Kitchen table as island bench.

Here are a few photos where people have gone a raised table rather than island bench. I think it is very country cottage as opposed to slick modern kitchen, but i do like the idea. Obviously the need for storage has to be resolved somewhere else, but there is something I like about the a table that doubles as a work bench rather than an island doubling as a table. It could work for us!

photographer: Michael Graydon Source: House & Home March 2009

photographer: Donna Griffith Source: House & Home July 2008

photographer: Michael Graydon Source: House & Home April 2010

photographer: William Waldron Source: Elle Decor June 2010