Can you imagine your life without a kitchen? The kitchen is a focal point of every house. It is the warmest room where you cook and gather your family, relatives and friends for a meal.
Yesterday, I saw an interesting countertop made of glass, which made me search the net to find more ideas. I searched the net and I found 10 astonishing kitchen countertops you should not miss.
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The kitchen countertop plays two huge roles in the kitchen: functional and decorative. When choosing a countertop for your kitchen, you should answer the following question first:
- Is the chosen countertop easy for maintaining?
- What material was used and how it hold up?
- Will the countertop brighten up the room?
- Do you have enough space for it?
There are many other aspects that you should consider before you choose to incorporate a particular countertop design for your kitchen. Let’s take a look at the gallery below and draw some inspiration. Enjoy!
Once upon a time, there were only the faded laminate countertops beside the sink. Nowadays, you can find countertops in every texture, pattern and color. You can find countertops made of stained concrete and quartz composites, to acrylic sheets and natural stone.
Over the past decade, the countertops made of granite have been the choice of many families, as they are durable and add a luxurious touch to every kitchen. Many other alternatives are available and very popular nowadays and today I will show you some of them.
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Countertops made of stainless steel are always are great options, because they have heat and stain-resisting capacity. They can be installed without seams and are fully customizable too. The stainless steel countertops are easy for maintaining as their surface is non porous and easy to clean.
Natural stones like slate, soapstone and granite are mostly used materials for creating countertops. Unlike granite, slate and soapstone came in far fewer colors. You can find slate in five colors: black, purple, gray, red and green, while the soapstone is dark greenish-black.
Countertops made of solid surfaceing materials are made of 100% polyester, 100% acrylic, or a combination of both. They are also a good alternative, because they are resistant to scratch, stains and completely repairable and renewable. You can find them in hundreds of patterns and colors. You can also find solid surface sinks.
The wooden countertops are seen in many rustic kitchens. If you like that style, you can go for a wooden countertop design. They are safer than the other designs. Wide plank, end grain and edge grain are the three ways used to fabricate the wood countertops.
There are many other materials that are used for creating countertops, but we will talk about them some other time. I hope that you like the ideas above. Thank you for reading! Enjoy in the rest of your day and stay up to date with the content of Karma Stream!