As big bottom gal, I am quite fond of chunky legs. What is your cabinet style? How large is your kitchen and the island? I think you have to be careful to keep things in scale. Too big can be just as bad as too small.

Now I've got that ZZ Top song stuck in my head. I think I have musical Tourette's today.

As for legs, the Shiloh legs are all column-based, yes? The ones that are called "legs" reach the ground, and the ones that are called "columns" just sort of float? Sorry. I'm not familiar with Shiloh.

I usually like things to look like they exist for a reason. Floating columns don't have any reason to exist (other than decorative). The columns that reach the ground look both functional and decorative. So I'd vote for those. Does your design have 10 columns? Have you seen a space with that many columns? To be clear, I'm using "columns" to indicate a spindle shape. Maybe you could do a couple pairs of simple furniture feet in addition to the floating and/or grounded columns?

So, here is my layout. Kitchen is about 22 by 12 (with counters in and not including two foot bay window area).

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Island and "hutch" area is a distressed knotty alder with walnut stain.

The door style is similar to this except beaded inset (and wrong color in this pix)
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We will have furniture toe kicks. My style is sort of old world/vintage/warm/eccletic. I have a romantic streak, like hand crafted furniture look. Floors will be wide plank random width american walnut (distressed). Door hardware will be emtrek black/iron.

I never noticed columns dont go to the floor, but you are totally right now that I go back and look.

Shiloh legs go to the floor, columns are floating. So my design has 6 (4 island and 2 range) and I am thinking of adding two more to the sink. No, I have not seen that many that I recall, but I dont always notice things until I am personally obsessed with them.

The legs on our island will be more like photo 9- integrated so they dont stand alone.

bump- design meeting tomorrow am! must have leg decisions in hand :-)

I have 15 furniture feet and 2 floating columns by the sink.
I have baseboard around the island. All the feet are the same size.
May I say something about your layout?

Your kitchen is about the same size and layout as mine.

I thought it would be weird to have the fridge on the other side of the island. My fridge is where your stove is. My stove is next to the DW. I have utility cabinets and a desk area where your fridge is. Although I like the idea of a washer and dryer in the kitchen next to the fridge seems weird to me.

Okay...this has nothing to do with the OP, but I would like to say that distressed knotty alder with a walnut stain is my fantasy cabinet! Enjoy!!!

Ok, I figured out my legs today- thanks everyone for the input! All legs, no columns and varying styles and sizes.

Lindamarie- thanks for the feedback on layout. What you describe is actually my current layout :-) It's functional, but I dont like it for several reasons - not the least of which is it makes the non-recessed 22 year old fridge the focal point of my kitchen since my kitchen opens up to the FR on the other end.

In the new layout the fridge is a little odd tucked away in the wall where its a row of doors today but it allows me to have a flush full size fridge, almost double the over the sink window size, and make a focal point of the range. It's a trade off. The W/D is a huge PITA. They will be stacked behind cabinet doors (today they are in kitchen not stacked behind two regular doors). If I had anywhere else to put them, I would. But I dont. We fully finished the basement with a too-small storage room that is packed, and there is just no where else to go. I've even considered putting them in my master bedroom closet! So it's not ideal but I'm sort of stuck with it. My friend and neighbor has my exact house and she just redid everything in this exact layout (totally different style) so at I have been able to preview what I am going to end up with, which is a big advantage and possible the only advvantage to cookie cutter homes!

But again, I agree your layout and my current one is probably better with landing spaces etc, but with my FR the way is it, I wanted to change it up.