• Kitchen island with seating: 21 ideas to combine food preparation and dining
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    Kitchen island with seating: 21 ideas to combine food preparation and dining

    August 8, 2023 - By 

    A kitchen island with seating is a great space-saving solution for smaller kitchens, as you can combine the kitchen table within your layout plan. If you live in a bigger home, however, kitchen islands with seating are an easily accessible alternative for having your morning coffee, breakfast or dinner with just two people while other family members are out. A kitchen island can be a perfect addition to your interior, and it can tie the whole kitchen layout together. Plan out a countertop overhang so you have space for your feet and the seats and just like that, you turned…

  • Shipshape and Refreshed: A Considered Renovation of an 1898 Cabin on Maury Island
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    Shipshape and Refreshed: A Considered Renovation of an 1898 Cabin on Maury Island

    July 5, 2023 - By 

    This week we’re combing through the Remodelista archives for some of our all-time favorite summer stories. Here’s one: Maury Island, in Washington’s Puget Sound, is small. You’ve likely never heard of it before, but you may have heard of its larger neighbor, Vashon Island, to which it’s connected via an isthmus built by local homeowners in 1913. (Before then, the two islands were linked only during low tide.) Both are accessible only by ferry, the inconvenience of which has kept commercial growth at bay—and that’s how its residents like it, including designer Tim Pfeiffer (of Seattle-based architecture and interiors firm…