Kitchen Table/Work Table/ Island on Casters?

15 years ago

Our new kitchen is under construction I am thinking that we might want to have a movable table/island. Not so much for storage,but for additional work space. It should be counter height. DH brews beer and wine as a hobby. In order to move full carboys and fermentation containers around,it would be very handy to be able to slide them onto a wheeled counter-height surface. I would also like it to work for additional seating if needed (like once or twice a year). I am thinking butcher block top right now.

Any photos or suggestions are welcome!

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bmorepanic
15 years ago
I just changed my office over so everything is on wheels. So this has been my experience so far.

It's great for cleaning and rearranging. The casters need to really lock down and you might think about using 4 with locks. My desk has two locking and two plain - its just too easy to push it around in spite of the locks. For example, I can bring the whole desk towards myself when I want to open up the keyboard shelf - even with the locks set. A different kind of caster on the rolling around shelves does the same thing - not quite as easily but still wouldn't put it in a kitchen.

Maybe there are better casters in the world and someone would have a recommended brand.

Alternately, if you're thinking of something that has some size to it, perhaps get or build a section to handle the actual work surface and stools but not move. Then "dock" something like the flyetta cart below on one end.
prospect711
Original Author
15 years ago
I definitely want to have casters that lock securely.
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mtnrdredux_gw
15 years ago
What I have is probably too small for you. It is something like 5' long but only 17" wide.

I didnt have enough room for a real island in that part of my kitchen, because for code reasons I had to build out an existing stone wall (don't get me going). So I found an "old french pastry table" on line at first dibs and put casters on it.

It's pretty rough, not everyone's cup of tea. But we love it! It's great to have something so indestructible inbetween the range and sink!
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kaismom
15 years ago
Tom Douglas, who is a famous chef in Seattle with multiple successful restaurant has a large (huge, I mean) island on castors in his house. His kitchen is featured in the book below. The entire island is butcher block top. He uses mostly restaurant materials for his industrial looking kitchen at home.

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Kitchens-Home-Americas-Chefs/dp/1561582875

I don't have a scanner so I can't show you the pictures.
motodetroit
15 years ago
If you like an industrial look, I had a work table made by Greg Hankerson of Vintage Industrial. It has large casters and he will custom make it for you. I have space issues so had mine made fairly narrow.
honeychurch
15 years ago
I found an antique work table at a local shop and we put casters on it ourselves; we also made a docking bistro table with a top from Vermont Butcher Block. We don't move it around much but like having the option: