Island Design Help Needed

[Jim Kaufman]

Happy New Year everyone. I have about to close on a flip and have a kitchen design question. There is a load bearing wall between the kitchen and the dining room. Due to a heat duct that runs floor to ceiling in the wall, I plan on extending the doorway opening from three feet to six feet and leaving the duct work in place to save time and money. I like adding an inexpensive island if possible. I was playing with the idea of using the three feet we are gaining to possibly add a three foot countertop bar stool height top of some sort but have not seen any designs that look good and make sense. I can leave as is but figured I would throw this out there and see if anyone has an idea or a picture of something that would make sense in this area (or vote to just leave as is). This is a $180k 1500 sf 4/2.5 house in PA. Thanks for any help. Jim