Materials for Kitchen Worktop
These are the most common countertop materials:
• Plastic (laminate and laminate)
• Wood
• Stone (e.g. granite or marble)
• Artificial stone (quartz and mineral material)
Wood look or real wood
If you appreciate the warm, natural look wood serving plates, kitchen worktops made of laminate and laminate or real wood are the right choice for you. In the case of wooden worktops, there is another distinction between solid wood and real wood panels. The latter are real wood veneers that are applied as a thin layer on a carrier material, for example MDF panels.
Laminate and laminate are plastics, for the production of which different layers of material are pressed together under high pressure. They can be produced in all imaginable colors and patterns, and wood, stone or concrete can also be imitated. Laminate and laminate worktops with wood decor look deceptively similar to real wood panels. This gives you the look of the material you want and at the same time benefits from the positive properties of plastics in the kitchen.
Natural Stone or Artificial Stone
Stone has an elegant, cool look that is very popular in modern kitchen design. In addition to natural stone, for example as a marble or granite worktop, the look of a solid stone slab is also created with artificial stone, more precisely with quartz and mineral material. For quartz materials, natural stone is ground, mixed with a binding agent and pressed under high pressure to form a plate. Solid surface materials are often applied to carrier materials such as chipboard. Color pigments, broken glass, or other materials can be added in either process.
Advantages and disadvantages in comparison
You use your kitchen worktop every day, which puts a lot of stress on it. Insensitivity to bumps and scratches is therefore an essential property. Ease of care is also an important point, because you usually use the worktop for a number of years and a higher level of care can be significant. The third crucial point is the look. After all, you should like the record — and that is a purely subjective decision
Real wood kitchen or solid wood kitchen?
Real wood fronts have a veneered wood surface, which is why a thin wood veneer is glued onto a carrier material such as chipboard.
The advantage: this kitchen is cheaper compared to a solid wood kitchen.
In the solid wood kitchen, not only the fronts but also the entire body is made of solid wood.
What types of wood are possible in the kitchen?
Oak and kitchens with spruce reclaimed wood are particularly trendy at the moment. Whether as reclaimed wood, oiled or stained, the oak kitchen is a timeless classic.
Spruce, core beech, plum and nut are also frequently used.
Pine wood, which smells particularly good due to its essential oils, is also possible. The stone pine is a soft wood, which means that more scratches and quirks develop over time than with other types of wood.
The most diverse types of wood can be set in scene in combination with a modern stone worktop.
Which surface is suitable?
Different surfaces are possible: smooth or brushed, stained, antiqued, varnished with full color, oiled, waxed, whitewashed and in different types of wood.
Below you will find a small selection of wooden fronts for the kitchen.
Which worktop goes well with a wooden kitchen?
A worktop made of natural stone goes perfectly with real wood fronts.
The stone worktop is a natural product, which reinforces the natural character of the wooden kitchen.
Natural stone slabs are also available with naturally broken edges.
A thin ceramic plate also harmonizes perfectly with wood and gives the kitchen elegance
The modern wooden kitchen
With black stone worktops, trendy built-in appliances in a noble design and other highlights, it is presented in a modern way.
In large living rooms with a kitchen island and linear design, kitchens with wood look particularly elegant.
The wood look can also be highlighted with a different colored kitchen island
To give a kitchen made of wood a modern touch, the fronts can be designed without handles.
But handles are also allowed: for example in black. This goes particularly well with a trendy dining table with a black metal frame.
Modern kitchens with wood
Modern kitchens combined with wooden elements look particularly homely
Upper cabinets made of wood, frames made of old wood or a cozy bar area give the kitchen a cozy touch.
We manufacture special solutions in our joinery in wooden equipment
This means that we are flexible in planning and designing kitchens with wood and can also implement special requests.
Reclaimed wood in the kitchen
It is currently very much in vogue, because this makes the kitchen particularly cozy.
Whether on the back wall, as a border, under the stone worktop, as a bar element or on the cupboards, the possibilities are unlimited.
Special solutions are made to measure in our carpentry in wooden equipment
This means that we are flexible and can take individual wishes into account.
Convince yourself of our current kitchen projects with waste wood
How do I maintain a wooden kitchen?
Real wood fronts can be treated with common household cleaning agents. Avoid abrasive agents and sponges, as they will attack the sensitive surface.
In addition, avoid cleaning agents based on synthetic resin or nitro
After cleaning, the wooden front should be wiped dry to prevent the surface from being soaked in with water.
Soiling should be removed immediately so that it does not dry out.
When wiping, we recommend wiping in the direction of the wood grain so that all dirt is removed.
Wooden kitchens in our kitchen studios
Visit our kitchen studio in Hall in near Sandburg or in wooden equipment. Here we present wooden kitchens made of old spruce and oak.
NEW in our kitchen studio in Hall in near Sandburg: Convince yourself of our spruce reclaimed wood kitchen with modern fronts or frame fronts.
We also have a large selection of sample fronts in many types of wood. Not only in the most common types of wood but also in many unusual types of wood.
