We’re going to start our list with a very fancy choice, glossy tiles!
If you’re used to having a solid, plain countertop in your kitchen, then you may not have considered using tiles instead. Yet, they make a lot of sense!
After all, tiles are often used in kitchens on parts of the walls, and they always give the room a more refined edge, especially when contrasted with sections of plain painted wall.
You can get glossy tiles from various places and in various colors.
Whatever the color scheme of your kitchen, you can surely get some glossy tiles to match.
However, we would recommend that you get black glossy tiles for your kitchen countertop.
There’s something about the shininess of the tiles and the sleekness of the black that makes them very eye-catching.
Stainless steel is a very handy material, and you will probably already have a good deal of it in your house.
In fact, your kitchen tap might even be made out of it!
So why not extend that to the whole kitchen countertop?
One of the benefits of a stainless steel kitchen countertop is that it looks very sleek and stylish, with its constantly shiny, silver look.
The other main benefit is that it’s incredibly easy to clean. “Stainless” really is the name of the game here, because the countertop will resist lots of difficult foodstains.
For this reason, stainless steel is a popular choice for countertops in professional kitchens.
Now that sounds fancy – and it is! For those who don’t know, terrazzo is the name for a composite material that’s made up of quartz, granite, glass, marble, and other materials.
This fascinating range of ingredients makes the terrazzo have an even more fascinating appearance.
It has a whole variety of different colors and they’re all presented in a spotty, speckled appearance.
It certainly makes for a funky countertop and one that is sure to draw attention.
MDF is an affordable type of fiberboard (“Medium-Density Fiberboard” to be specific) that you might have come across in other DIY projects of your own.
However, it makes a good kitchen countertop material, especially in terms of cost.
It may not be the most visually appealing countertop material to begin with, but that can be changed.
For example, some people will paint the MDF with epoxy, a chemical resin.
By the end, once everything is dried, you can have a kitchen countertop that looks very nice indeed – and hasn’t cost much at all.
When it comes to wood kitchen countertops, there are so many different types of wood that are suitable, and all have their own stylistic benefits. However, mahogany is surely one of the best.
Mahogany has a feeling of elegance to it, especially when it’s polished and shiny.
If you use mahogany for your kitchen countertop, your countertop will look like a fine dining table, which is quite fitting!
Mahogany also pairs well with a lot of different colors, so it should match the color scheme that you’ve got going on in your kitchen.
The contrast in textures and appearances between the marble and the riveted iron really makes both stand out much more, while at the same time working perfectly together to make a kitchen feature that is very visually appealing. This is sure to grab people’s attention!
Stone is a great material to use for kitchen countertops, giving them a very sturdy and rustic look.
As you can guess, stone is pretty hard, which means that you won’t need to worry too much about damaging or denting it. Stone is a very durable material.
Better yet, it’s also very visually arresting. The ruggedness of the stone makes your kitchen look like a piece of the natural world, especially if the rest of the room is predominantly wood – the two materials pair so well!
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