Our tips to make the best out of your kitchen island
Whether you are blessed with a spacious kitchen, or you have to make do with a smaller area, a stylish kitchen island can be a practical design element.
One of the main advantages of having a kitchen island is that it can be accessed from each side of the room, just like a kitchen table, therefore it can serve as the epicenter, the focal point of the kitchen.
In an open-floor plan, where the living room and the kitchen smoothly blend into one another, the island can create a border between the two spaces with different functions.
Not to mention that you can also use your island as extra storage space and add seating to it to create an additional eating area.
Now, let us give you some ideas in what other ways you can utilize your kitchen island.
Create your own little breakfast bar
Your kitchen island can serve as a hub in the mornings – all the family gathering around, sipping coffee and enjoying a nice healthy breakfast.
You can easily double the amount of seating in your kitchen by letting the countertop overhang on the side of your island and placing bar stools underneath, or you can break up the island and create two levels with a raised eating area and a lowered counter for food prep.
Add electrical sockets
Modern cooks use a great number of electric appliances, so you can never have enough power outlets in your kitchen.
By adding electric sockets to your kitchen island, you can keep your most often used appliances handy, while also saving space on your countertops.
Here’s how you can add invisible storage
Needless to say, a kitchen island provides you with a lot of extra storage space.
Some prefer to conceal these additional shelves and drawers though, so we have a great idea for them too.
You can disguise cupboard doors as decorative wood panels, or if you are all for the modern look, use invisible integrated handles that won’t break the island’s sleek horizontal line.
Introduce some shelves to store your cookbooks
For those of you who still love the old fashioned way of flipping through a cookbook rather than browsing recipes online, some extra bookshelves can come in handy.
Put your beloved cookbook collection on display on some open shelves on the kitchen island!
Be bold and use bright colors
You can give your kitchen a unique personality by adding a burst of color: feel free to experiment with blues, greens and reds!
A stunning splash of color on your kitchen island can create an elegant contrast with your neutral-colored cabinets, and will certainly draw the attention of your guests to itself.
So why not give your kitchen a colorful heart?
Make your kitchen island mobile
Installing casters on the island is super practical if you have a smaller kitchen and have to move things around a lot.
Once you’re done cooking, you can just roll the island out of the way.
This idea originates from kitchen carts, but can be implemented on smaller kitchen islands too.
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