Kitchen Islands

 Kitchen Islands

When designing your kitchen and choosing your cabinets, make sure you pick the best island for your needs. The kitchen island is a very practical way to improve the flow of work when you are cooking. The island can be portable, as in a portable butcher block island, which can be wheeled around to be used wherever you need it at any given moment. It could also be a fixed island in the middle of the kitchen, and the stove or the sink and prepping area could go there instead. It all depends on what you want the functionality of your kitchen to be like.

A kitchen island should match your cabinets, whether they are traditional, modern, luxury or classic. The type of wood you choose, whether it is cherry wood, maple or any other type, should be the same for your cabinets as for your kitchen island. A matching table and chairs for your breakfast or dining area will provide a polished and pulled-together look, while providing the functionality you need.

The kitchen island may also be the place where you have your sink, that can be single, double or triple bowl, and beside it you can have the food-prepping area. When considering your new kitchen, observe yourself when you cook and make a note of how you find it more comfortable to work. That will determine what type of island to have in your new kitchen.