Create a Custom Kitchen Island

Kitchen Island Ideas for Your Next Remodel

Kitchen Islands have become an essential part of kitchen design, thanks to the larger spaces allotted to many kitchens today. Not only can they be beautiful, but they can also be versatile and useful. When you’re remodeling your kitchen, think about how you will want to use your kitchen island. Here are nine ideas to consider, and they are all from actual HomeSource Design projects. We hope one of them will inspire your next kitchen design project!

Kitchen Island Idea Gallery

Add Color (Copy)

Add Color

The kitchen island is a great place to add color to your kitchen. Notice how the island introduces a gray-blue, which adds interest and gives the room a cool, contemporary feel.

Make a Statement with Lighting (Copy)

Make a Statement with Lighting

The lighting over your kitchen island can be functional but also make a statement. Notice how the glass globes over this island are an essential part of the room.

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Add Seating

Kitchen islands don’t only have to be for cooking. For example, the added ledge on this island makes half of it function as a small table.

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Introduce New Materials

The countertop of this kitchen island echoes rather than matches the other counters. The seamless piece of stone mounted across the front adds movement to the room and creates an awe-inspiring effect.

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Add Storage

This kitchen island offers doors for storage as well as special bins to store wine.

Show Your Storage (Copy)

Show Your Storage

You don’t have to hide what you’re storing behind doors if you don’t want to. This island visibly stores pots and pans beneath its counter, emphasizing the important role that cooking plays in this kitchen.

Customize Your Counter (Copy)

Customize Your Counter

The lowered “biscuit counter” on this kitchen island is an ideal height for rolling out dough and getting help from the grandkids.

Don't Be Afraid of Freestanding (Copy)

Don't Be Afraid of Freestanding

Kitchen islands don’t need to be fixed pieces of furniture. Instead, they can be freestanding or portable, which will give you a more relaxed look and the ability to change your mind easily.

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Go Big

If you have a big space for your kitchen, you can have a big kitchen island, with all the storage, functionality, and seating options that go with it.

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