Kitchen Benchtops
Need some advice. We love Super White Dolormite. For our kitchen benchtops. But it may be out of our reach cost wise. Wanted to see how if anyone else also loved this look and have found something similar in a engineered stone. Thank you so much 😊
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last yearHi Deanne,
I agree that if you really set your heart on something, you should try to find a way to have it, otherwise every time you look at your kitchen bench, you will always have it in your mind.
One possibility to stretch your budget is to keep it to the island bench or peninsular or breakfast bar and have another material for the cooktop bench, if that suits your kitchen layout. For instance, stainless steel will go with but not compete with the stone. Alternatively you could use a plain black engineered stone for the other areas. If the areas are not separated, i.e, you have a 'U' shaped kitchen, you can still use different materials by lowering the cooking bench by 50 or 75mm or raising the Dolormite bench if you are taller than average.
Sometimes by having a smaller amount of it and having the contrast, can make it all that more 'precious'. Less is more.
Good luck,
C.
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