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Perfect peninsulas

While the island has reigned supreme in kitchen design for about the last four decades, it appears that the peninsula is making strides to take its place as the must-have feature.

The word peninsula etymologically means ‘almost an island’. In terms of geomorphology, a peninsula is a landmass surrounded by water on all but one of its sides, and this is reflected in the kitchen peninsula, where it takes the form of a workspace that is surrounded by space on all but one of its sides – which is attached to a wall or other work surface. ‘A peninsula can

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