our replacement counter is currently being fabricated and is scheduled to be installed on friday! it will be nice to be able to make some progress on the kitchen over the weekend. technically we could have been working on some of the cabinet trim for the past few weeks, but i think we took advantage of the counter excuse and took a little bit of time off from kitchen work. hopefully we will be back at it soon! when we first started this project at the beginning of february, i was hoping we'd be done in 3-4 months. we've almost reached 3 months, and while i realize that i'll need to add some time to the schedule due to the counter issue, i'd still like to have this wrapped up within the next 2 months.
meanwhile... we've been having the island debate, yet again. i took the photo below with my phone and have been looking at it about once a day for the last several weeks. and i just cannot decide. it looks crowded. i know it looks crowded... but it's not so bad when you're in the kitchen. 2 people can move around and cook, and the island provides extra counter space. my mom came to visit a few weeks ago and she was able to sit in the kitchen with us while we prepared dinner, and that was nice. we are also planning on cutting a few inches off of the butcher block when/if we decide to keep the island and re-make it (we made this temporary one out of cheap 2x2s, i would re-make the base if we keep it).
5 Responses to the island (again)
Maybe you should get a square butcher block instead? It wouldn't be good for sitting, but it would give more prep space taking up less room and people could still gather around.
You're getting there! I can't wait to see the countertops installed. I vote for keeping an island. It's a great way to expand counter space and also allows for interaction so you aren't staring at the walls all the time. If you are making something custom, just make it slim with delicate legs so it doesn't feel so visually heavy in the room and doesn't obscure all your gorgeous new cabinets!
I don't think I'd do an island.
Too tight.
Is there space for a couple stools along a wall?
i would do the island... maybe a little shorter but I would opt for counter space. I am also going to make bet; it will need to keep its open design (like the 2x2 prototype) to keep the space open, having a solid base on the island will be too heavy and close off the space...
i think we decided to do the island! the new island will (hopefully) be very similar to the prototype, only i would like it to be able to not have the cross bracing pieces. and it will be made out of much nicer wood.
if we have a bunch of people over or find that we need the extra space, we can just move it out of the kitchen. but i think we'd find that we would use it more than we'll find that it's in the way.
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