Choosing the right island size will help your kitchen harmonize, increase aesthetics, and make the most of the kitchen space.
1. Standard kitchen island size
Newly built European-style houses now all use standard kitchen island sizes for homeowners to easily live and use conveniently. However, depending on some cases, the size of the kitchen island can also be changed to be flexible with any working environment.
Standard kitchen island sizes:
- Height: 81 cm
- Width: 50cm (without stone face)
- Longs: From 130 cm or more
Usually, large kitchens can fit the current standard kitchen island. If you do not have enough space, you should not make kitchen islands because they will make family activities difficult. Besides, the placement of the kitchen island must also ensure the movement around. According to current standards, the path around the kitchen island area must reach a minimum of 90cm and a maximum of 150cm.
In areas with open kitchen cabinets, you must design a wider space to ensure that when opening the cabinet doors do not collide or cannot be opened due to being too narrow.
In addition to the above size, the design of the kitchen island must also depend on the area of the house, the area of the kitchen, so you should ask the design team to survey to have a suitable drawing in construction.
2. Standard kitchen island size
In addition to the traditional kitchen island models, many families in Vietnam have switched the stove to the kitchen island table so that the family can gather to cook together. This style comes from Europe and is currently being applied by many Vietnamese families. Moving the stove to a kitchen island makes the kitchen space more unique and opens up many interesting new spaces.
Dimensions of kitchen island for cooking:
- Height: 81 cm
- Width: 130 cm
- Longs: From 210 cm
Dimensions of kitchen island with stove and sink:
- Height: 81 cm
- Width: 130 cm
- Longs: From 290 cm
Dimensions of the kitchen island for the stove, sink and dining table
- Height: 81 cm
- Width: 160 cm
- Longs: From 400 cm
Depending on the needs of each homeowner, the size of the kitchen island will be changed to suit the construction area and the needs of the owner. If there are no special requirements, the size table above can be built.
In this article, Thuthuatphanmem has shared with you the standard size of the current dining room kitchen island. Have a nice day!