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This Pro Value Metro Islands Column is a decorative wood column sized for the exposed end of a kitchen island, peninsula, or cabinet run where the surrounding cabinetry is built in maple.
Most applied island columns in this program run narrow and shallow, presenting a slim column face against the panel. This one is 2-3/4 inches in both directions, which changes how it reads in the room. A square section at that dimension has more visual weight than a half-section at 1-1/2 inches deep, and it sits at the end of an island without the tell that the column is surface-applied trim rather than a full standing member. On an island with generous clearance around it, that presence reads well. On a tighter run where depth is a constraint, the shallower sections in this program are the right call.
The piece is solid maple, supplied unfinished. Maple is the species choice here when the cabinetry it finishes is maple: ordering the column in the same species as the doors and box is what allows the stained or painted result to sit consistently across the whole run. Maple's tight, even grain takes both paint and stain predictably, which is part of why it dominates contemporary and transitional production programs. No finish state or stain result is assumed; the column arrives ready to finish alongside the surrounding work.
Cabinet shops building maple kitchen programs order this column to finish island ends and peninsula returns without fabricating a custom solution. Designers specifying a contemporary or transitional kitchen with exposed vertical elements use the Metro series to keep the column detail consistent with the cabinet style. At 36 inches it fits a standard counter-height island; for a raised bar height, the 42 inch version in this series is the right piece. This is a decorative applied column and carries no structural load.
It is a square-section applied column, 2-3/4 inches wide and 2-3/4 inches deep. It is not a full round or turned column.
At 36 inches, this column corresponds to standard counter height. The Metro series also includes a 42 inch version suited to raised-bar or tall-cabinet applications.
No. This is a decorative column. It is not rated for structural, load-bearing, or countertop-support applications.
Species choice is about grain and pore structure, not just color. Finishing maple alongside maple cabinetry gives the most consistent result because the wood behaves the same way under the same finish system.
Order this column when the island end needs a vertical element that carries the same species as the rest of the program, without requiring a custom fabricated solution.