The veritable kitchen bench is the last important item to establish your kitchen’s layout. The choice is mainly on the quality of the material, especially the bench top which is primarily the place to work. Its importance of practicality cannot be underplayed.
Your bench top should fit your purpose. The main considerations are the cost, the style (color and texture) and the level of maintenance needed. It can be difficult choosing the kind that will serve you best. Cost The first consideration is the cost of materials and installation. This is important because there is a huge price difference between the affordable one from the most expensive. Marble and granite have to be shipped while laminates can be ordered by the meter. Concrete, while cheap, requires highly specialized manufacture and installation. The overall cost of your bench includes both the production and installation. Style, texture and color As benches go, style is a big consideration and a big factor. The tricky part is that some materials are better suited to a particular style or the kitchen than the others. For instance, wood is best in a French provincial kitchen while polished concrete looks best in an ultra-modern minimalist kitchen. Style's always a consideration in a kitchen, and this is a big factor as far as benches go. Some materials are better suited to a particular style of kitchen than others - wood, for example, will comfortably find a home in a French provincial kitchen, and whereas polished concrete are likely to be better suited to an ultra-modern minimalist kitchen. If you want stone or timber, there will also be variations in the texture and color in each batch. The chosen sample you have may not exactly match your final product. Take into account that in the future, you may need to settle for the closest fit rather than the exact sane surface you wanted. Some materials can be made to look like the others. Examples would be bench tops made of reconstituted quartz, acrylic bench tops and those tops that use high pressure laminate surface. They are all versatile and offer a range of unique finishes. It can do very well in looking like the more expensive surfaces too. Some materials can be made to look like others - reconstituted quartz bench tops, acrylic bench tops and those that use a high pressure laminate surface are all very versatile, and as well as offering a range of unique finishes, can do an admirable job of mimicking other more expensive surfaces too. Maintenance Stone surfaces like marble and granite are definitely beautiful, hard-wearing and luxurious looking. However, they come with the responsibility of keeping your benches pristine and well-maintained. A splash of orange on a marble bench can eat away the protective coating and can leave a permanent stain. Acrylic and laminate products on benches cannot take a hot cookware accidentally placed on them. Timber and polished concrete will need a periodic treatment to ensure they maintain their resistance to moisture, heat and scratching. For your kitchen bench, you really need to decide carefully your materials.
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