{"id":1286,"date":"2016-04-19T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T19:10:00","slug":"3-ways-include-kitchen-island-seating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/3-ways-include-kitchen-island-seating\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Include Kitchen Island Seating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A kitchen is a meeting place for the family.&nbsp; Meals are prepared, things discussed, and laughter is made.&nbsp; One great addition to any kitchen is a kitchen island.&nbsp; They utilize the normally wasted space in the center of a kitchen and have nearly endless possibilities for functionality.&nbsp; Kitchen seating, though, is normally a problem.&nbsp; Including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/RTA-Kitchen-Cabinets\/kitchen-islands\/large-kitchen-islands\/antique-white-kitchen-island\">kitchen island<\/a> seating into your plan adds a functional and extremely useful new dimension to your experiences in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Add a Built-in Table<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your kitchen island can easily support a built-in table, either running along one side of the island, or wrapping around the ends too.&nbsp; This can save a lot of space in your house, especially if you are replacing your kitchen table with it.&nbsp; It can be made at any height you wish, either staggered, or just extending the top of the island as an overhang and placing some chairs or stools underneath.&nbsp; It\u2019s wonderful for kids at breakfast time as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Add a Desk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The kitchen tends to be the central meeting place of the home, and as our technological world expands, having a handy desk in the kitchen sure doesn\u2019t hurt!&nbsp; It allows for more countertop space, and you could put a computer on it, giving you access where you need it for recipes, great music, chatting \u2026 the list is endless.&nbsp; It\u2019s also great if it\u2019s a bit taller than the rest of the island, allowing for one or more stools to make an eating place for two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Go Grand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Having a large kitchen island is a great seating idea, and takes away the need for a kitchen table.&nbsp; Having a large island gives you the space to keep your plates and utensils in the island itself, and anything else you need right at hand.&nbsp; Having a great countertop finish like the rest of the kitchen is a great pleasure to eat off of, and gives a unique feeling.&nbsp; Kitchen seating on two or three sides of the island can be perfect for the medium sized family.&nbsp; Bonus: If your house also has a dining room, you have just gained a room which can be repurposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Kitchen Island Seating Is the Way to Go<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Utilizing that wasted space in the middle of the kitchen is a great way to maximize the usefulness of the area, and adding seating to it is something we here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/\">RTA Cabinet Store<\/a> agree with wholeheartedly.&nbsp; Many of our clients choose that option, and could not be happier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add seating to your kitchen island and make it count!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[114],"tags":[2273],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6635,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/6635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}