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Can anyone point me to a great blog about kitchen islands? My DH and I are at a standstill as he wants one and I do not think one will work. He is not familiar with Houzz so probably doesn’t fully appreciate the pro advice (yet) or I’d send the myriad of discussions to him. I’d like to find an article on Houzz that discusses ideal kitchen set ups. Or another one by someone reputable, not just someone who wrote a blog (of that makes sense). I’m new here so I’m not finding what I’m looking for (or I just don’t know how to search properly yet). Not in my favor is that 3/3 of the kitchen folks who have seen our layout are in agreement with him that an island is the way to go. We do have the minimum plus a little space to accommodate it but I truly do not believe it is best in our set up. I’m not posting the kitchen here bc I’m really only looking for blog recommendations on this particular discussion post. I’ve received SO much helpful advice already on the layout. Thanks for any help, friends!

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Lindsey R.
last year
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You're in luck! One of our editorial contributors just wrote a story about this topic, which can be found here. Additionally, the best way to search for topics on Houzz is by searching the keywords in quotations marks and then clicking the section of Houzz you want to see results.

For example, I just searched '"Kitchen Islands" in Stories' and found the following results: https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/query/%22Kitchen-Islands%22. To find more Houzz Stories, click here. If you have any questions about the site and searching best practices, feel free to reach out to our team through help.houzz.com and we would be happy to help!
tlynn1960
last year
I follow Emily Henderson's blog just about daily and she recently did an in-depth post about her new kitchen and all the nitty-gritty measurements for the whole space. I also did a search for the words "kitchen island" on her site and there are loads of posts with different kinds of focus from trends to specific style types.

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/every-measurement-of-our-farmhouse-kitchen-and-how-i-feel-about-it-after-six-months
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Chris H
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Thank you both so much!
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
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The fact is not every kitchen needs or should have an island
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Sabrina Alfin Interiors
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If your husband is a "experts" kind of guy, I'd point him to this article that uses NKBA guidelines for kitchen islands as a place to start. The NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association) publishes planning guidelines for kitchens and baths which help to maximize functionality.

If you want to review your entire kitchen design against the NKBA guidelines, and not just the island, go here.
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Chris H
Original Author
last year
@User and @Sabrina Alfin Interiors thank you for these, I will read and pass on to him. @Patricia Colwell Consulting agreed. My husband has created a fully mocked up kitchen with our current cabs and he STILL likes/wants this. A lot of that is based on his cooking/kitchen use. We even had Easter at our place to test it out with many folks around. Feels like a losing battle 😂

At this time Im hoping we can lean towards a mobile option but we have not found any we like. Perhaps if I create a new post a kind Houzzer can help us design one! He loves building things.

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