A kitchen island can be a welcome addition to your cooking area, but one overly common mistake can make navigating the space ...

Outlets on the sides of kitchen islands are a thing of the past thanks to new NFPA guidelines. Luckily, there are plenty of ...

T hese days, the kitchen island has become a feature many feel you must accommodate for at all costs, but does your kitchen really need one? In some instances, an island simply doesn't make sense ...

Kitchen islands typically cost between $2,300 and $7,450 for the island itself (though costs can go from $100 to $10,000). This does not include the cost of labor to install the island.

A s a kitchen editor, I'm always on the pulse of what's hot and what's not. And recently, the traditional kitchen table has been making waves, offering a more sociable way to create an island.

A kitchen by Los Angeles firm Bunch Design. Photo: Yoshihiro Makino Given how ubiquitous, even obligatory, a center island has become, a kitchen without one feels subversive.

“Kitchen island, thousands with useless drawers,” they wrote. “Tool box 5-800 and lockable sensible drawers. Why lockable drawers in kitchens aren’t an option baffles me at times.