Planning a New Kitchen Countertop Style and Finding Your Best Design


Countertop Layout

Planning the right design is the most important thing for you when remodeling an existing kitchen layout or planning the design for a new kitchen. Be sure your cabinet layout is centered around your needs as you begin the process of planning your kitchen remodeling, your new cabinets, and your countertop selection. Taking time to ensure you understand your desires for your kitchen's materials and also your cabinet design will also ensure satisfaction with the kitchen remodeling when your new cabinet installation is complete.

Laminate Countertops
Laminate Countertops are one of the most inexpensive types of new kitchen tops for base cabinets. One nice thing about choosing new laminate tops for your cabinets is you can have a consistent color through the countertop, or have a speckled or veined appearance for your kitchen if you are choosing to go with new laminate countertops. If a tight budget is a concern consider laminate counters. Often the dollar amount to purchase new laminate countertops is half the cost of solid surface countertops.

Wood and Stone Countertops
Do you like to slice and dice? Is reaching for the cutting board too much work? Consider wood countertops, butcher block tops, and stone countertops.

Marble and Stainless Steel Countertops
Are you into baking? Do you roll dough and knead bread? Marble and stainless steel countertops may both be excellent countertop choices for your new kitchen.

Kitchen Countertops allowing Hot Pan Placements
Keep in mind as you continue your remodeling planning the types of new countertops for kitchens that allow direct initial contact with hot pans. These countertops include - tile, stone, stainless steel, and concrete countertops.

Countertops That Do Not Stain With Spills
There are three major types of new countertops will not stain with out you having to seal or protect the countertops. Corion, Quartz, and stainless steel countertop are the big three to remember as you continue your cabinet's remodeling planning for your new kitchen countertops.

Safe Styles Of Countertops
New countertop designs have recently increased the safety of the design styles. To keep younger children and the elderly safe - Choose a safe edge style. Any countertop with a rounded corner is generally considered to be safe. If a person were to bang their head on an older style of laminate countertop, the head would be cut open where a new rounded countertop may only leave a bump if a person were to fall sharply onto your counter-top.

Kitchen Countertop Measurements
A countertop height is 36" from the floor, and the standard depth of a countertop is 25". This is 1" past the standard cabinet depth of 24". Keep your kitchen's design safe and include at least 15" of countertop space next to your cook-top and also remember 15" is also the distance you will need next to the refrigerator. Although a standard countertop height is 36 inches, having a cutting countertop 6" below your bent elbow is recommended. This height is often from 30 to 33 inches. An extra deep 30" custom countertop depth will leave you plenty of working space.

The countertop height for eating from a countertop depends on your style of seating. One popular option is to include bar stool seating by their new countertops. Bar stools may raise your counter bar height to 42". A common bar stool style height is 30". 12" is a standard distance from the top of the bar stool seating to the bottom of your countertop.

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