Given how ubiquitous, even obligatory, a center island has become, a kitchen without one feels subversive. Sarah Stacey, an interior designer in Austin, Texas, is seeing that changing: “As people move ...

Most kitchen plans are executed on autopilot. You’ve got major appliances, cabinets and a loveseat-sized island with three obligatory stools facing the cook and the same number of light pendants above ...

Here’s how to design an island that works for your particular space and the way you use your kitchen. By Tim McKeough As the kitchen evolved from a work space hidden from guests to the place where ...