
Can You Have a Kitchen Triangle Design With Island?
When the concept of the kitchen work triangle was first gaining popularity, most kitchens didn’t have islands. If they did have one, it was purely a workspace, not an eating area.
How does the kitchen triangle design work with an island? Essentially, it works the same way that it works in kitchens without islands. In some cases, an island makes creating a work triangle easier for kitchens that do not have a U-shaped or L-shaped layout.
However, there’s an additional rule. If one of your appliances, such as the sink, is installed on an island, the work triangle should not cut through more than 12 inches of the island. Larger kitchens will not have a problem with this, but adjustments may need to be made in smaller kitchens.
In particularly large kitchens, a second triangle can be added when you have an island. You can add a prep sink to your island and triangulate it to your oven range and refrigerator.
Some kitchen designers also include a “fourth wall” to the triangle with an additional sink.