My sister is not one to be held down. Since childhood, she has always been the kid who would run away naked when it was time for the bath. Now, she is making a living as an attorney and living in Chicago by herself with her Terrier. Recently, I went to visit her in her rather comfortable abode and noticed that her kitchen was missing a significant fixure: the free standing kitchen prep center.
When I posed the suggestion of possibly purchasing one, she was put aback. Here is a single woman who lives with her dog and eats out nearly every day at any various neighborhood restaurants. Now someone was asking to her to maybe buy a kitchen island to put in a kitchen she barely used. She said that free standing kitchen islands don’t "suit" her. I told her that I knew as much but that perhaps it would serve her well to learn how to cook and actually make use of the space instead of pretending it was a big closet with a refrigerator. Besides, as I tried to convince her, free standing kitchen islands are symbolic of her independent nature and is something so versatile, it would fit her lifestyle beautifully.
A couple of months afterwards, she came to visit me in California. I had all but forgotten about the kitchen island suggestion but she excitedly told me that she had just bought her very first stainless steel kitchen island on my counsel. Apparently after I left, she decided that I was right and went online to order one that was perfect for the size of her kitchen. With free standing kitchen islands, you wouldn’t be succumbing to any domesticity; you’d be establishing your individuality!
