Deep blue painted kitchen island with an iroko worktop and two wooden bar stools, in a Box kitchen with stone floor tiles

Island · Box

A double-sided island in Box

Double-sided storage and a wider worktop created a breakfast spot for two.

Photographed after fitting in Box.

This Box kitchen needed practical storage and somewhere to sit for a quick breakfast. A narrow island was initially considered. Walking through the space during the home visit established that a larger island would provide more storage and elbow room for two people seated together. The island became the kitchen’s centrepiece in style, materials and colour.

The island design in detail

From single-sided to double-sided cabinets: The island design increased from cabinets on one side to cabinets on both sides. The finished island included 4 doors, providing the additional storage the kitchen needed.
A wider worktop: The worktop was widened as part of the larger design, giving two people more elbow room when seated side by side.
A 30cm seating overhang: The seating overhang was increased to 30cm, making space for comfortable breakfast seating within the revised island design.
Workshop time and cost: The island took several weeks in the workshop. The project cost range was £4,000–£6,000.

What the larger island provided

Double-sided cabinets gave the kitchen more practical storage than the initial single-sided design.
The wider worktop and 30cm seating overhang provided a breakfast spot with more elbow room for two people sitting together.

Double-sided storage, a wider worktop and breakfast seating made the island a practical centrepiece for this kitchen.

“Really pleased, think it looks great – thank you!”
Mr Martin

Before and after

The same kitchen, carefully renewed

Box kitchen before the work, with a navy range cooker, green metro tiles and rustic timber base cupboards — Before: the room had no island

The new blue island in place beside the staircase, with two bar stools and a pot of herbs on the worktop — After

The project

In pictures

End of the blue island with panelled doors, brass handles and a brass rail holding tea towels and an oven glove — A mirror-smooth sprayed finish in deep blue.

Two wooden-topped bar stools tucked under the overhanging iroko worktop of the blue island — The two-person breakfast seating.

Close-up of a solid brass hinge and handle on a painted blue island door — Solid brass details.

Side of the island beside a matching blue panelled cupboard door across the room — The island relates to the cupboard beyond.

Island doors open to show solid pine shelving holding plates, bowls and saucepans — Solid pine carcasses. Ash frames and doors.

Close-up of adjustable pine shelves inside the island, with bowls and plates stacked — Plenty of adjustable storage.

The service behind this project

WHAT THIS KIND OF PROJECT INVOLVES

Every project like this one starts the same way: a free Home Design Visit in your own kitchen, then a written, itemised quotation before anything is booked.

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