Premium custom kitchen design by a North Carolina home builder, showcasing a massive dark wood island with white granite countertops, white perimeter shaker cabinets, high-end stainless steel appliances, and matte black dome pendant lights.

9 Big Kitchen Island Styles

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Large kitchen islands are a great place for gatherings: Food. Hobbies. Homeschool. Projects. Here are 9 photos of popular NC 2021 home design trends to help choose your next kitchen island.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #1: Placement

This Chef’s Kitchen designed by Chatham County new home builder Travars Built Homes is designed to provide as much working space as possible, with a massive kitchen island, cabinetry and countertops.

Premium custom kitchen design by a North Carolina home builder, showcasing a massive dark wood island with white granite countertops, white perimeter shaker cabinets, high-end stainless steel appliances, and matte black dome pendant lights.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #2: Size

Island kitchen floor plans separate countertop space from the rest of the kitchen, to increase its potential to be used for a variety of purposes.

Elegant kitchen profile emphasizing a long dark graphite kitchen island topped with thick white quartz countertops, illuminated by three hanging black iron lantern frame fixtures over oak plank flooring, built by Travars Built Homes.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #3: Design

This kitchen island was designed to be noticed, with a look all its own as the focal point of the room. The ability to create the look you’d like is a great benefit of working with a creative team in design build custom homes.

Custom kitchen layout showcasing white perimeter cabinets, a light gray subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, and a large wood-paneled kitchen island with a speckled stone countertop.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #4: Style

Your sink choice can make a big difference in the appeal of your kitchen island. Apron sinks (also known as Farmhouse sinks) are especially popular in 2021 new home design trends.

Modern kitchen island design featuring a dark navy blue base, a light granite countertop with an apron-front farmhouse sink, a black gooseneck faucet, and three industrial-style pendant light fixtures.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #5: Lighting

The pendants you choose for your lighting are especially important over the island. They serve as a punctuation of your architectural style and highlight everything in your design build new home.

Two-pane view of a modern farmhouse kitchen featuring a large olive-green center island with an apron-front farmhouse sink, ornate stone countertops, and industrial black cage pendant light fixtures.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #6: Seating

Tuck under seating is the choice made most often for big kitchen islands in 2021 home design trends. The ability to place bar stools out of the way when not in use provides a feeling of functionality and great use of space.

Custom open-concept kitchen highlighting a granite-topped island illuminated by three orbital black iron cage pendants, a stainless steel chimney hood, grey subway backsplash tile, and a glass patio door, built by Travars Built Homes.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #7: Purpose

This formal kitchen island exudes elegance in design build custom homes, with a furniture look that draws the living area further into the kitchen – an inviting look of luxury that increases importance.

Custom kitchen with large quartz island, black lower cabinets, natural wood uppers, herringbone tile backsplash, gas cooktop, and pendant lights by Travars Built Homes.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #8: Color

This kitchen island blends beautifully into extended gathering areas with its muted tones that create a sense of comfortable informality. It’s one of the most requested styles in island kitchen floor plans.

Wide open-concept floor plan displaying a high-end custom kitchen with white shaker cabinets, stainless steel appliances, premium granite countertops, and rich oak hardwood floors running throughout the expansive space.

Kitchen Island Design Tip #9: Surface

The surface material you choose for your kitchen island can be just about anything in a design build custom home. Granite. Quartz. Marble. Tile. Wood. Recycled glass. Cement. There are a lot of possibilities to explore in 2021 home design trends.

Wide open-concept floor plan showing a seamless transition from a high-end kitchen with a large island and dark countertops into the dining area and living room with dark hardwood floors running throughout.

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