On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:28:07 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Mon 15 Oct 2007 07:51:12a, agrunspan meant to say...
I miss that kitchen. Right now I have one with the "ever desireable"
island, which I don't get. I find I spend my day walking around the
island to get to everything. Oh well! That's life.

Depends on the location, shape, and size of the island in relation to
everything else in the kitchen. Our kitchen has an L-shaped counter with
the fridge at the end of the long side of the "L" and range in the middle
of the short side of the "L". The island is rectangular, contains the sink
and dishwasher, with just a nice turning radius of space between it and
both the long and short sides of the "L". The other long side of the
island is for sitting at, and beyond it is a wall of windows. Works
nicely.

When/if we ever build a new house, we'll have to plan out the kitchen,
and I was leaning toward the island concept that Wayne describes. My
sister used to have her rangetop on her island, and I didn't like
that. It felt dangerous to me (not to mention the problems of venting
the fumes and grease), so I was thinking of putting the sink there.
How is that working out? Or would a solid work surface on the island
be better use of that space?