It’s common to see kitchen islands with spots ... but it provides seating for five people — three people on the long side and ...

Your kitchen island isn't just another surface to pile mail on (though we've all been guilty of that). It's the place for morning coffee and midnight snacks, for homework and for dinner prep, and ...

no matter how carefully you've arranged the living room seating. It deserves some extra love. When square footage is at a premium, every part of your kitchen island needs to work overtime.

The extra-long island in her kitchen taps into one such trend: conversational seating. We spotted the kitchen island in photos of Garten's home, and it stretches almost the full length of the room.