A kitchen island is a very practical piece: it’s useful for cooking, it can feature some storage space, it can give you a surface for having drinks or breakfasts and it will highlight your kitchen style or stand out if it’s contrasting. If your kitchen doesn’t seem to have any space for a kitchen island, choose a small one that won’t steal all the space you have and will be still a very functional item. How to choose one and how to integrate a small kitchen island? Let’s see.
Small Mobile Kitchen Islands
A small mobile kitchen island is a perfect solution for a small or even tiny kitchen: it can be moved out anytime when you don’t need it or it seems to be unnecessary here. Such a piece can be made of any sideboard, console or other piece from IKEA or any other brand, you can repurpose what you have or build a new one using a tutorial form the internet. Incorporate some storage space – an open compartment, some drawers or holders and hangers and add casters to move it in and out or to use it as a home bar when needed.
A dark stained kitchen island with a geometric tile backsplash and a small white kitchen island with a butcherblock countertop and storage.
A modern white kitchen with a mobile kitchen with a butcherblock countertop and wooden stools plus green accents here and there.
A stylish modern kitchen done in warm neutrals, with stone countertops, a light stained wooden kitchen island and green accents.
A stylish vintage-inspired kitchen in white, with black coutnertops, a light blue kitchen with with a butcherblock countertop for a color accent.
A white farmhouse kitchen with a light blue kitchen island with a butcherblock countertop that adds color here.
An elegant white kitchen with neutral stone countertops, chic furniture and handles and an olive green kitchen island on casters.
An inspiring white retro kitchen with subway tiles, black fixtures, a small kitchen island and black stools and pendant lamps.
Usual Small Kitchen Islands
A small kitchen island can be matching or contrasting, the first case usually happens when you intended to have one and ordered or built it together with the kitchen, while the second case happens when an owner suddenly decides to get a kitchen island. Contrasting kitchen islands are in trend, and you may go not only for mismatching colors and materials but also for another style or epoch, and such a piece will stand out a lot.
Your island may look as a cabinet or more as a table or include both and look more lightweight. As for storage, it’s usually about open and cabinet-like compartments, sometimes drawers and holders and hangers on the sides.
A beautiful and airy white kitchen with sleek cabinets, floating shelves and a suspended shelf, a small kitchen island that matches.
A chic navy and white kitchen with glass and usual cabinets, a wooden hood, a matching kitchen island and wooden stools.
A contemporary white kitchen with butcherblock countertops, a small kitchen island that matches and black stools.
A contemporary white kitchen with printed tiles and a small kitchen island, chic pendant lamps and white bar stools.
A crispy white kitchen with shaker style cabinetry and a small matching kitchen island wiht a butcherblock countertop for a coastal home.
A dark stained kitchen with neutral stone countertops and a tiny kitchen island made of a bookshelf is chic.
A dove grey kitchen in farmhouse style, with white countertops, a rich-stained wooden kitchen island that contrasts the space.
A glossy white minimalist kitchen with a grey countertop, a small kitchen island in white and stained wood, white stools.
A graphite grey kitchen with a grey tile backsplash, a matching grey kitchen island with a raised countertop.
A grey farmhouse kitchen with butcherblock countertops, a wooden kitchen island with plenty of storage that looks airy.
A lovely crispy white kitchen with butcherblock countertops, a small kitchen island that doubles as an eating space.
A minimalist white kitchen with a concrete backsplash, built-in appliances and a matching white kitchen island with storage space.
A minimalist white kitchen with butcherblock countertops, a small light-stained kitchen island that matches the countertop.
A modern coral pink and white kitchen with gold handles, a chic small kitchen island clad with hex tiles that catches an eye.
A modern two-tone kitchen with white subway tiles, butcherblock countertops and a grey kitchen island with an eating space.
A modern white kitchen with white subway tiles and a matching kitchen island with a butcherblock countertop plus a wooden bench is amazing.
A neutral retro kitchen with stone countertops, a small grey kitchen island and a shabby chic stool of metal.
A neutral retro kitchen with white subway tiles, a small kitchen island with storage and a folding countertop plus black pendant lamps.
A neutral shabby chic kitchen with butcherblock countertops, a matching kitchen island with drawers for storage.
A neutral warm-colored kitchen with green tiles, butcherblock coutnertops and a blue shabby chic kitchen island.
A small white kitchen with a herringbone backsplash, a small white kitchen island with a butcherblock countertop and pendant lamps.
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A stylish light stained modern kitchen with matching wooden beams and a green kitchen island with a terrazzo countertop that makes an accent.
The original wrap-around countertop was replaced with a space-saving kitchen island and breakfast bar with modern barstools. All new appliances, an attractive vent hood, marble countertops and pendant lights were installed, and the tile backsplash adds an unique flair, as seen on HGTV’s Fixer Upper. (detail).
A super stylish navy and white modern kitchen with copper touches and a small kitchen island that matches the cabinetry.
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A welcoming white modern kitchen with square tiles, butcherblock countertops, a small kitchen island with storage and an eatign surface.
A white farmhouse kitchen with black coutnertops and a small green kitchen island with a butcherblock countertop is chic.
A white kitchen with shaker style cabinets, a small kitchen island with storage and with an eating zone.
An elegant white kitchen with white countertops, a matching kitchen island with a butcherblock countertop and leather stools.