Dilemma: What should be the tabletop for the kitchen? What to choose? It always occurs when replacing kitchen furniture.
About the amenities and the benefits of worktop
Those times passed when in the kitchen every locker had its separate worktop. New technologies made materials more durable, and designers have come up with such a convenient thing as a single countertop for all kitchen cabinets. This allows you to solve several tasks at once:- It increases the working surface, which is important for the kitchen, the table is simply becoming more, without occupying more area
- Minimize the adverse effects of moisture and other reagents on the joints of the product, which contributes to a longer service
- There was an opportunity to massively use new materials, such as artificial stone and glass.
Where use countertops
Favorite the new attribute began to use also for the island and for dining tables, which there are a lot of technologies for the manufacture of tabletops. Today it can be purchased separately from kitchen furniture, which will allow you to choose the option that meets the specific requests and suitable for the design of the kitchen.
The countertop for a kitchen may emphasize, make a brighter and organic kitchen interior, and maybe, on the contrary, muffle the tones, make a dissonance into the total harmony of the room. In addition, the working surface of the table must meet a variety of requirements, including:
- Convenience in care
- durability
- Hygienicity.
Another important point when choosing a countertop will be its price. The cost of the kitchen furniture produced today is largely dependent on the type and quality of the countertop. Here is the first thing to do, choosing this kitchen element - will decide with the sum on its acquisition.
A properly chosen countertop can make the room with original, cozy and functional. At the same time, it does not necessarily have to be very expensive or super-exclusive.
What you need to consider choosing a tabletop
To solve what better to choose a table top should consider the possible options that are presented in the photo:
And then make a choice in accordance with your tastes, financial capabilities and the general design design of the housing.
Choosing a countertop it is important to take into account several aspects that affect the price, quality of the product and its compatibility with other elements of the kitchen:
- The material from which the product is made and its quality
- Sizes, shape and thickness of the plate
- Color range of product
- Compatible with selected room design
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If you look at the photo, it is clearly seen that the countertop is part of the kitchen design. His highlight.
What materials are made of countertops
Considering options, pay attention to the material from which the tabletop is made . The cost of the product from the same material, but of different quality or different manufacturers will differ significantly. Thus, the ceramic tile of domestic production and from foreign firms has a difference calculated by the orders. MDF and DVP are usually different due to the quality of the plates, and the cost of natural stone depends on its type.
Choosing DS and MDF - You can get the most fiscal option. Chipboard gives a wide field for use in different styles, shapes and color. This is achieved due to the lamination of the surface. As a result, it becomes impenetrable for moisture, quite simple in care and has, thanks to special films, a wide range of options: under the tree, under the stone, under the tile. The photo presents some models using chipboard.
The disadvantage of such working surfaces consider their fear of cuts. They get moisture and the stove swells. More reliable and environmentally friendly products from MDF But they are distinguished and higher price.
Models from MDF, decorated with natural veneer and laminate-covered, will become a real decoration of the kitchen. As in this photo, where the work surface and the table are combined to distinguish the MDF, you need to be a wood master.
Choosing a tree - Get a worktop from the array of wood. Today, the array is often replaced with a glue board, which improves the performance of the product, but makes it less natural. The tree is also poorly combined with red.
Photo clearly demonstrates all the beauty of such countertops.
Plastic surfaces Selected for the kitchen in turn are very comfortable in care, although the chipboard is based on them. Durability and convenience in operation is achieved due to the coating of the chipboard of the plastic layer, which protects against the moisture of the slab. Such surfaces are afraid of hot. Their disadvantage should be considered a fairly small selection of flowers, which can have a very original appearance, and is presented in the photo.
Ceramic tile, Bought as a surface for the kitchen is a simple and convenient way to separate the worktop in the desired style. At the same time, it will be distinguished by reliability and ease of care.
The cost of such a product depends on the type and quality of tiles. Using different types, color and shades - it is possible to create a wide range of tabletops from strict styles, to modern and country. Very beautiful model with red tiles.
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Stainless steel, Presented in the photo, clearly shows all the positive parties, while it is quite expensive material, the cost depends not only on the thickness of the sheet, but also from mattiness, surface mirror, today there are options with chasing and corrugated surfaces. Stainless steel table stop for a long time, it is practical and easy to care. Among its disadvantages, stains from fingers, which appear very quickly.
Choosing glass Or acrylic can make the design of the kitchen modern. Impact resistant glass is expensive. Possible options with a pattern and chasing, one of the popular types of glass countertops is considered a shock-resistant surface with a glued film glued. The drawing is usually on film. Such work surfaces are easily clean and do not require special care, but glass products are afraid of shocks.
Fake diamond - This is a more economical option of a natural analogue. Make it under granite and marble. It is important to withstand the proportions so that the product is convenient and durable at the same time. Artificial stone looks good in the design of the kitchen, has good user qualities. Today it is considered one of the most sought-after. Countertops from artificial stone have deserved popularity in many respects thanks to convenience and durability. Photo clearly shows positive sides of the artificial stone countertop.
A natural stone - Luxurious and usually exclusive sample as in the photo. For the manufacture of tabletops, marble, granite, as well as basalt and sandstone. It should be remembered that it is almost an eternal product that requires a minimum of care and is not subject to none caprises of the kitchen.
Choosing this type of material you need to think about the thickness of the table top. Since the stone is a heavy material, but a very subtle sample may be subject to cracks, it does not like too bright colors, for example, red. The most popular stone countertops are considered made of granite. On the video after an article, you can see about the benefits of stone countertops.
What are they sizes
Manufacturers produce individual options for tabletops that have standard dimensions: depth of such products 60 cm length from 180 to 240 cm. But today to order furniture on an individual project in the furniture workshop not to make labor. Table tops M-shaped and P-shaped forms with a special coating will be able to serve for a long time At the same time will be responsible to all stylistic requirements.
Here you should consider a couple of features
- Choosing the height of the furniture and the depth of the table top, consider the growth of households. For high people there will be an uncomfortable narrow table top, located too low. Standard size is well suited for middle and low growth.
- For kitchen tables as working surfaces, choose the tabletop thicker, for dining tables - thinner.
- Cut off the table top will not work, but it is unlikely to be increasing.
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About the combination of colors when choosing countertops
Color does not play roles for qualities such as mechanical impact or resistance to the aggressive environment, but is extremely important for the overall design of the room. Solving a challenge, what table top to choose for the kitchen you must pay attention to the combination of colors of the table top and the facade of lockers . All together they must create a single ensemble and not violate the overall design of the room.The main rule should be harmony combination!
Short color selection tips on their own
- Dark lockers require light table tops in tone, and light well look with a dark and even black working surface.
- Color plays an important role in the design of the kitchen in general and the selection of countertops, separately.
- Colored kitchens look perfectly with white and slightly shaped surfaces
- When choosing a color, countertops also take into account the form and color of the working apron. It looks well a combination tone in tone, or on contrast.
- One of the options can be the manufacture of apron from the material as the table top, but with another pattern or just such a pattern.
In which styles and where it looks better
If you make short output. In terms of style, the most democratic models will be models from DVP and MDF So as you suggest a wide range of color, and stylistic drawings.
If we talk about modern restrained styles, it is suitable for them plastic and made of artificial stone products. For high-tech styles, minimalism is good glass and steel, artificial stone, today one of the most commonly used red granite. A rich classic will require an array of expensive tree breeds and a natural stone. Well combined the facades of lockers from the massif of expensive rocks and countertops from a natural stone.
So, choosing a countertop need to take into account a number of components: the facade of kitchen cabinets, the overall design of the kitchen, style and financial capabilities.
But the main thing: choosing, be sure to take the option that you like. The kitchen is not just a room, here the family spends a lot of time and it should be not only stylish, but also cozy.
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