The kitchen island is still very much top of most peoples' wishlists – provided you've got the cash and square footage to spare. But designers are slowly reinventing it, seeking ways an island might better serve us, from casters and space-smart rounded edges to modish materials.
And kitchen island materials are changing, too. Marble is becoming less the obvious choice. Few ideas feel as right for now as the tiled kitchen island, once retro showpiece and now firmly back in the design zeitgeist. There's an inherent modernity to that rigid grid, and endless color, size and texture options for when a metro tile won't cut it.
