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   Guest_ | Mar 04, 2000 03:51pm | #1

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   Hi Hawkeye, Usually allowing a minimum of 24" per person, An Island 8' would suffice. Use a tape measure and mark off 8' on the floor. Set up four chairs along the mark and see if that would work comfortably. If room allows, you can adjust the length accordingly.

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   Guest_ | Mar 05, 2000 08:31am | #2

   *No offense, but 24" o.c. is too tight for large adults. More like 27"-30".FWIW

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   Hawkeye_ | Mar 06, 2000 05:44am | #3

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   Thanks for the advice. We are big folks so am inclined to think bigger is better.

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 2000 05:55am | #4

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   Use any formula you'd like, just DON'T use the one the airlines use! Seriously, I used 30" per when building my bar and it works great.

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 2000 03:59pm | #5

   *Hawkeye,

   An Island 5' long will seat 4 large adults comfortable, two on each side.View Image © 1999-2000"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato

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   Hawkeye_ | Mar 07, 2000 04:53am | #6

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   Our local big ten university uses 12" per person when selling tickets at $27 each to home football games in its 70,000 plus stadium.

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 2000 05:30am | #7

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   Maybe they need to change the nickname to Sardines....

   :-}

   Rich Beckman

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 2000 08:44am | #8

   *GO ILLINI! BEAT THE HAWKEYES...

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 2000 03:47pm | #9

   *Are we talking men's basketball? The Illini play the Hoosiers first. I would say the odds of the Illini winning are pretty good. I would like it to at least be close this time.Rich Beckman

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 2000 04:32pm | #10

   *When I've seen kitchen islands, they had a utility function on one side and seating on the other. They weren't like a table for seating on both sides. Consequently, Joe Fusco's answer may not be appropriate to your needs. Line the four adults up abreast of each other and give the command, "At close intervals, dress right, DRESS!" The result will be your island length.

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 2000 05:05pm | #11

   *Nothing more boring than having four people sitting in a row, kind of like being in a church pew. I like to curve one side of the island, the more the better, depending on space and accommodate conversations among the persons seated. This will give more room to exit/enter seats and takes a little less overall length. This is also easier to reach the "horsey dervy's".I like 30" per person. Another rule of thumb I use on special chairs is 165% of Chair width.

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   Hawkeye_ | Mar 08, 2000 03:01am | #12

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   In fairness I should add that the space problem has been somehat alleviated by a string of pathetic teams, with more on the horizon, which have excelled in the task of reducing the demand to watch them play.

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   Hawkeye_ | Mar 10, 2000 02:58pm | #13

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   Anyone have a suggestion for how long a kitchen island should be in order to seat 4 large adults comfortably? Thanks.

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   Guest_ | Mar 10, 2000 02:58pm | #14

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   .....also consider that the island has multi-function, i.e. sometimes it may be used for food preparation, and sometimes for seating.. so the 5' can work just fine...

   ...i usually design my sit-at counters as 30" wide with full radius.. keeping most of the overhang to the non-working side, seating one at each end, i would figure 6 people seated at a 5' island, or 5 seated at a 5' peninsula...