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]]>To further set your mind on the right track, here’s a list of reasons to prove choosing a kitchen near you is better than hiring someone far away (*results may vary)
1. Getting in Touch with a Nearby Kitchen Fitter Means Less Travel Cost
If you live around Ealing and search “Kitchen Showroom Ealing” on Google, you will be shown a list of kitchen fitters like us to help you create your ideal kitchen. Fewer travel costs mean more kitchen budget.
What sets us apart from our competitors; we will appoint you your own designer who will then guide, help, and work alongside you throughout the process to achieve your bespoke kitchen.
2. Range of Luxurious Quality Kitchen Supplies
We offer a range of luxurious and top-of-the-line quality kitchen supplies from Siemens, Neff, Ballerina Kitchens, and more, to not only provide you with a beautiful kitchen but a practical and functional one.
Choosing branded quality kitchens allow you to have peace of mind on your investment as they offer a year of warranty* and a lifetime guarantee*.
3. Design Revisions can be Catered, No Hassle
If you have changes or alterations you want to consult the possibility, you can email, chat, or call us but going into the showroom and having a seat-down meeting allows us to create ideas together and see firsthand samples of the materials to be used before making any final decisions.
Sending packages back and forth is okay too but the time it will consume will make the renovation a lot longer than expected and more costly.
4. Faultless Dream Kitchen Achieved
Since sample items are seen beforehand, the seat down meeting already tackled kitchen design amendments, and finishing touches are already discussed, it just leaves you with a faultless kitchen designed specifically for you with real satisfaction.
The duration/timeframe of the renovation will also be discussed to achieve a hassle-free experience while the work is ongoing.
Over to you…
Thinking of renovating your kitchen soon but worried about cost, quality, and downtime? No worries, here at Cattleya Kitchens, we try our best to provide the kitchen you deserve on a budget worthy of your investment. Talk to you soon!
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]]>But first, take a look back at their 2021 kitchen design list and compare it for yourself. Ballerina Kitchens’ 2021 kitchen design inspiration mostly consists of darker hues to allow easy match-up to various kitchen designs. This era has provided us with new kitchen tools like freeBridge, freeMobile, and more that will still be relevant in the coming years.
Moving forward, here is their new line set to be released in 2022, let us start to get to know them in advance:
1. Blue Sky Meets Industrial Inspired Kitchen Design
The Ceramic 7865 is an industrial-inspired kitchen set-up matched with a soft touch of blue creating a harmonious cooking space.
This set-up is a combination of indoor and outdoor kitchens with help of freeMobile and freeBridge to easily connect the inside with the outside.
2. Timeless Art Pepper Kitchen Design
It’s like a hug to the old-style kitchen design with the integration of new technologies to provide a better kitchen experience. The Nobel-B 43561 offers plenty of storage options to create a tidy and organised cooking space.
The inside of the drawers can help calm your nerves with its bespoke dividers allowing you to find your kitchen tools quickly. Plus, the kitchen cabinets are made height-appropriate for easy reach of your tools and needs perfect for that instant bond with your loved ones and friends.
3. Night Green with Noble Wood Kitchen Design
Immerse yourself into living in a world full of warmth, the Resopal-Pro 31006 is your perfect combination of modern colour night green and noble wood.
Open-space living creates a flow of life in your room without constricting space and allows instant cooking together experience.
4. Perfect of Dark and Light Powder Kitchen Design
Urban living demands a new and flexible kind of furnishing and the Resopal-Pro 31031 has introduced a multi-cabinet HomeTool that can turn into a home office or a storage unit in a blink of an eye.
This G-shaped kitchen design has various kitchen features which can make cooking a breeze and the height-appropriate cabinets provide generous storage options.
5. Pristine Light Mix Kitchen Design
The Smart-M 4611 kitchen design is your open space living with a center side instant walk-in pantry that separates your cooking space from your living room without compromising space.
The single wall kitchen set-up matches well with the pantry room providing plenty of storage for your soon-to-be wine collection or various treats you can serve for yourself or your company.
6. Dark Finish Perfectly Balance with Wood look Kitchen Design
Urban living is making clever incorporations in your space to fully optimise its possibilities. The Smart-M 4641 provides a lot of possibilities to live in a cosy apartment that can accommodate all your needs.
From the Multi-cabinet HomeTool to the Pirouette swiveling table allows you to enjoy your space without compromise. Plus, the plenty of storage units have also room for your functional waste collector.
7. Diamant Oak and Titan Steel Combination Kitchen Design
All your needs are planned and designed to avoid the outside dirt from coming into special spaces of the home. The Top 1626 kitchen design has a hidden door integrated into its tall cabinet unit design allowing easy access to your laundry room from your kitchen space.
This setup provides various storage solutions to organise your home the way you need and want it to be. Plus, the glassware shelves can be transported just about anywhere in the room to make cooking conducive.
8. Titanium Metallic Lacquer Balanced with Wood Kitchen Design
The L-shaped kitchen with the integrated dining table creates a convenient cooking space suitable for your open-space living. The Top 1631 kitchen design is your natural-looking style that has plenty of storage possibilities.
It is equipped with sliding high wall units and corner cabinet lemans that allow you to achieve a neat and tidy kitchen. Plus, the apothecary-style cabinets provide the feeling of generous storage space.
9. White Cassette Blended with Mountain Oak Kitchen Design
The Vivo 3550 kitchen design is your ode to the classics with the smart comforts of the present. The storage spaces are efficiently designed to allow easy maneuver around your lower pull-outs.
The prep island placed alongside the large table invites you to enjoy a warm time together. While the nifty glass chests make transporting all your spices easy in one go.
Over to you…
Are you ready and excited for the New Year like us? Embrace a better you next year with a little or new kitchen upgrades in mind. Happy cooking!
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]]>Explore your design options and get to know more about them:
1. Art Pepper Cupboard Integrated with Dividers
The kitchen cupboards installed in Pur 2661 kitchen design features a multi-layered shelf comprising of various shelf dividers to properly arrange your kitchen supplies.
It is a tall storage unit in comfort height design to fully cater to your storage needs to avoid reach difficulties.
2. Wood Effect Cupboard with Pullout Drawers
The wood effect cupboards in Sofie-B 4769 kitchen design boasts multi-layered shelves and pullout drawers in the lower cabinet.
The combination of shelves and drawers tucked inside a cabinet allow better storage for all your kitchen needs providing a clutter-free cooking space.
3. Concrete Look HideAway Kitchen Cabinet
The Top 1466 kitchen design is catered to bring together cohesive style in your apartment that optimises well your available space.
The innovative hideaway kitchen cabinet doors hide your sink and have additional open shelvings and drawers to keep your cutleries away from plain sight.
4. Ritzenhoff Backliner Open Shelving
The Top 1601 kitchen design boasts ritzenhoff backliner design that show off diagonal lines which help create the feeling of constantly moving resembling your lifestyle reminding you to always move and achieve your goals.
The 2-layer open shelving is the perfect place to store your most-used cutleries making it easier to find and use.
5. Resopal Pro Sliding Tall Unit and Wide Kitchen Cabinet
The Resopal Pro 31016 kitchen design boasts a lot of features and we will focus on their sliding tall unit and wide kitchen cabinet.
The sliding tall unit is designed with metal fittings that allow multi-layered storage on a narrow sliding storage unit. It is a perfect storage space for your spices, powder goods, and many more.
The wide kitchen cabinet is your go-to house for all your kitchen tools and cutleries. The various varying height pullout drawers cater to your spices and pan while the classic shelves can be used to store your pots and bowls.
Over to you…
Ready to embrace organised and optimised kitchen space? Let us help you achieve this much convenience and enjoy your kitchen space to the fullest. Happy cooking!
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]]>1. Green Velvet Lacquer Pullout Kitchen Drawer
The vintage green velvet lacquer matched with gold handles creates a luxurious yet timeless kitchen design that invites you to cook, mingle, and have a meal together.
A closer look at the pullout drawer of Lux-B 49499 shows that the sides are equipped with see-through glasses allowing you to see items not visible in the top view perspective plus the smooth gliding feature is just a breath of fresh air.
2. Polished Walnut Wood Pullout Kitchen Drawer
Choosing Florenz 6810 polished walnut is choosing something timeless that even 5-10 years have passed your kitchen is still stylish and warm.
The idea is to maximise your drawer unit by having a drawer in a drawer design. You can say it’s a drawer-ception. The upper drawer is equipped with dividers in varying spaces perfect storage for your kitchen tools and even spices while the lower part offer a higher drawer space suited for canned goods and more.
3. Art Pepper Pullout Kitchen Drawer
The Pur 2661 art pepper finish reminds you of the outside setting in gray tones. It is compact enough to store all your kitchen essentials in two varying heights.
Notice the transparent glass side details that feature is used in almost every design as it is that much convenient and useful.
4. Concrete Look Pullout Kitchen Drawer
Top 1606 concrete look is your never get dirty kind of style. It is also a drawer-in-drawer style that has an upper drawer perfect for kitchen tools and the lower drawer suited for crockery.
Plus, the smooth-gliding drawers are always a crowd favourite.
5. Super Matt Resopal Pro Pullout Kitchen Drawers
It is always a pleasure to stare at a properly arranged drawer just like this Resopal Pro 30001 drawer unit. The inside is as breath-taking as the outside design enough to make you want to cook and mingle in your kitchen while bonding over a scrumptious meal.
6. Light Colour Shade Pullout Kitchen Drawer
The light shade colour of Sofie- B 4769 is your pristine, neat, and bright kitchen design that radiates freshness. The inside drawer is equipped with wooden dividers to match the overall interior of this kitchen setup making it cohesive and irresistible.
7. SealBrown DirektLACK Lacquer Finish Pullout Kitchen Drawer
The Top 1466 design is used in a loft-living plan where clever designing is a must. The pullout kitchen drawers became quite the star in this set-up as it can store plenty of spices and varying heights of jars.
Plus, the smooth-gliding and side transparent glass features are still in place which makes this one more useful.
Over to you…
Ready to embrace clever pullout kitchen drawers? Just get in touch with us and allow us to create a functional and convenient cooking space you deserve. Happy cooking!
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]]>But first, take a look back to their 2020 kitchen design list and compare it for yourself. Ballerina Kitchens’ 2020 kitchen design inspiration mostly consists of warm tones with complementing wood finish materials allowing you to achieve a warm and cosy kitchen.
Moving forward, here is their new line set to be released in 2021, let us start to get to know them in advance:
1. Embrace Work-Life with Smart Glass and Burnt Wood Effect
The kitchens are now seen as a versatile place for the entire family. As the world embraces the new normal, the kitchen should be ideal for both cooking and as a workplace. Good thing, Smart-M 4641 is perfect for the everyday life setting.
It’s the perfect combination of Smart Glas and Burnt wood effect complete with fascinating details like FreeMOBILE and TakeAway for an open and mobile kitchen.
2. An Alternative Choice to Black: Embrace Warmer Tones with Dark Grey
If black is too dark for your taste, why not opt for a dark shade of grey called the Art Pepper present in Pur 2661. It matches well with any decor either stone or wood and complements well with warm-white tones. This colour can also be used for all interior fittings even with the cutlery inserts and pull-outs.
It also comes with a practical FreeBRIDGE that is portable and has a multitude of purposes.
3. Dark Shimmer Embraced with Walnut Wood
Walnut is your classy highly valued furniture choice that complements well with the matt Smart Glas which provides an elegant and long-lasting kitchen design best achieved with Florenz 6810.
The Florenz 6810 has matching floating shelves that carry the horizontal lines through. Complete with tall units equipped with a range of functional elements.
4. Embrace Small Apartment with a New Super Matt Surface
The Resopal-pro 30001 is under the RESOPAL PRO series which offers a new super matt surface for an ultra-matt, hard-wearing new concept for small spaced kitchens. The resopal finishes complement well with generous urban loft life versions due to its elegant, homely, and easy-care furnishing.
This kitchen front is equipped with anti-fingerprint, elegant matt, low-reflection, and soft-touch finish.
5. Embrace Mother Nature with Classic Oak
The Top 1606 is made with a classic oak kitchen front that matches well with rich brown tones to create that concrete look. The classic oak is lively grained and has a warm colour that gives true radiance to the decor. Other functional details are also added for a convenient kitchen design.
6. British Tradition Embraced with Dark Green
The Lux-B 49499 is a combination of green velvet lacquer for frame and panel fronts and Classic Oak to achieve that comfortable kitchen vibe. Plus, the glass display cabinets embrace reinterpreted traditional British touch which is fully equipped with smart details for a functional and convenient kitchen.
7. Modern Country Feel Embraced with Classic Oak
The Sofie-B 4769 is a combination of classic oak and light colour shade elements. The wood effect paired with light colour shades allows you to achieve that modern country kitchen look complete with TakeAway boxes for a convenient kitchen space.
8. Minimalistic Approach Embraced with DirektLACK lacquer finish
The Top 1466 is your minimalistic approach perfect for your small spaced loft equipped with FreeSTYLE wall for optimised storage space. The kitchen front design is extended to the wardrobes for a matching overall home interior.
9. Minimalist Luxuriousness Embraced with Smart Glas and Ritzenhoff
The Top 1601 is a combination of Smart Glass and Ritzenhoff designer back liner which provides a statement in your kitchen. The ideal L-shaped kitchen is space-conscious and cleverly planned. Other functional details are also integrated for a convenient cooking area.
10. Urban Future Embraced with Resopal Pro and Classic Oak
The Resopal-pro 31016 is a combination of resopal pro front and classic oak elements. The pairing of resopal pro and classic oak provides that urban chic kitchen style complete with multifunctional furniture. This setup is equipped with FreeMOBILE, TakeAway boxes, and FreeBRIDGE for an organised and mobile kitchen space.
Over to you…
Ready to experience a bespoke kitchen tailored to your needs? Let us talk and we’ll be happy to be part of achieving your dream bespoke German kitchen.
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]]>And with their new line set to be released in 2020, let us start to get to know them in advance:
1. Warmly Embrace Nature with Vintage Oak
Just the right touch of vintage plus the convenience of a cleverly organised system and modernity. Oakwood used in the pull-out systems of Top 1591 is the perfect combination of comfortability and ease. And the light pepper colour tone exudes nature in the most country-style possible.
2. Timeless Aesthetics Embraced in Contrasting Dark Interior
Glass and aluminum are your go-to if you want that timeless aesthetic. And with atelier 7446, functionality and style go hand in hand with the filigree aluminum seen in the shelves, tray holders, and storage boxes. Plus, the neoclassical charm from the Ritzenhoff design captivates that classical elegance.
3. Noblesse Lifestyle in Light Pepper
Quality that meets the expectation of the one who owns them. The Nobel S 44469 is gracefully crafted with inspiration from the Belle Epoch style combined with the shade of light pepper for that contemporary aesthetics. Felt mats are also incorporated on the pull outs system to diminish the chances of valuable items slipping.
4. Utility and Kitchen in One Room
The convenience of being able to cook while simultaneously doing your laundry is like doing all chores in one place with less travel time. No worries with Pur 2646, your kitchen and utility room situated in one room can be made possible with a sliding door to separate them.
If you happen to be against the idea of washing machines in your kitchen then this is your go-to design.
5. Small Space Meets Open-plan
The concept of the open-plan interior is to outsmart your space and cleverly incorporate your needs into your home. With Pur 2646 in graphite black matt creates a multi-functional space to meet every demand. Tall cabinets hide all kitchen appliances and will be shown only when being used.
6. Sandstone Effect with Dark Accentuations
Nothing beats authentic wood features coming together creating a fascinating 3D look and feel. The Riva 2101 mixes Bordeaux oak and glass cabinets to show off your elegant tableware.
7. Marbling their way Into Your Home
A combination of wood structure and glass marble romano allows you to achieve kitchen aesthetics with timeless extravagance. Cooking never felt better with Smart 4001, the ergonomic access allows practicality to all areas of the kitchen.
8. An Invite to Spontaneous Get-Togethers
Bonding allows family and friends to get to know each other and what better place to celebrate than the kitchen area. With Top 1576, the contrasting color of deep black with pale timber creates a lightweight feel and the takeaway systems provide the right practicality aiding in your needs for that wonderful spur of moment get-together.
9. Picture Perfect in Black Metal Glazing and King’s Oak
Vibrant urban living perfect for today’s generation is best achieved with Pur 2641, the pull-out shelves and takeaway systems create a multifunctional kitchen for a convenient cooking experience.
10. New Found Haven in your Y-Kitchen
Contemporary kitchens redefining the kitchen scene and bringing new life to your cuisine adventure. With the Top 1601, you could surprise your guest with the y-shaped kitchen island and takeaway system with movable spice storage to spark the inner chef in you.
11. A Family Kitchen in Perfect Graphite Black Velvet
Spacious kitchen but still within reach kitchen tools, York-B 5595 might be the kitchen best suited for your family. With its practical access including soft-close pull-outs and recessed shelf in a combination of wood effect, glass, and dark create a homely comfortable cooking experience.
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Ready to experience a kitchen custom-made to your taste and choice? Just leave us a message and we’ll be happy to provide you with the new kitchen you deserve.
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]]>1. Sliding Door with a Twist Cabinet
Retracting storage doors that allow you to maximise your workspace, creating that no doors getting in the way idea. Like magic for that greater freedom of movement.
2. Cabinet with Layered Metal Fittings
The layered metal fittings allow you to partition your kitchen supplies according to their use and how often you use them. The top part is for the frequently used essentials and the bottom part is for the occasionally used essentials with a longer lifespan.
3. Clever Narrow Shelving
Always wanted a pantry but space is not your friend? To solve your problem why not integrate a clever tall narrow shelving with retractable features for a functional and space-saving storage solution. Keeping your dry goods and other pantry items in vertical pull-out storage.
4. Drawers Inside a Cabinet with Attention to Detail
Is it a cabinet or is it a drawer? Well, why not both. Get the beauty of a cabinet door and be delighted with a built-in tool organiser drawer. It’s like layered steps perfect for sorting your kitchen utensils as well as your kitchen goods.
5. Hanging Storage
Unused wall spaces are perfect for wall hanging storages. The idea is to maximise your wall space but without discriminating your height preference so better add in the liftboy feature to make your tools within reach.
6. The TakeAway Pull-outs
Transforming your kitchen island into a freestanding element with the TakeAway pull-out design. Plus, the glass finish enables you to see through all your tools inside the storage and conveniently take it anywhere in the kitchen.
7. The Leman Corner Unit
Unused corner space and eyesore hanging pots and crockery? Put this together and make a smart Leman corner unit with shelves for your provisions.
Great cooking comes with a price and that includes a tidy kitchen. Get creative with your storage solution and let us help you make it happen just leave us a message. We will be waiting!
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]]>Modern kitchens created nowadays are designed with the mindset of protecting the environment and at the same time saving you on your bill.
To get you started with embracing change, here are ways you could apply to your current kitchen set-up:
1. Modernized Cooking Through Electromagnetism
A good alternative for limited fossil dependent gas hobs is induction cooktops. Not only are they elegant looking, but they are also 84% efficient in cooking compared to other mediums though still dependent on the size of the pan. Plus, it can also be run in solar power.
2. Modernized Cooking Through Strategic Heating System
You are no stranger to toaster ovens and microwaves so make use of it strategically. Be able to reduce as much as 80% of the energy used in cooking with microwaves. This process works best with small dishes so be sure to keep that in mind.
3. Modernized Cooking Through Efficient Washing
About 64% of UK residents under the category of two adults, two children have a working dishwasher in their kitchen. Did you know upgraded dishwashers nowadays no longer require pre-rinsing, using only up to 3 gallons of water compared to the 27 gallons of water used washing by hand.
It is recommended to install one in your home and allot your time to other valuable stuff like quality time with the family.
4. Modernized Cooking Through Water Saving
A typical UK kitchen includes a washing machine as part of the set-up mainly due to power source dependency and space issues. Look for A+++ rated washing machines as they noted as the most energy-efficient and save as much as £19 every year.
5. Modernized Cooking Through Recycling
Been thinking of remodeling your kitchen? Don’t be afraid to repurpose those old cabinets or choose green countertops made from recycled paper, bamboo, or cork flooring. In this way, you are lessening waste made by your kitchen and save on cost for a new one.
Whether small or big, any contribution you do to the environment matters so choose to matter the right way and live green!
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]]>The busiest room in your home should provide you the convenience you need and having it done bespoke might just be the best choice for you.
Take time to read and make the best choice.
1. Your Choice Matter
Stepping foot in your kitchen and seeing what you like encourages you to cook a meal for yourself or everyone and achieving a kitchen plan designed to your taste would give you just that.
Think it, we make it happen. Your only limitation is your imagination. Be free to express yourself, after all, a bespoke kitchen should cater to your needs.
2. Tailored to your Needs
Being able to move around conveniently allows a higher productivity rate. A kitchen without limits and constricting functionalities should be your priority.
Comfort height and optimise storage space, easy to open drawers, and ideal work triangle should reflect in your kitchen. Individual needs require a quality bespoke kitchen.
3. Worth Every Penny Spent
Bespoke kitchens are known to be expensive but what you don’t know, bespoke products vs off-the-shelf products are also bespoke. Say, you bought a product online and have it change to this color, this handle, and sorts and additional costs were added, compare it to a bespoke and find yourself buying the same stuff.
What we are saying here if you could buy an off the shelf product and have it customised to your needs. Why not just go straight to choosing bespoke and have a kitchen as unique as you. Quality guaranteed and tailor-made to your needs.
4. Offers Only the Best
Premium materials promise a lifetime guarantee, have it bespoke and you will be home to a functional kitchen worth every penny spent.
Good thing, we only provide German and British made kitchen products ensuring you with advantageous premium quality built to last.
5. Extensive Experience in Kitchen Design
Working with experienced kitchen design professionals allows you to turn your ideas into visual creation. With over 20 years’ experience in the business, we are qualified to bring you the kitchen you deserve.
We encourage you to go to our finished projects for inspiration or visit our showroom for a tangible closer look at the products we use. And build a comfortable customer relationship right from the first consultation, design, installation, and up to the aftercare.
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Ready to make the best choice and meet your bespoke kitchen? Just send us a message and we’ll be happy to bring you a limitless kitchen opportunity.
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]]>What Are Worktops?
Worktops are a flat surface to work on, designed for kitchens, also known as a countertop. Installed on and supported by cabinets.
Ideally, worktops are positioned at a comfortable height base upon the user’s needs to carry out their particular task.
Why You Need One?
For one, they are stylish and durable enough to last a lifetime.
This is the most used area in your kitchen, you prepare food in it, put your things to, accidentally spill things on it, and clean it every day.
It plays a vital role in the overall of your kitchen design so be sure to choose the right one for you. Ending up with the wrong worktop could cost you massive expenses.
Let’s start off the list and get you started.
Types of Kitchen Worktops
1. Quartz Worktop
From its prosaic name, engineered stone counters are manufactured non-porous primarily made of quartz. Gained a reputation for the last 50 years as a high-end surface material.
Pros:
- Durable enough boasting an extremely hard work surface.
- Has anti-bacterial properties.
- Favorable three-dimensional appearance. (Design is man-made
- Easier to work with than granite.
Cons:
- High cost (about £300 per square metre)
- May crack due to thermal shock.
Notes:
Preferred over granite as it is less porous. Meets both practicality and versatility.
2. Wooden Worktop
For a natural look, a wooden worktop is the one to go. The natural material can range from oak, walnut, iroko (teak), beech, and more, just be sure it is accredited by FSC for an eco-friendly identified product.
Pros:
- Flexible for repairs.
- A variety of unique wood grains and colours to choose from.
- Ages beautifully.
- Creates subtle color change due to direct sunlight.
Cons:
- Requires thorough maintenance (oiling, cleaning).
- Cutting on the surface is forbidden. Stains can’t be cleaned with bleach.
- Not heatproof. Vulnerable to scorch marks.
Notes:
Works best for users who have quite the knowledge and fascination about wooden worktops and rustic ambiance.
3. Laminate Worktop
Captivating hearts in the modern scene, laminate worktop. Made from either wood or plastic layered together to bond with particleboard or kraft paper to produce a solid countertop surface.
Pros:
- Most budget-friendly option.
- Comes in various styles, mimicking other worktops like granite or marble and more.
- Low maintenance. One wipe and your good to go.
Cons:
- At risk of water damage.
- Once damaged, can’t be repaired.
- Not heatproof.
Notes:
Good enough for its value.
4. Solid Surface Worktop
Solid surface composites are non-porous made up of a combination of either alumina trihydrate (ATH), acrylic, epoxy, or polyester resins and pigments.
Pros:
- Stain-resistant to even the toughest stains due to its impermeable property.
- Scratch-resistant due to the built formation.
- Easy to clean and low maintenance.
Cons:
- High-priced for its value.
- Could not withstand placed hot heavy pans
- Not a DIY project. Requires specialised tools for cutting.
Notes:
Perfect for homeowners who are after durability and cleanliness.
5. Marble Worktop
Marble worktop is porous, metamorphic rock formed from recrystallized carbon.
Pros:
- Unique style offered.
- Heat resistant. Able to withstand hot pans and pots.
- Easy to clean.
Cons:
- Prone to scratch and stains.
- Expensive maintenance to maintain quality.
Notes:
Good for baking due to its natural cooling effect.
6. Granite Worktop
A type of rock, naturally formed from cooled magma gave its natural gorgeous aesthetics.
Pros:
- Timeless aura and appeal.
- Scratch and heat resistant.
- If sealed properly could be water-resistant.
Cons:
- If not resealed properly could harbor bacteria.
- Heavy. Requires good support and specialised installation.
- High-priced for its value.
Notes:
Fits well with people looking for a long-lasting luxury feel.
Given all the facts, choosing the right worktop should meet your needs, budget, and time for a worthy kitchen renovation.
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