Cabinets and Counter Tops
by: Carol Rose
Counter Tops
Should be strong, durable, and easy to maintain and aesthetically pleasing. They should also provide enough linear feet of work surface to accommodate all of your family's cooking and clean-up activities.
- Height: Counters can vary in height throughout the kitchen (on custom cabinets). Here are some suggestions.
- Sink counters 36" (Standard height)
- Flanking cooktop- 30”-38"
- Baking center- 30"
- Desk- 25”-29"
- Materials - Mixing and matching counter top materials is definitely "in" Here is some suggestions.
- Water-resistant laminate or solid surfacing next to sink
- Burn resistant ceramic tile next to range or cooktop
- Granite on island
