Kitchen islands are one of the most important design elements in a kitchen. An island makes a space work to its full potential and in recent times it’s become all about the multi-use, multi-functional island that does more than just look good.

At Herringbone we get a lot of questions about how to choose the island that is right for your lifestyle, family situation and general daily needs, so we’ve put together a few tips in this blog post to help you out.

Try a two tone colour palette

An additional colour used for the island gives the space more dimension and definitely grabs the eye. This doesn’t need to be a new colour as a tone of the main run works well too. You can always bring in a pop of colour or darker cabinetry if the room is lacking light and the main run needs to be a light off-white colour.

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      Make sure the island is in proportion with the rest of the kitchen

Depending on the size of the room and island, the gapping around the island wants to be a minimum of 900-1000mm walking space. It needs to be more if you have seating at the island and if you have appliances (ovens etc.) Try to increase the space to 1100-1200mm. Always think about how you want to be using the island on a day-to-day basis.

Make it functional

When designing the island make sure you think about how you’d like to be using it on a day-to-day basis. Think about the worktop, the storage and whether you want to use it as your main workspace, even play around with the shape. If you have a smaller run of cabinetry you may want to move the hob on to the island to allow for more surface area etc.

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