What is the use of the island in the kitchen

Nakajima is used as a cooking station, as a temporary dining table, as a buffet counter, and as a partition between areas.

Kitchen island function 1: Cooking table.

Keep the kitchen work in order: place the cleaned fruits and vegetables and process them; It is used as a special table for cooked food, so there is no need to repeatedly replace raw and cooked cutting boards on the same operating table; If you don't have time to serve the stir-fried food, put it on this makeshift counter first.

Kitchen island function 2: temporary dining table.

If the kitchen is large enough, it is necessary to have a large island and add a temporary table to the table, where the family can sit and chat while busy cooking, or the first time to eat the dishes. Most of the modern families are small, and there is no need for a big fanfare for breakfast or temporary meals, so building a small island in the kitchen to arrange the usual simple meals can save a lot of unnecessary trouble. If the kitchen is small, it can also be designed to fold and connect a small panel at one end of the worktop and open it when you need it.

Kitchen island function three: partition.

In addition to the functions of cooking tables, dining tables, buffet tables, etc., the independent island can also play a partition role in the division of areas. The washing area, worktop, and cooking area can be combined with a separate island to form the kitchen's work area, and on the other side of the island is the dining area, so that even if the kitchen is in the kitchen, it still does not interfere with each other. If the kitchen is not big enough, you can set the island between the kitchen and the living room.

It makes the space much brighter, and at the same time invisibly makes a difference between the kitchen and the living room.

Kitchen island function 4: storage space.

There is a lot of space under the island, and all of it can be used. Categorize items in the kitchen, common and infrequently, food and various utensils. The bottom of the island is simply designed as a storage bucket, where rice, noodles, dried fruits, and other foods that can be stored at room temperature are sorted into categories.

You can also design some drawers for all kinds of loose spices.

The island kitchen allows the kitchenware to be fully integrated into the home life, and can also be shaped into the concept of spiritual transformation rest, so many functions are planned with a hidden design, making the vision more concise and clean, just like a home displayed in the living room. In terms of life function, it can take into account the use of the open kitchen as the center of home life, it integrates the use of operation, living habits and other functional needs and explores the real ideas of the inner level, and condenses the centripetal force of the family, which is based on the following design principles

1.The island kitchen should be able to match the atmosphere, colors and materials of the living room and dining room to create the best space.

2.The design has both aesthetics and convenience, and achieves the function of classified planning and storage, and more humanized intelligent configuration.

3.Extend the use of counter design to show social function and life taste, and at the same time inject light level changes, so that different color temperature light sources create home temperature.

4.The island kitchen is the heart of the hostess's home life, and its presence is the best place to unite the emotions of the family, to talk and cook together, even in the smallest of spaces.

Advantages and disadvantages of island kitchen design:

Pros:1Combined with the design of other spaces in the interior.

2.Make the overall interior space line smoother.

3.More than two sinks or stove space use areas can be planned, divided into a quick frying area and a hot food area.

4.Enlarge the design of the working platform or increase the area of use of the dining cabinet.

5.The storage space is divided into regions, and then classified and stored.

6.Integrate the areas where the space is used to distinguish the operation area from the rest area.

7.Let technology and digital products gradually enter the kitchen.

8.Become another parent-child reading space at home.

Cons: 1Traditional eating habits are less suitable for this design.

2.Confirm the location of water and electricity in advance to avoid modifying pipelines and repeating construction configurations.

3.It must be cleaned at all times to keep it clean and beautiful.

4.Considering whether the use of space extends to other interior spaces, planning together will avoid affecting the overall fluency.

Island Kitchen The area of the island kitchen should be more than square meters. The most common island kitchen design is to add a countertop or countertop to the L-shaped kitchen so that it can be used by multiple people at the same time.

Generally, the island is designed as a dining area or an operation area.