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Kitchen Cabinet Island Designs - Not Just For Keeping Things
Kitchen cabinet island designs provide continuity with surrounding cabinets yet create a focal point in the kitchen's design and the family's activities.
Essentially a free-standing set of cabinets, cabinet islands very often include enclosed storage, durable workspace on top, bar-height or countertop eating areas, and much more while complementing the kitchen's decor.
Cabinet islands also serve to separate open-space rooms commonly found in home design today, and they help direct traffic flow, convert eating areas to multi-use areas, keep the cook and guests together-but-apart, as well as complement other design ideas.
Kitchen cabinet island design is especially useful in kitchens with large floor plans or odd-shaped dimensions or in open-space eating areas in apartments or condominiums.
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Cabinet islands are available in a style to meet nearly every taste including contemporary, hip, traditional and country styles, and they can often be customized or custom-made cabinets.
Working surfaces can be wood block, stainless steel, granite, marble, or synthetic countertop.
The cabinets themselves are often made from oak, cherry, beech, maple, or other woods and sometimes in combination with glass and/or stainless steel or copper sheathing; some are entirely metal.
Finishes are usually natural or oiled wood, painted color or powder-coat.
Knobs and other hardware are usually standard, but there's nothing stopping you from choosing your own.
Most modifications or options are found on the top work area where breakfast bars or countertop eating areas can be added, or bar-sinks, electric cooking surfaces, and fryers might be installed.
Cabinet island designs are in just about any shape.
Round or square units are good ideas in limited-space areas or where kitchen traffic requires greater clearance.
Long or elliptical designs work well to divide a room or separate cooking and preparation areas from seating and dining areas.
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