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Large Kitchen remodel, oblong island -layout help! (pics included)

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Yes, my island is odd. What were they thinking?!

Aside from a bunch of other things (chandeliers, farmhouse sinks, new faucets, new cabinet paint, blah blah blah) I'm changing the counters to calacutta borghini marble and getting new marble floors (hate the grout lines we have currently) so I can kinda change my island to some degree.

My issue is my island is 2 level which I don't like. I have a huge kitchen but it feels closed off because the biggest part of my island is bar height. The main working area in my kitchen is bar height so I used the small counter height area for the most part. I would cut the island down to make it all flat but what shape would it be then? If I cut the bar height island down and remove the small counter height island I have now (basically downside my island) it's going to look strange having so much space in between my island and range.

My cabientry is custom but I have a great carpenter. I want to use as much existing island cabinetry as I can because I love it and it would be crazy expensive to just demo and do over but that's aside the point. I've thought about making a double island...like 2 rectangles side by side (keep the bar height island and make the counter height rectangle). Only problem is on one small area I'd be left with only 33" cabinet to island. That 33" space would only be about 2ft long so it's not like the whole kitchen flow would suffer but I'm still not sure what to do. Please help me with ideas! I don't want to start on anything until I figure out what to do with this dang island!

I'm probably not making a lot of sense either because it's hard to explain and I've thought about it so many times I'm driving myself crazy. Sorry guys! Another thing is, because the new marble counters have a decent amount of movement, having a seam would not look very good and the bar height island is already 1 slab on its own. Also want to apologize for all the clutter in the pictures! New puppy + puppy crates and crap everywhere + a lot of remodeling + crazy me = hot mess w/hot mess pics lol


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