An island is a useful feature that many include in their kitchens. However, there are some design trends to consider avoiding ...

Kitchen islands used to impress us simply by existing. Big rectangle? Great. Row of stools? Lovely. Waterfall edge? Ooh, ...

I honestly can't imagine my kitchen without the kitchen island. It's become the hub of my house, where guests gather, kids do homework (or I do work!), and dinner is prepped and (usually) eaten. So I ...

Ditching rectangular corners for a Reese Witherspoon-approved island offers the perfect blend of bespoke aesthetic appeal and ...

Despite all the convenience that side-mount outlets provide, the National Electric Code recently disallowed their use — and ...

Should you have a sink on a kitchen island? It's just one of the many questions you’ll encounter when designing your dream kitchen. It's something you see all the time, so you'd be forgiven for ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

For the recurring series, That’s Debatable, we take on a contentious issue of the day and present two spirited arguments—one in favor and the other emphatically opposed. Previous installments from the ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. I used to complain that kitchen islands had become so big that they were now kitchen ...