What is the best material for a kitchen bench and cupboards?

8 years ago

Redoing our kitchen and don't know where to start

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jmm1837

8 years ago

I'd suggest that the first thing on the agenda would be to come up with an actual design. If there are going to be big changes, you might want to think about a kitchen design specialist. Once you have your design, decide on a budget. That will tell you roughly whether you're looking at granite countertops, caeserstone, corian or laminate. Same with cabinetry: everything is a function of price. By all means, have a good look around kitchen places to see what sorts of surfaces are available, and what appeals to you. And don't forget appliances. Ultimately, though, most of us are constrained by budget.

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anewhouse.com.au
8 years ago
Well we have currently got ceasarstone tops and are not too impressed. Expensive, chips easily, noisy, and easy to break glasses on.

If I was to build again I would probably go back to laminate.

As far as cupboards go I think natural wood looks homely.
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robandlyn
8 years ago
We have engineered stone benchtop and love it. We have had it for nearly 6 months, have done a lot of entertaining and it has had some fairly robust activity - but no chips etc. In our last house we did a new kitchen and got laminate benchtop and within a few months there were scratches and chips off the corner.
jmm1837
8 years ago
Our current benchtop is Caesarstone, which we're happy with (no chips, so far, touch wood). Our last house had corian, which we also liked -tougher than laminate, more forgiving than stone.
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My parents Corian looks the same after 20 years, after a lot of heavy use.
jmm1837
8 years ago
We lived in Europe for a while, and had what were effectively Corian benchtops in two different flats. Looked good, and quite tough (vulnerable to hot items placed on them, but so are laminate and stone). We didn't have any qualms about putting it into our last house, and after 10 years, it looked as good as new.
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You can get trivets made from the same material for the kettle and next to the stove.

What is the best material for a kitchen bench and cupboards?

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