Choosing a kitchen countertop is as much about how you live as how you want your kitchen to look. After all, this is one of the hardest-working surfaces in the room, so while color, texture, and finish matter enormously, so too do durability, maintenance, and how gracefully a material will age.
And, with kitchen countertop ideas ranging from beautifully veined natural stone and warm timber to sleek stainless steel and increasingly sophisticated laminates, there isn't one material that comes out on top for every kitchen.
