Kitchen Faucet

For those remodeling and looking for an "open" feel where perhaps the wall or half wall separating the kitchen and the dining room is taken down, a strategically placed island acts as a subtle room divider mentally separating the kitchen Kitchen Faucet from the dining room but with a much more open feel.

We are often asked if the countertop of the island needs to match the existing kitchen countertop in style, or what will be installed as the main kitchen countertop. Unless the island will be used primarily for family eating, there really are no hard and fast rules on height. For example, if you are tired of not being able to put hot pots directly on your countertop, install granite on your island, where placing a red hot pan should be no problem. There are two kinds of bar stools with one being much higher than the other. The possibilities are almost endless.

If you are looking to do a complete kitchen remodeling for yourself, or for maximum resale value, don't neglect the kitchen island. If it is not going Basin Mixer Suppliers to match it should be taller in most cases. Islands many times are fully wired for electricity and have plumbing for a second sink. 

If you are not looking just for resale value, and we assume many of you will actually want to use your island, just think if the main uses for the island before construction. Smaller islands used primarily as an aid in cooking or baking can be fitted with wheels and moved around the kitchen as needed to aid in cooking. Whether you consider a floating island will probably depend on what you have installed on the floor now, or plan to install (a soft wood will be nicked and scratched). Will it be a place for the kids to eat breakfast or a baking center for your wife who like to make pies and cakes?

The design should really follow the function when it comes to an island. Once just a place to pull up some stools so the kids could eat before running to the bus, the island and it's function in the kitchen has changed quite a bit in the last 10 years. The base of an island can be used as a wine rack. Since most islands will have at least two stools or chairs pulled up to the surface, you may want to think about the seating or stools first. In most homes I would say it does match, but it really does not have to at all, nor does the material need to be the same. For example, we have seen islands of concrete when the rest of the kitchen countertop is made of granite or another material. We have seen a black island used as a nice "dividing wall" to keep the kids away from a white kitchen.

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