One of the essential elements of a kitchen is, without a doubt, the counter. It’s extremely important to choose the right kind when remodeling your kitchen. Not only does it need to blend in with the rest of the kitchen, but the material needs to be suitable for the way the kitchen will be used and should also be easy to maintain. A kitchen counter can be customized with certain unique features, including beveled edges, a rounded profile, a thin surface or a cascade, just to name a few.
Synthetic stone is a kitchen counter material that has been created to reflect the beauty of natural materials, while offering other desired characteristics, such as easy maintenance, heavy-duty strength, an affordable price tag, etc. Here are the synthetic kitchen counter materials that are the most popular with our clients.
Quartz is a composite of minerals held in place by resin. The higher the percentage of minerals, the better the quality of the quartz. Cuisines Verdun recommends the ratio of 93 percent minerals to 7 percent resin that is used in the top three brands of quartz countertops: Caesarstone, which comes from Israel or Canada, Silestone, originating from Spain, and Cambria, from the United States. Its resistance to scratches, stains and impacts, the value it offers for the price, its ease of maintenance and the nearly infinite choice in colors make it the most popular luxury counter material for use in new kitchens. Quartz can be a solid color, understated or eclectic, featuring designs mimicking natural stone, with a matte, lustrous or textured finish. You should never skimp on the quality of the quartz; the higher the percentage of resin it contains, the less resistant to heat it will be. That’s why Cuisines Verdun only offers quartz meeting the highest quality standards in the industry.
Dekton is simply the best option for households looking for a heavy-duty kitchen counter that’s virtually indestructible. It’s a new, ultra-compact material made up of a mixture of quartz, glass and porcelain that is compressed at high temperatures.
Slightly more expensive than quartz, Dekton features a non-porous surface that prevents the proliferation of bacteria, while offering resistance to impacts, scratches, abrasive products (like scouring powder and oven cleaner), stains (like coffee, wine and lemon juice) and heat (cookware can be taken out of the oven and placed directly on the counter without a trivet). It also doesn’t require any sealants or complicated procedures to maintain its appearance.
Dekton is a synthetic counter material well worth looking into. Thanks to its popularity, it’s available in an increasingly wide range of styles, finishes, colors and thicknesses.
Corian, manufactured by DuPont, is a completely synthetic material that’s ideal for kitchens needing a counter with a number of different pieces, as it exhibits no visible joints. In fact, each piece is laid out and then heated on-site to fuse seamlessly with the one next to it. This results in a smooth, attractive surface that’s easy to maintain, requiring no sealants of any kind. Its resistance to heat, on the other hand, isn’t as high as that of other synthetic counter materials. Corian countertops are available in a number of different colors and thicknesses.
Every synthetic counter material we offer at Cuisines Verdun comes in a wide variety of colors and designs to blend perfectly with any style of kitchen, from classic to contemporary. When remodeling your kitchen or even your bathroom, you can rest assured that you’re in good hands with Cuisines Verdun.
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