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Hi Bianca, I have just seen your post. I personally think the best answer to your question will depend on a few other considerations because it really depends on the kitchen layout as a whole. Considerations may include; how will this affect the work flow in your Kitchen and what are the alternative positions available to you? Importantly; how big is your island going to be; an Island can be a great space for food preparation, meal plating, as well as the island being a social space for family as well as when entertaining. When placing the Sink in an island you may consider a sink also needs adequate additional space each side of it for the various functions it is used for; whereby placing a sink in a small Island can sometimes take away from the other benefits it provides. There is actually no clear yes or no answer, but to consider your Kitchen layout, appliance placements and its work flow as a whole. With the other things you have already mentioned here, I hope this extra helps in your decision process.

Hi Aninaya, have lived in several houses with bar seating but we’ve never been ‘sit at the island/peninsula’ people, so we don’t even have an overhang in our recently built place. We have easily accessible, dining room facing storage instead. One thing to be aware of though, a wide island or peninsula can look a bit heavy / blocky. Particularly dark, monochromatic styles. We overcame this with a timber feature but shelving, shape, or other architectural design will work to overcome the issue. A few Houzz photos, and ours, to give context 👇🏻

If you still plan on a 900 deep with 300 being overhang the curve will only apply to the 300 depth so if you look at your plan and draw the rounded edge you will see it will be small. https://www.houzz.com.au/discussions/6351101/is-3-2m-kitchen-bench-workable-for-our-layout