Wood, concrete, natural stone, stainless steel or marble, whatever marble you choose will have a huge impact on both the look and functionality of the kitchen. So before choosing which the countertop there are a few points which you must go through. Ask yourself, what is the final look I want ? Do you want a smooth, rich look or do you want it to look more casual? How much effort do you put in cleaning and would it be worth it? Do you have big parties at home or do you rarely cook? All these questions will help you decide if your worktop for kitchen would be more fancy or much functional.
Home designing is about the mix of latest trends with some classy choices and can be changed frequently but it is very rare that people change or upgrade their kitchen that often. Worktop is a long run investment and therefore it has to be compatible with the many coming years.
The worktops are exposed to all kinds of substances, both organic and artificial, like water, salt and detergents. This makes it very important for them to be durable and enduring. Most common choices that people make are granite, quarts, marble and stainless steel. But before making a choice it is good to know the qualities of them all.
Granite
The most preferred choice for worktops, granite is available in many colours like pink, brown, black, grey and even red. The material is most suited for people who want to opt only natural materials. This natural rock is found around the world and is known for its unique character and beauty. Granite has good resistance to heat and cold and is lightly porous to absorb some liquid. However, this might result in getting stains easily on the light granites but dark granite would be safe from that. These kitchen granite worktops are hard and do not break that easily, which makes them a good choice for the long run.
Quartz
Although not a natural material, quartz is the closest manmade material to them. Quartz gets its colour from resin binder combined with colorants. Quartz is quite similar to granite. One advantage that it has over granite is that it is a man made material and offers a higher range of colour choices. This offers extensive choices even to combine and match with many other materials. The best property of quartz is that it is non- porous and does not absorb any liquid, which makes it look clean and new for a longer period.
Marble
If you want to go out of the way with colours and opt exceptional colour choices like greens and grey, then marble should be your ideal choice of worktops. A marble worktop gives a more furnished look but at the same time it requires great caution. It is soft and easily breakable. Marbles are also more porous which might result in stains that cannot be removed easily. Hence, Marbles may be opted as a worktop by people who would rarely indulge in cooking.
It can be concluded, the choice for theworktop depends mainly on the use of the kitchen. Yes, the look matters but it is mostly the functionality and the physical properties of the material that we should consider before getting it fixated on the slabs forever.
