If you have a sink in your kitchen island and it is set up for people to sit around it, do you like it?

The closer the sink is to your primary work space the better, unless you want to force yourself to exercise more.

I love a large island in the kitchen, but I haven’t seen one with a sink. I don’t think I would want that.

If it’s long enough why don’t you have one end for a prep area and he other for socializing?
I had it in one island but it was sort of in the center of the kitchen with another bar to sit at.

Sorry I though it was a deserted island and you have a sink.

@Judi I am getting two dishwashers, so the sink has to be between the two, which means the sink will wind up in the middle of the island. Ugh, I don’t love the dimensions on the kitchen. I wish I had changed it before set in stone. I’m kind of fixated on the stove being in the middle of the backwall, and centered to the island, which means the sink under the window will be far away. The fridge is far on the otherside. I am not very keen on huge kitchens. This one isn’t even that huge in sq ft, but it is long. No matter what bigger than I need.

@WestRiverrat I like everything close together too. My husband says I want the kitchen to be like an RV. LOL. In my apartment right now it is a small kitchen and I am fine with everythng being within a few steps.

I grew up with this, and it was great. My brother and I had to wash and dry the dishes every night, though, so we didn’t have to worry about them piling up.

You could have the sink one one side of the island and maybe the seating area on a slightly lower – chair height rather than bar stool height -level on the other side. Or have two sinks; one for prep and one for dishes?

As long as the island is big enough, I’d be totally OK with the sink being on the island. It would probably make things easier, even if you had a sink full of dishes. It would be great if the dishwasher(s) were also in the island. During a big gathering, like Thanksgiving, people might be sitting there talking to you, while you are doing this or that, but mostly they would be eating at the regular dining room table, so having the sink in the island is not as “yucky” as you might think. I think I would like it.

Why not have 2 sinks? It sounds as if your kitchen is big enough for it.

I have an island with a cooktop. The sinks and dishwasher are directly to the left behind me on the counter. I love the arrangement. I have to seats across the island from the cooktop. They get used occasionally while I’m cooking. But there’s no messy pots or pans to mess up the island. The wall oven is a few feet away. My refrigerator is directly behind me on the right. I can cook a meal moving hardly five feet total back and forth.

My parents have an island like you describe, and it’s great. Much better than the old one with the range on it. They also have two dishwashers (both set in the island, on either side of the sink), which sounds silly but really helps with getting dishes off the counter.

Since the ratio of sinks to dishwashers is generally 2:1, I can only assume that you will have 4 sinks. I don’t see why one of these couldn’t be on the island. At least until it’s voted off.

I don’t think I’d like it. The sink is for cleaning, and the things that need cleaning are messes, so the messes pile up around the sink.