47 Ways To Upgrade Your Kitchen Island
Everybody dreams of the extra storage, prep, and dining space a kitchen island gives you, but if you're just wheeling one into the center of your room, you're seriously underutilizing it. These cool ideas will help you get the most out of the trend, both functionally and formally. Rea don for fifty kitchen island ideas to make it more than just another counter to chop veggies, stack your mail, or stub your toe on.
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Design Practically

This whitewashed wood island with a marble island is the kitchen MVP: It's loaded with lots of cabinets and an extra sink, so it can really get a lot done. Plus, designer Ellen Kavanaugh optimized it with extra outlets on the side, whether someone's working from the barstool and needs a little charge or doing prep work and needs to plug in a food processor.
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Create a Dining Room out of Thin Air

Back up a couch or chairs to your island for a separate dining area that's in the kitchen without actually being in the kitchen, if you catch our drift. This kitchen-meets-dining room designed by Jean Liu proves that it can be both casual slash functional enough for cooking and formal enough for a dinner party. Read More...