get.
I fully fully agree with you. I don't understand how anyone can disagree. Also, those double islands look horrendous.
Yes! Thank you 🙏🏼
Double islands are for “status” more so than function and beauty in my mere opinion. A waterfall island is heavenly, just beautiful. I couldn’t imagine life without my island and all its drawers holding my cookware, dinnerware etc. I didn’t grow up with one so didn’t get chased around one like you, I can’t imagine you EVER being naughty nor cheeky as a kid! 😅
Aren’t kitchen islands just the result of open concept kitchens? Back in the day a separate kitchen would have four walls and a door. An island is just the fourth wall and the door taken down and replaced by the island to be open air. So it doesn’t strike me as a fad, but an evolution of how homes are laid out.
Total open concept is phasing out too.
This is the angle that Design Daddy missed. My new apartment has a kitchen island because the apartment is open concept. I find that I'm not using the space as efficiently as I did when I had a more traditional kitchen setup. I think I prefer the traditional setup tbh. If/when I own a home which has more space, I'd consider an island then.
I’ve only ever had galley kitchens or farmhouse.
I’m building a little home and I was just going to have galley again and I got talked into having a breakfast bar because it’s more inclusive for the cook. It’s so true.
You hit the nail on the head. It's a generational thing - A lot of younger adults don't know how to cook. If you don't cook, you don't buy many groceries, you don't use many pans and cutting boards, and you basically need a microwave and that's it. Of course they think islands are unnecessary. However, it's essential to our cultures that SOMEONE is cooking... not just restaurants. As you said, however, this requires space. The housing market has to permit people to have a reasonable kitchen space. I'm hoping the pendulum will swing back to more traditional food prep at home, and the kitchen will thrive again.
Heartily agree! Although some of the best cooks I know (living in tiny spaces in Paris and Tokyo) have produced amazing meals in tiny galley kitchens. If you love to cook you can do it in any space!
Yes, to kitchen islands!!! I cook everyday and need my island. I don't mine the waterfall look but I never understood the double island!
Yes! Thank you.
Clearly it’s a different tax bracket problem to have for the double islands 🤣
I like tables. Am I the only one that likes a table. It feels intimate and cozy bars. Always give me a non intimate cold aesthetic in the atmosphere kind of distant
I prefer a table too, it's more practical to me.
...also needing to put the dishes away to be able to use the kitchen bench stops me ignoring the dishes.
And the majority of the functions he's assigning to islands work better with a table!
Here in Germany kitchen islands are not very common. But when I renovated my kitchen last year, I installed an island instead of the former peninsula, because I hate corner cabinets. It is a big kitchen (we call it 'living kitchen') where it is enough place for a dining table, too, but I don't want to clutter the table with cooking stuff or shopping bags, and I have a lot of working space and storage. So I'm happy to have both a table and an island.
Here in Europe no house has a kitchen island. I never even knew what they are until I stumbled across interiors content made by Americans. Strange how we take things for granted and necessary whose absence we wouldn’t notice if we didn’t know they existed!
Islands are far to practical to get rid of. Also, I think not having one would hurt the resale of the home. I live in Texas & practiced as a professional designer for years. I do not personally like double islands but see them often. I like more intimacy in a kitchen. There are concepts to add more counter space like a rolling island that can serve multi purposes, rather than two. I like waterfall edges but feel it is a trend like so many that you may tire of even though I wouldn't. I cook & can't imagine eliminating my island. Love your videos! ❤
Well an island is the only thing my kitchen is missing, so thanks for making me feel better. Because I cry everyday that we don’t have one or the space for one!
Reminds me of the trend of taking upper kitchen cabinets out for shelves 😂
We NEED space for storage, not displaying collectables 🤣🤣
i have a medium-sized kitchen with an island, and i love it. But my mother has a small u-shape kitchen with no island, and i gotta say that i think i almost like her layout better. In hers, everything is pretty much an arm's length away, whereas you have to walk all the way around my island to get from the sink to the stove to the refrigerator; pros and cons, i guess. i would love to have a waterfall edge, though, but i need all my working organs, so that will have to go live in someone else's house for now.
Agreed! It really depending on how we live and operate in a space. Everyone operates differently and large or small kitchens work for those who operate in them! :)
I have the U-shaped kitchen. When you are cooking a large amount of dishes, it sucks. can't stand it. never again.
I did something different in my house. I threw down the wall between the kitchen and dining room and build a wall of grey stone to hold a large leathered black slate table. The stone travels up the end of the table and over it from the ceiling. It now serves as a formal dining table and a kitchen island. It was a very expensive job, but worth it. It looks magnificent and opens up the views to all of the first floor rooms while also dividing them to some extent.
That sounds gorgeous
I love older homes with defined spaces. I don’t have a kitchen island, and have ample counter space. My kitchen has an eat in area, with a bay window that allows a view of a lovely garden.
I would love to have a kitchen island but i don’t think it’s worth compromising a larger kitchen table especially if you plan to have kids and are in a smaller space. Table etiquette is a must in raising and rearing children and not like stuffy etiquette in table arrangements or anything but just learning to be polite and make conversation, serve others, etc.
Islands are NOT going anywhere. They are the best things to happen to kitchens sense stoves.
In so glad we’re on the same page! Because when I saw that people were saying they were out, I was like…. Monsters
Meh. I cook a lot, including pretty complex baking, and have never wanted one.
I just moved out of my large open concept apartment with a giant kitchen and huge island into a closed floor plan 1920s apartment with a small U shaped kitchen and I prefer my kitchen now. Also I have always preferred the kitchen table as opposed to the island. I never used my island when I had one. I would use the countertop near the stove or the countertop near the sink. Having the island in the middle of the kitchen was just in the way. I love having an antique wooden table in the kitchen as an informal every day dining area. It makes much more sense and is more intimate. I don’t like sitting on counter stools or bar stools. I’d much rather have a cozy table than an island that I never use.
Islands collect clutter. Who wants to sit on stools over the age of 12? A lovely small table and chairs is much more useful.
Yes to the kitchen island. Nooooo to the double island for all the reasons you noted. ty
Islands are a Necessity ! Mine....is the heart beat of the home! ❤ love it...Couldn't live without it! You can't take my STOVE ...Not my Island 😅😊
Hey Daddy, I decided to go with a peninsula with open shelves at the end. It will be a very small house, but I don't think it is bad since it means more storage and work space and I could still add a small dining table.
Aside from the fact that a kitchen table does not provide the storage a kitchen island does, it performs all the same functions..... even having a surface to unpack your groceries !!! I grew up in a house with a table in the kitchen rather than an island and we did everyting around that table from homework, to family discussions to playing games to having afternoon tea, to havng guests for dinner .....and I did the same in my 1000 sq ft condo opting for a L shaped layout and table in the cnetre rather that a confined U Shape the builder was offering ...and I love it ..... but if your gonna have an island..... a waterfall edge is a must :)
Kitchen islands are an integral component to the kitchen design layout having both aesthetic and functional purposes. They are timeless and not going anywhere . The waterfall edge is a modern design trend, not sure if it’s longevity, but it’s an absolutely beautiful new addition to the concept of the kitchen.
My husband and I have pretty minimalistic / Nordic tastes (I'm so thankful we're alike in this sense🤣) but we'd still loooove to put an island in our kitchen if we ever renovate it. My mom recently renovated the kitchen in her beach house, which was super 90s, and the addition of an island allowed her to have way more storage and surface to cook on. They aren't going anywhere imho
❤ ME A WATERFALL EDGE... TIMELESS DESIGN!!
I love a waterfall too! Especially if your doing a marble, I want to see it everywhere 🤣
@@mrphoenixgrey 🥰😂
I love the waterfall edges with the natural stone. And islands are so useful, even for hanging out informally and prepping. In smaller spaces the L-shaped islands at the end of the counter are great ways to add an island without compromising central floor space. The L islands are also good if you want a table in the center of a square or smaller kitchen.
Islands give me uncomfortable cold atmosfere, some hush hush rushed meals in the middle of other appliances; as opposed to bring food on the table and just enjoying the experience of eating/drinking/talking … I guess in Europe we are stubbornely attached to eating in peace and celebrating it…😇
The kitchen island is useful and is really an update on the traditional kitchen tabke which was in the home where I grew up.
One couple of friends have an island but it is not fixed down so it can be moved if needed to set up a large formal dining table
I have a big kitchen and island and it takes forever to clean it! I can’t wait to downsize and have a small kitchen.Who knew having a big chef’s kitchen does not make you a good cook? I can cook burnt food in a small kitchen.
We live in a small 1940s cape style cottage- the entrance is directly into the kitchen (no entryways or mudrooms), and there’s no dining room, so our kitchen table has to be in the middle of our somewhat small kitchen (there’s no room for a table anywhere else in the house- I have a vintage expandomatic in the living room for special occasions). It’s of the time period as tables used to be in the middle of the kitchen, islands became more popular after the 70s. I do love it, although I’d prefer it more if our kitchen didn’t have to double as a mudroom! Plus having experience with both, I think it’s way easier with kids having a table in the middle. Plus I sit and prep at the table with others, which is honestly preferable for me. In short, it goes with the style of the house, but I don’t hate islands, either.
Love my kitchen island which I added to my kitchen renovation 13 years ago. Couldn’t live without it and it’s where everyone congregates. I think waterfall edges are beautiful especially when you have an exquisite stone to show off. Not in my budget for the kitchen so I did a pretty marble hearth and surround in adjacent great room.
Hello from Europe! If you need work space a table is fine, if you need a water tap in front of your nose it´s not. If you want to sit comfortably a table is better. If you want the adventurous feeling you might fall backwards anytime (after a glass of wine perhaps) a bar stool and kitchen island is better (and you might get rid of your guests sooner). Personally I prefer an old fashioned wooden table.
Our first house didn't have an island so it was a must have for our second house. I love my island. I cook a lot and it's very useful. We did a makeover on the island (and the rest of the kitchen) with tumbled travertine tiles and a quartz countertop.
I moved from a home that had a galley kitchen to one that has an "L" shaped kitchen with a "small-ish" island... AND I LOVE IT!!! I had the kitchen in the old house completely gutted and redone with a very nice quality kitchen and I didn't like it any better new than I did during those previous 20 years. The kitchen in my current home is original and for whatever reason, I absolutely LOVE IT. The "L" design just WORKS and the too small Island is just fine. Couldn't live without it. A bigger, better kitchen would require an even bigger and better island and I absolutely would be on board for that! Waterfall edges?? OMG! An ABSOLUTE "YES" for me!!!!!!!!! It's like a car that comes complete with wheels AND tires. Who could live without the whole thing!!!!!!!!!!???? Waterfall edges on both ends!! Why the heck NOT!!??
I'm so happy to have found you! Look fwd to watching your videos.
Anything to get the consumer to spend more and more and more. Just ignore the trends, people. Hard times are coming.
Hi Daddy😃❗️I just found your channel and enjoy your presentation. If you want to have one of those really heavy islands and you have a fixed perimeter foundation, be sure to reinforce the area from underneath or else it will fall through the floor. If you’re on a concrete slab, you’re ready to go.
Edited for autocorrect.
I’ve never had an island & never needed one. I have plenty of counter space.🤷♀️
Islands absolutely needed. The islands that i find to be ridiculous are the tiny ones that dont add actual space to countertops. But they are needed!!!
I've always wondered why people need so much counterspace to cook. I lived in a place with a 2-meter long counterspace and managed to cook for guests. Islands look chunky and bulky. It is also airy and fun to take food out to a real table and have a meal. this has just the right amount of drama and pleasure. Kind like the old school.
If you are regularly cooking for a family (especially from scratch) or bulk prep, sufficient counter space is essential.
Always wanted a kitchen island, but I feel like they're a very American thing. I've never actually seen one in real life and I can't think of any houses I know where one would fit. Most kitchens run pretty small in my country, even in bigger houses and if the kitchen is big enough, you'll be more likely to find an informal dining table instead of an island. Would definitely get a kitchen island though if I had the space. :D
Just out of curiosity, where are you?
@@nathalie_desrosiers Northwest Germany 😊
@@sarbeyinwonderland Well, you may not have an island in your kitchen, but your house is built like a bunker.
p.s. I heard "German house builders use a mixture of concrete and rebar, with sand and limestone block-work for the walls, and plenty of insulation too. The result is a strong and well-insulated home that will stand the test of time." Which is not the case for most houses in North America.
Hello from Canada ☺
@@nathalie_desrosiers True, most houses are pretty well insulated.
Hello from Germany 😁
Have a kitchen island with quartzite waterfall edge - LOVE IT! Definitely agree, can never get enough counter space in the kitchen! I think it is really timeless and really goes with any type of design.
My sister has double islands and she uses for kids to do home work so she can keep eye on them when she cooks and also to eat dinner. We did not want to have double island in our house b/c looks redundant if with same stone and with a different stone looks even worse.
Agree.. I've an island and can't imagine without it.. must have if its possible in any space
Omg! I'm so activated by this topic! This opinion thinking that Islands are fast approaching as a dying trend is insane to me! It's literally a purposeful utility. So are we thinking of getting rid of bathroom vanities since that takes up a lot of bulk room also? It's so telling that anyone who came up with this idea that it's a passing trend either doesn't have a family, doesn't spend any time in the kitchen or is a slob and eats take-out on the couch because they don't have a dining space. That being said I do agree with the backlash of the double island being outdated.
I love kitchen islands.I wish my kitchen was larger! Maybe my next house.😊
I didn’t know you were from Toronto! Me too 😊 I never had an island until I renovated last year and I love it! It makes life so much easier and it’s nice to face your guests while you’re cooking.
Agree! Love my island! Sunday brunch for 14. Easy!!! Serve buffet style. Love my waterfall and even have altar front. Tip for timeless design is chose your stone wisely.
I love the movable old-style, retro butcher block islands, just enough added space, but i can move it against the wall for extra floor space.
Chef here, I’ve had kitchens with and without islands. HATE islands, it doesn’t matter what I needed it was always on the other side of the island! Much prefer a galley or corridor kitchen.
My husband did renovations in an older kitchen that was not designed to have an island but the clients wanted one so vast that there was an extremely narrow space around it. It was a bit awkward.
I'm from argentina and is just so wild to think about home prices in other countrys. It's true that for the new generations is almost imposible to dream about owning a home with our economy, but like a five bedroom here in a private neighbourhood is around 400k, and a 2 bedroom in nice parts of the city goes from 70k to 150k 😅
Yes to Island! Im like the priest in the confessional while I’m cooking I get the kids on the other side telling me all about their latest love/breakup, my friends nibble cheese as I plate up. It’s convenient, and so beautiful with a big vase of flowers. Will never be a trend, it a necessity in a large kitchen area, particularly open plan home
Depends on the space. I am just so sick of seeing the same things. I want variety in kitchen spaces. The same solutions are picked regardless of the space and how it is used. The double island should only be used in commercial spaces
Unpack on the table
I never liked islands and in my new home with enough space they are banned. Sitting at a bar is very uncomfortable, unless you are in a bar. It must be worse for children. Instead I have a big table to prepare food, eat and be together. Maybe because I am from Europe and our flats are small.
I plan on having my future island with rounded edges (rounded corners), because I am *so* clumsy, it's a safety issue.
I am not sure if I want slate or quartz. Maybe both (counter and island).
I dislike the idea of waterfall edges. Once again, a safety issue for me.
And I really don't like the archipelago either.
Always a single Island when possible !! ❤️
I NEED that throne chair you're sitting on!!!!! 💗💗💗 Where does it come from?? Looks comfy. 💗💗💗
Yes to islands I wish I had one 🙃
Is the chair inflatable? What is this thing you are sitting on???
I went t o bed, woke up and this video was still up. I may not NEED the chair but I do want to sit in it.
No not if its backlit with quartz stone/absolutely breathtaking!!!
I have one and it’s never enough room for cooking-Cheers!
In Italy we don't have kitchen islands, we have dining tables and the sink is always facing the wall near the fire, we use tiles, Marazzi, Ragno for example, also quite expensive ones of gres, never marble or natural stone because they stain and in kitchen is a waste of money; we use it for the flooring of other rooms and in the bathrooms for shure, in US your walls are light and fragile so I think is the reason why you don't use the kind of tiles we use here, where we have brick and stone walls, thanks for your work. ❤
I'd rather have a separate (room) pantry. No open kitchens, and two islands make it look like a morgue.
I have a 9 ft x 3 ft island so yes l have a big kitchen. I live in Missouri and my husband built this l love it gives me lots of prep space and great for doing snacks for people
Yes to the kitchen island. Yes to a double island if you are taking away counter space like when you have a banquette in the kitchen where you would normally have a counter. No to the double island if there isn’t a reason to have it there. Yes to the waterfall island and I agree it’s timeless if you use the right natural stone. What are your thoughts on scullery/prep kitchens?
You’ve failed to consider one thing. The island as a clutter magnet, as all flat empty surfaces are. It must be regularly cleared and wiped, much more often than a countertop. Sipping coffee does NOT usually happen at the island. Neither does homework. I raised 8 kids and none preferred to do their homework in the midst of the
Madness. Just no. And that fact that people are doing DOUBLE islands robes their not out but will soon have to be rethought yet again. I’m going with a movable, lower surface- a table with folding sides.
Love the photos you showed - beautiful! (Also wondering about physically supporting a block of stone - island - in your kitchen; How much support is needed under that? Must be as involved as the rest of the process and the cost.) I don't know if waterfall edges are a trend or not, but they are beautiful.
Yes additional structural support is required for something like this. We did a custom marble tub in a clients bathroom and we had to add in structural support beams on the second floor to accommodate it. It’s a very expensive addition for anything thinking about it
Is this extra support just needed for a giant stone block, or can you usually get away with a waterfall edge/stone front since those would be thinner?
Ok so I m reading that these islands are vital because you need the work surface…ok. Personally I don’t like these, one or two. I decided not to install one in my open space even though I had the space. I find them too rectangular and take up too much space. But that’s just me. There are other solutions for work surfaces. Like tables….
Agree! It really depends on the style of the kitchen and the space available, as well as how much existing counter space to determine what works best in the kitchen environment :)
tables are not work height
For. And one is plenty good. And yes to waterfall. Great video!
Love a kitchen island! So useful and point of focus. But no double island its just too unnecessary.
I have double islands I don’t have top cabinets I need the space and my kitchen is big one island would’ve been too big to go around and the space would’ve looked emptyish. Additionally one island has a stove and prep sink so I can face my guests-against the wall is a window and the other island people can sit on the other side.
Funny video. I live in Europe: I've never had an island in any of my kitchens and I can't think of anyone I know here who has one. Yes, we cook. No we don't miss having one.
For me it's one of these American things people have on youtube, television and home decor magazines. Like fire escape stairs outside your window, sinks that will mince your garbage, or floor ventilation.
Just like we don't get the laundry in the kitchen.
@@angelabacker1177 Kitchens have plumbing, what's not to get? haha
@@lsamoa What I meant was in the US we have a designated laundry room, but you knew that.
@@angelabacker1177 I did, but we don't have that kind of space for dedicated laundry rooms, craft rooms, man caves or what have you, so we just put the washer where the plumbing is
I love my island. The last three houses I’ve built, I always put in an island.
Double island as a buffet….yes! Like those NYC scary midtown lunchtime hepatitis bars!
I TOTALLY AGREE!! ❤
Yes! So happy that my following is on the same page as I am 💪🏼
If I could give you a triple thumbs up, this deserves it. 😊
Awe thank you so much! 😊 and thanks for watching
I am a Designer, my thoughts.... I have NEVER Liked waterfall countertops, and double islands are not very functional in most layouts. But.... I personally would never buy or design a house without an Island. I had to elimoinate an island in a kitchen renovation I did a few years ago, as there was no room for one. Trust me I tried! But... I compensated with a peninsula in the kitchen to give more workspace. I do not think Kitchen Islands will ever go out of style. Who wants to cook facing a wall or cabinet 2 feet away from your face! Not me, and not any of my clients. PS I love your videos. :)
I always hated kitchen islands and I always hated open concept kitchens opening into the dining or living area.. BUT of course there are cases where this is the ONLY solution!
I’ve had islands in most of the goodies I’ve lived in but I could take it or leave them. We never eat at ours and use it for preparing food, but every kitchen seemed design to have the island impede flow rather than help.
I’d rather have a large U shaped kitchen, but I’ll take an island over a galley.
I had a 7’ island with the range where the sink is usually placed I loved it bcuz I was able to cook & watch tv in my family room the kitchen was an add on in the back of a trlevel it was a patio & 11’ was added on to make the kitchen 28’ c 22’ with a big walk in pantry people could sit at the island & talk while I cooked No waterfall sides just corian counter top made well worth it @ selling
I'm definitely for one kitchen island.
You are a pleasure to watch.
You are so kind, that means a lot! Thank you 🤍🤍
I feel like my only comment for every video is 100% agree!!😊I cook most meals at home...YES, to the island. It is just so handy, and I love when entertaining that my friends can sit with me, sip a cocktail while I finish up last minute things for the meal, but out of my way. The waterfall countertop is beautiful so yes if your tops are worthy of the showoff. My thoughts...since home prices are out of hand for the masses and many are having to go with much smaller square footage there are so many homes that just do not have the space for them...so, is this a narrative going around to make people who can't have them feel better? 🤷♀Two islands...ridiculous and a way to show you have never ending money.
We have done kitchen works on the dining table for centuries, a table is always much more elegant, to me, no matter how fashion the island is, it's a big monster.
I agree that we used to have the kitchen table and did so much work and gathering there. I get it and love a table in the kitchen, however, and island gives you the storage area you might be lacking otherwise. I have neither in my narrow galley kitchen and wish I could have at least one if not both.
A table looks more hygge than an island. I don't use hte kitchen table it for kitchen work because the height doesn't fit. I want to stand doing kitchen work so that I can move around easily and the table is too low. But even if I sat down, the height was wrong, too high this time.
Yes. Most people need to seriously declutter their kitchens instead of looking for more spaces to cram things.
As far as double islands go. They've always seems a bit odd to me since one island would always be in the way, which I assume would make cooking a bit frustrating or more likely only the first island would be used and the other one would be wasted space. It would make more sense to use the extra space for a pantry closet or a large table.
Double islands look like a commercial space. Waterfalls are beautiful, but would overwhelm my particular kitchen.
Islands are a must for me!!! Period!!! I tore a wall out in an old house to incorporate an island as well as a more open floor plan between my living room and kitchen. I have never doubted nor regret my decision. Even when I am not cooking a thing (which is most times) , people sit at the stools and lean around the island stand in the walkway areas with their wine or martini glasses; moving occasionally to allow people to pass on either side of the island. Fun times!!! I'm never excluded from conversations while in the kitchen nor is anyone else when they are in the kitchen. Also, when the husband and I are the only ones at home, we eat at the island more than we do the kitchen table. And, what I love most about the openness, is that people actually help with the dishes!!! Yay!! Win, win!!!
As a person who does cook people standing in my kitchen while I’m trying to get foos on the table would be a personal hell.
Well, when I do cook no one is standing in the kitchen. They are usually sitting at the island. Most times when people are standing in my kitchen is when we are having a party or such like that.@@jenniferfriesen7691
I love my island and the fact it has an electrical outlet. Kids have breakfast and talk to me while i cook.
Kitchen islands have replaced kitchen tables as the standard working and eating surface in a kitchen. So it's a little odd that politicians still refer to families gathering around kitchen tables to eat and commune, but not around kitchen islands. Maybe it doesn't sound cozy enough.
Possible the two-island crowd might enjoy trading one of their islands for a table.
DD, your chair reminds me of Beetlejuice. Love an island, love a waterfall (well, I do live on one, Maui, and we do have waterfalls). A double island? Not a fan. The traffic pattern with those is craaazy.
Or you can use a quartz countertop and thermoform it :D cheaper than marble and you don't need to worry about stains.
I have a curved island with no seams, but didn’t pay through the nose. I guess I got lucky that my builder offered it as a standard option. I like it because it’s one less sharp edge in the kitchen and feels more aging-in-place friendly. It also allows me to create a conversation opportunity so all my counter stools don’t face in just one direction. I do feel double islands feel like a science classroom but that is personal opinion. Loved the kids running around the island comment.
I absolutely love my kitchen island and the only other island I would need is the one surrounded by a tropical beach 😂
Agreed 🤣
There are many things in my kitchen that I will freely ADMIT are outdated (my husband is redoing it in April, coincidentally). But I LOVE my island. I dont care who says its outdated. I will NEVER get rid of it. I'd get rid of some of my OTHER kitchen cabinets before I got rid of my island!
IMO- Just because you don’t have a kitchen island doesn’t mean you don’t have space for the groceries. I have a huge table and plenty of counter space (because the space of free of clutter)…I receive compliments…