How to Choose the Right Kitchen Benchtop Island for Your 2025 Reno.
In this guide we share with you some serious kitchen island benchtop inspiration, helping you to decide what design style works for your project with some awesome examples to boot.
Before you decide to go head with a kitchen benchtop island design for your project or not, considering the following
- Cost: Is an island within your budget
- Space: Do you have the space for a kitchen island?
- Material: What material are you using and why?
- Design: How will you design your island around the rest of the kitchen?
These three things alone could make or break your decision and we will dive into each in the article below.
1. Understanding the cost of your kitchen island benchtop design
Of course, one way to keep your costs manageable is to not have an island bench at all, but if it's a must have element of your kitchen reno, here's how to lower costs.
Material selection: Keep cost lower by looking at material selections from the lower ranges of our sintered stone selection (or any brand for that matter). Styles like our Crystallo and Tambora offer truly on-trend design styles, while keeping costs low.
This allows you to look at more premium ranges to allow your kitchen benchtop and splashback to be the focal point of the space, while keeping your island benchtop design more minimal.
A second way to keep costs low is to consider your edge profile. If you like a more modern design style, look at having an exposed edge without any 40mm or 60mm edge profiles like the design below.
Not only is a great contemporary look, it can also lower your fabrication rates by hundreds of dollars. For more, chat with your stonemason.
2. Do you have the space for a kitchen benchtop island?
This is an obvious question, but with the average island benchtop being anywhere from 1900mm x 600mm to 3000mm x 600mm it's definitely something to consider when looking at maximising slab selections to get the most bang for your buck.
Your island bench could be your primary food preparation or serving area and therefore requires more space, or alternatively, it could be something that allows you just to have a little more benchtop space when cooking a meal, or to have a few more drawers for cupboard space.
To maximise space, without overpowering the rest of your kitchen, consider a kitchen benchtop island overhang, allowing you to hide away dining chairs when not using them to eat a meal or entertain.
3. Choosing the right material for your kitchen island benchtop design
Okay, we're a little bias of course, but our entire Sintered Stone Collection couldn't be anymore perfect for your kitchen island design, but why?
Because it's:
- Heat resistant
- Stain resistant
- Scratch resistant
- Bacteria resistant
- 100% natural and sustainable
- 100% approved by the government
- Contains 95% recycled materials without any loss of quality.
- Replicates natural marble, with a serious 2024 production upgrade
- Never requires sealing on ongoing maintenance
It's exactly why designers and renovators all over Perth and Sydney are already choosing our Sintered stone designs, thanks to it's incredible durability and super easy to maintain nature.
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Pictured: Marvel Gold
4. How do you design your kitchen island around the rest of your space?
There are two consideration at play here.
- Do you want to make your kitchen island a feature of the space
- Do you want it to work in conjunction with your existing, or chosen kitchen benchtop designs for a more consistent flow
Ultimately, the decision is yours however here at Asetica, we love seeing a consistent styled kitchen, where island benchtops, splashback and benchtops all work together in harmony with a consistent style and flow.
5. Utilise your kitchen island benchtop for other things, like storage
Another great way to make your island benchtop do more than just look good, is to make it functional.
Consider including drawers or shelving to maximise space and minimise clutter, with a space where pots, pans, tableware or dishes can be stored, to create space in other areas.
This especially rings true if you are short on space. Maximising storage options could be a great way to make your island benchtop multi functional, while looking great at the same time. 
Pictured: Mont Blanc
If you're looking for more kitchen benchtop and island inspiration, take a look at the rest of our 2025 Techlam Sintered Stone Collection and follow us on Instagram for daily updates.
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