What depth is your island bench?

Someday · Oct 04, 2012 9:59 pm

We are looking at renovating our kitchen and we're in the process of talking to some cabinet makers but I'm so confused! What depth is your island bench? We have a large space to work with so that isn't an issue but one cabinet maker was talking about 900 and another was talking 1500 - that is a big difference?!?

kyton · Oct 05, 2012 7:27 am

We have 1200 which is the width of a slab (with rough edges trimmed) of c'stone.

CuttingEdgeKitchens · Oct 05, 2012 7:35 am

Unless you have a small space 900mm is to small.

1000-1200 is failry standard size for an island if you have the room.

My island unit is 1100mm wide and I have cabinets on the back side.

Casa2 · Oct 05, 2012 7:52 am

900 in my my case (even though I had the rom to go much wider).

xxkatxx · Oct 05, 2012 7:57 am

900 seems to be the standard for most builders...600 for cupboards and 300 for overhang of breakfast bar. would be nice to go wider but 900 seems fine to me from what I've seen and sat at in the display homes.

xxkatxx · Oct 05, 2012 8:00 am

Oh and id say it depends on how long it is as to whether you go wider...sometimes the short ones look good when they are really wide...turns into more of a square than a rectangle! Long ones not so much of an issue...

CuttingEdgeKitchens · Oct 05, 2012 8:11 am

xxkatxx

900 seems to be the standard for most builders...600 for cupboards and 300 for overhang of breakfast bar. would be nice to go wider but 900 seems fine to me from what I've seen and sat at in the display homes.

Agreed 900mm is standard for spec build homes. It costs the builder alot less!

If you have control of your build and can design you kitchen I would go wider. I think 900mm unless its a small kitchen looks underdone!

just Erin · Oct 05, 2012 8:22 am

Ours is 1500mm wide, it's the width of the stone, plus another 300mm for a laminate breakfast bar type thing.

rellie · Oct 05, 2012 11:14 am

Ours is 1100mm wide by 3100mm long.

AussieMark · Oct 05, 2012 11:27 am

If and when the house actually gets build mine will be 3m long by 1.2m deep. I agree with CEK, essentially get the size that suits the space.

kiwi · Oct 05, 2012 11:55 am

1800 long x 1200 wide

Crystally · Oct 05, 2012 2:12 pm

3000 long x 1200 wide (and i'm still complaining it's not big enough lol!)

Someday · Oct 05, 2012 2:23 pm

Thanks everyone - the length of the bench would be approx 2100 so sounds like 1200 depth might be a good compromise.

boosho · Oct 05, 2012 2:29 pm

The biggest that can fit in your space preferrably using a single sheet of stone is better, ours is big 1400 deep by 2806 long and i would have liked it to be deeper and longer..

kylie40 · Oct 21, 2012 5:42 pm

Although not technically an island, my kitchen bench is 125 cm deep - with 60cm cupboards one side, 30cm cupboards & 30cm overhang for breakfast bar. I love the size as it gives me lots of room to work & lay out cookie sheets etc, but when clearing & cleaning it I can't reach from one side to the other, so I have to walk around it to get the dirty breakfast dishes and wipe it clean, which is a little annoying. But then, I am a shorty!

Pellana · Oct 21, 2012 9:57 pm

In our plans ours is 1m wide by 4.5m long. I am hoping it works well, we have the 400mm breakfast bar and on one end there is 700mm that is cantilevered so we can sit around it like at a table.

BayLeaf · Oct 22, 2012 6:42 am

Out plan is to have an island bench - 1.3 x 2.3

idream3 · Oct 22, 2012 5:15 pm

Our just completed kitchen has a 3m x 1.2 and we love the size

Casa2 · Oct 22, 2012 6:11 pm

idream3

Our just completed kitchen has a 3m x 1.2 and we love the size

And the good thing about this size is it fits within a single slab of Caesarstone, so no join!

tompab · Oct 24, 2012 8:54 pm

Holy crap, you guys are crazy. We are building our new house and I'm excited about our 60cm deep island. I thought that was standard size, although I've seen deeper narrower ones too of course. But not a single one has mentioned a 60cm deep one yet :p It's 250cm wide.