Portable Kitchen Island?

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We're renovating the kitchen and the kitchen island question has reared it's head.

I'm not a great fan - although I think we need the work space. Does anyone know where I could find, maybe a stainless steel topped one, on wheels?

Ikea?

IKEA's aren't big enough. I'd like one about the size of an "island"

What about the ikea Stenstorp at £200? You can put castor feet on it easily and it's quite big, we love ours.

What sort of size are you looking for roughly?

I was thinking from their Free standing kitchen range They are massive?

I have a Varde large island - it's too heavy to move !! I know it has a maple worktop on it rather than the standard beech one - but even before we changed the top it was too heavy to move about ! why do you need it to move ?! have you space to move something so large about ?!?

if you want a stainless steel type on wheels - I'd look on an industrial kitchen reclamation site - there are a few about ! might be the simplest option !

Oh thanks all. I like both of those but especially the Stenstorp.

I don't need to move it I suppose but i like the look when they have wheels and it doesn't feel so "fitted" iykwim.

OnePlan - I've seen some nice ones on Houzz but it seems quite difficult to find out who the suppliers are of their products, but I think mostly American.

The Stenstorp is really lovely. You can't tell on the ikea pictures though that one side you can sit at like a breakfast bar and the otherside has shelves. Really strong and sturdy. We've had lots of compliments about it from friends and family.

Take a look at
www.ikeahackers.net/2010/04/kitchen-island-on-wheels.html

They have added wheels to theirs. They have also take the extra legs off the bar side.

Sorry no idea how to do clickable links on iPad.

You can usually ask a question about any of the photographs on Houzz if you have signed up ( which is free ) not everything is American - but a lot is ! You could always have a copy made more locally maybe ?!

I got the stenstorp second hand on eBay and it's lovely! We're using it as a temporary kitchen at the moment but we liked it so much we've incorporated into our kitchen design.

When I did my kitchen I liked the movable stuff from Chalon