Luxury kitchen island Designs

As a kitchen & bath designer in the luxury market for the past eight years, I have observed my clientele’s growing desire for ultra-large kitchens. Although these kitchens provide us with the spaciousness that our modern lifestyles require, they do present a problem for designers, architects, and homeowners alike. This is particularly true when it comes to designing an island for one these generous spaces.

One might think that designing a kitchen for a large space would be easier than a small space, but actually, it’s the other way around. When designing a large kitchen, it becomes difficult to incorporate functional work areas and tie them all together so that the homeowner doesn’t need roller skates to get from one side of the room to the other. Frankly, I think that many industry professionals struggle with this problem quite a bit. In an effort to bring cohesion to large spaces, many professionals and homeowners simply settle on having an over-sized island. There are a number of aesthetic and functional problems with this arrangement. Therefore, when a client visits my design studio for the first time, I usually spend quite a bit of time talking them out of having a monstrous sized island. I would like to share with you a few of my objections to this approach, along with some alternative suggestions for conquering these large spaces..