kristen wrote:

> My husband and I are planning on remodeling out kitchen within the
> next year (I hope!). Right now we have a galley kitchen. We plan on
> tearing out the wall that makes it a galley and that will open up the
> kitchen for us to have a L shaped kitchen with an island. I'm not sure
> og the dimensions, but it would probably be something like 17'x9'. We
> would also like to add an island. We could not have cabinets on the
> wall opposite the 17' because our basement door it there...
>
> Right now we think the best route would be for us to put the fridge on
> the end of the shorter wall and have a stove in the middle of the
> longer wall and put the kitchen sink + dishwasher in the island. We
> could probably have a 5 foot island I think. I'm unsure of what the
> standard mesaurements are for the depth of countertops and how much
> space you should allow between countertops (like from the shorter wall
> to the island).
>
> So my question I guess is to those who have sinks in the island, how
> did that setup work out for you?
>
> Thanks!
> Kristen
We have an island with a kitchen sink and we love it. It's important to
have adequate counterspace on either side of your sink though. If you
only have a 5' wide island and install a sink there, it won't give you
very much counterspace unless you install a very small sink. Most
kitchen electrical codes will require that you have outlets on your
island. Also, you'll need to address the location of your garbage
disposer switch. We installed electrical outlets on either side of the
sink cabinet panel. The installed outlets took roughly 6-inches on
either side of the sink cabinet so we installed two slim cabinet doors
beneath each outlet. On one side, we've used the narrow space for
storing cutting boards (on end). The other side has a pull out rack to
hang wet dishtowels. For our garbage disposer, we installed an "air
switch" on the granite countertop because the standard toggle switch was
not allowed. The switch is designed to be used near water (i.e., for
hot tubs etc...). It installs flush with the countertop. Standard
cabinet depth is 24-inches however with an island, you can make any
depth you want.
Good luck with your kitchen design.
Mickey