Having sink on island. with pictures

[MaryIsA]

Any views?

Works well for us. What’s your issue with it?

Just wondering pros and cons.

I think the sink is fine but you'll need a draining bit, will that annoy you on the island?

I'd worry about the ovens being so far away from a work surface to put things on though.

We decided against it for our upcoming renovations, because although we have a dishwasher, there still ends up being various pots/chopping boards/clutter left by the sink drying etc and I feel having that kind of mess on your island looks worse than having it by the wall/window to the side.

I thought you meant an actual island Was looking forward to learning about desert island plumbing.

I agree about the oven! That will potentially be a bit dangerous tbh.

Is that the finalised colour way OP? Light green cabinets with light grey marble top and cream tiles? Or are the colours just for the mock up?

Sink on island would work well for me

Yes thinking about it we’ve often got stuff draining that either doesn’t go in dishwasher or needs draining after...Tupperware type stuff. That’s a good thought.

Not the colours just a generic mock up. Though the cupboards might be that colour.

And the oven won’t be there.

I like my island to be all clear and wiped down immediately after I finish cooking, but sometimes some pans still need to soak etc while we are eating.
I have my hob on my island with the sink immediately behind for convenient access but less in the way.

I hate sinks in islands because of the mess and clutter, and something has to be done about the location of the oven.

So would a hob on the Island be less messy...we'd have to work out the ducting for a pop up extractor.

And those with sinks on Islands - are you just super tidy?

We aren't super tidy or super messy - but oven trays do tend to get left till the morning.

And we were wondering whether to have sink and hob on side and a totally clear Island.

We have a prep sink on the Island & then the main sink & dishwasher out of the way.

We have a very similar set up OP although our sink is slightly off centre. I think it works really well. We are tidy, don't leave anything on the island or in the sink, things are washed and put away (albeit nearly everything goes in the dishwasher). I don't have anything out on the island or the worktops for that matter, other than a coffee machine. We don't have any draining grooves, we have a drainer set that lives in the cupboard under the sink if we have enough to warrant getting it out.

For us it was a choice of hob or sink on the island, we had to have one and it was a million % the right decision for us. Its all down to personal preference though.

Unless you are the tidiest person ever then I wouldn't have a sink on the island. I have planned mine the other way round (plus two dishwashers) so the 'stuff' is better hidden.

Do you plan to have stools at the island? If so, I would consider where you spend more time. I spend much more at the hob (hate hate hate washing up) so it will be more sociable for me. Equally though I am planning my hob at one end of the island with drawers on the opposite side and then an open worktop area for the stools.

Just looked up prep sink. I might sacrifice the Boling water tap to get one of those.

I'm going to be blunt here, I think having, or not having, a sink in the island is not the main worry here. I echo what PPs said re the oven.

In the first shot, the area looks huge, the island looks like it belongs. However, when you see the reverse angle in the second shot, the island looks like an obstacle with a lot of wasted space at the far wall.

If a kitchen planner drew up this plan for me, I would be looking for a better kitchen planner. I walked away from one kitchen planner who clearly had never cooked or washed up in his life and I found a better one for me.

If this was my kitchen, I'd be looking at building a j--shape or u-shape against the back wall, scrapping the island completely and maybe having a peninsula at the end of the run of wall units to accommodate some kitchen stools - leaving yourself plenty of room by the patio doors for a substantial table and chairs. When you have guests you can throw the doors open and have an indoor table and an outdoor one too.

Admittedly, this is me with a 4 person family who sit and eat as a family once, twice or thrice daily - rarely entertaining at home - and when I do, the cooking is not a performance, but the food is good.

I think islands are a trend that may be coming to the end of their trendy lifespan anyway. You are looking at a huge investment here, I'd spend some time looking on Pinterest at some kitchen/diners or pop to your local newsagent for a specialist magazine or two.

Or, perhaps you intend having a table and chairs at the wall end? Not sure why your run of units end at that end of the kitchen, perhaps there are doors to a living room at that end that we don't see?

Agree with the above, the island looks badly planned out, like it should be scrapped altogether and you should utilise the far wall for units instead. Put a decent table by the patio doors. Much more practical than having to walk around the island constantly.

Was literally just going to say what @SageRosemary said. What are the dimensions of the island and what are the distances between it and the kitchen/walls.?

Hiya. Thanks for the thoughts on the planning.

The doors at the end aren't patio. Its potential doors through to a study. But we are thinking of having an internal window instead. There's also a door into the hall there. Basically its the 'dark end of a back extension.

The other end of the room is the dining/seating area with big sliding doors overlooking the garden.

I'll all in reality be a light room. But the end where the 'doors,' are drawn now will be the darker end.

So there'll be a table to eat at and a sitting area that's not shown on this mock up.

We've had a few designers round and they all come up with pretty much the same idea. There's only so much you can do with a space that's essentially a corridor.

So it won't look quite like whats here but a bit.

We did think of a j or peninsula but there's more storage in the island.

I want a prep sink on my island and a hob. Then a big butler / farmhouse sink (don’t want a drainer) behind. I also want an undercounter fruit and veg fridge under the prep sink.

Nice clear island for me. Unless you are very tidy and clean as you go, it will always look a mess. Have a decent sized sink elsewhere. A pokey useless sink that you can’t wash a pan in - but looks pretty is pointless.

In a kitchen that narrow I wouldn't have an island. Can you walk past when people are sitting at the stools? Personally, I'd push the cabinets that are currently in the island to the back wall and have a sort of galley kitchen layout.