kitchen island with breakfast bar

Kitchen Island With Breakfast Bar - Not Just For Breakfast

A kitchen island with breakfast bar efficiently takes advantage of the fact a kitchen island very naturally becomes the focus of both design and activity, but kitchen islands with breakfast bar seating also serve to divide large kitchens, separate the eating area from the cooking area in an open - space kitchen, and serve other functions, as well.

Islands with breakfast bars aren't just for breakfast.

When entertaining, they provide you with a very versatile and central spot to which guests will naturally gravitate.

Between meals, and especially if the island is wheeled, the island helps to convert the eating area into a multi-use area.

Adaptable Designs

Large installed kitchen islands with drop-leaf cutting boards, raised storage or serving shelves, bar-sinks, appliances, storage cabinets, refrigeration units, wine racks and many other options are particularly adaptable to having a breakfast bar attached.

Contemporary, Traditional, American Folk and French Country, Avant Garde or Hip, and others are all popular styles available on kitchen islands and most lend themselves easily to attaching an eating area or breakfast bar to the work area using either a raised-shelf or drop-leaf design.

Kitchen islands are made of a number of materials.

Many are wooden and use Northern Maple, Red Oak, Poplar, Birch, and plantation-grown exotic woods, but others are constructed of stainless steel, much like their commercial-use cousins.

Residential style islands often combine wood with stainless steel and quite a few designs add a drop-leaf cutting board in addition to an eating area.

Finishes on island furniture is natural, oiled, stained, painted--some hand-painted, and, on metal, powder-coat.

Work surfaces and tops are usually hard wood, granite or marble, stainless steel, and butcher block, which is usually Hardrock Maple fastened end or edge grain to prevent cracking and warping.

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