Floating Kitchen Island

A floating kitchen island is not an imaginary island which can only happen in Harry Potter magical world. This is real and you can have it in your kitchen. How can it be? Nowadays, designers are developing ideas on how to maximize the use of space in a packed up kitchen and this kind of island is chosen as the best solution. Chinese designers Chaoran Zheng, Fu Yetao and Zheng Chaoran introduce the most convenient kitchen island which suits the spirit of high tech we have in this millennia.

The floating kitchen island which the Chinese designers introduce is specially designed to maximize the kitchen space. They assign traditional kitchen tools into three ecological modern designed islands. The most amazing part of it is that the islands are hanged to the roof with stable steel cables which can be adjusted according to the desired height. Not only that it is practical, it also gives out a wonderful atmosphere with the decorative lamps along the line of the cables. This floating island is indeed a breakthrough in the history of kitchen design.

Judging from the complexity of the above kitchen island, it seems that it is impossible for commoners to have them in a friendly cost, doesn’t it? There is another solution to create a floating kitchen island which suits your budget and still have the same magically floating appearance. One of the tricks is by hiding the base part of your kitchen island from view. Instead of installing it on the sides of the island, you can create a smaller base deep in the inner side of your island so your island will seem floating from a far. It’s commonly used since the early 70s due to its ability to give character to a kitchen design.

If you want to have much simple trick to create your own floating kitchen island, you can install rollers underneath your island set which enables you to move it all over your kitchen. Remember to install the rollers in the insides of the island so it is not visible from outside. If you choose the ones which are high enough, it will create a floating like island for your guests to adore. You can also mount one of the sides of your kitchen island into a wall by a strong steel mount which makes the other side of it seems floating in the air.

It is not possible to create your own floating kitchen island with your own choice of budget. If the high tech one cannot be attained, it is the time for you to make use your outstanding creativity in action and create more original ideas. You can read more of it in the net and magazines. Remember, as long as it concerns design, the limit is the sky!