We have just ordered a new kitchen to go in the extension. Black gloss doors
Now time to decide on worktops.......
We need approx 3m along th one wall with 2.5m coming out at right angles into the the room as a breakfast bar and hob island. Budget absolute max £700-£800. I will get supplier to cut corner joint and finish edges and then I will cut and fit hob and sinks then final assemble on-site.
Granite and man made equivalents too expensive and too heavy, Corian too expensive, wood too much hard work with young kids. New products like glass worktops are equally expensive.
Seems to leave products like Minerelle and laminate. I really like the Minerelle product but there isn't a very big selection of colours. Laminate is ok and reasonably durable but the ends let it down. We will have an enb on the breakfast bar and on the run of worktop along the wall, I think the ends will spoil it.
Cany anyone suggest any alternatives or perhaps equivalents to Minerele in a similar price bracket and with more colours?
Another thought, how about high quality tiles with a suitable grout on a 18mm or 25mm external grade plywood? Even at £40-50 per sq/m would be cheaper than most of the laminates I have looked at. (By the time you have had them mitred and ends finished etc)
Now time to decide on worktops.......
We need approx 3m along th one wall with 2.5m coming out at right angles into the the room as a breakfast bar and hob island. Budget absolute max £700-£800. I will get supplier to cut corner joint and finish edges and then I will cut and fit hob and sinks then final assemble on-site.
Granite and man made equivalents too expensive and too heavy, Corian too expensive, wood too much hard work with young kids. New products like glass worktops are equally expensive.
Seems to leave products like Minerelle and laminate. I really like the Minerelle product but there isn't a very big selection of colours. Laminate is ok and reasonably durable but the ends let it down. We will have an enb on the breakfast bar and on the run of worktop along the wall, I think the ends will spoil it.
Cany anyone suggest any alternatives or perhaps equivalents to Minerele in a similar price bracket and with more colours?
Another thought, how about high quality tiles with a suitable grout on a 18mm or 25mm external grade plywood? Even at £40-50 per sq/m would be cheaper than most of the laminates I have looked at. (By the time you have had them mitred and ends finished etc)