Pro Tip For Fitting Bar Stools In Your Kitchen Island
Creating a kitchen island for people to sit at is pretty dreamy. As long as you’ve got the right layout and more than enough room! When looking for guidelines for how many people fit at a kitchen island is slightly irritating, or at least that’s what we’ve found. Today we are breaking down how many people really fit at an island based on the island size.
The typical recommendation is to think about 28-30” per stool! That would mean you’d need a five foot island for two people. Let’s just digest that information for a minute. In our opinion that’s a whole not of wasted space. We’ve got two suggestions we stick by to guide island seating size.
Bar Stools
The size of your bar stools truly determine how many people can fit at your island. When shopping for bar stools you need to keep in mind the width of the stool. This is why paying attention to the specs is so important in the purchasing process.
Room Between
Keep 4-8” between each stool. This allows for people to move the stools in and out without being too spread apart. In a home design we are looking to make your space as functional and purposeful as possible. By not wasting space allows for you to maximize your island seating.
Can I just tell you how helpful this is? This along with your kitchen island placement article is so great while I’m building my new house. There are 10,000 decisions in new construction and you just helped simplify. Thank you
Thanks so much for your eye on making a kitchen functional and practical.. you helped me make a decision on the best use of space in my 151 year old kitchen I’m in the midst of remodeling!
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Can I just tell you how helpful this is? This along with your kitchen island placement article is so great while I’m building my new house. There are 10,000 decisions in new construction and you just helped simplify. Thank you
Oh my goodness that makes us so happy!!!