What material provides the best kitchen worktop for your kitchen? It is a question that homeowners across the UK are increasingly answering with quartz. Worktops made from quartz, as countless customers have realised, combine colour and texture to add the finishing touch to striking contemporary statement kitchens.
Choosing the right kitchen quartz worktop is not necessarily a straightforward exercise. With cabinets, walls and flooring to match, finding the best quartz worktops might need some serious thought. The good news is that you are not alone. We have prepared this blog to help the design-conscious among you through the process of successfully selecting modern kitchen worktops. What is more, if you have a question, you can always contact us. After all, who knows more about kitchen quartz countertops than our team of experts?
The Appeal of Quartz Worktops For Kitchens
Why has quartz become the material of choice for so many of our customers? The answer is its unique combination of colour, pattern and texture. Whatever style of kitchen you have, from minimalist and industrial to Mediterranean or farmhouse, you can find the perfect quartz worktop colour and style to enhance your aesthetic.
Quartz has emerged as an incredibly practical choice for use in the kitchen too. Due to its exceptional durability, it always makes for a wise investment. Quartz kitchen countertops owe their longevity and resilience to the unique way they are created. Composed of approximately 90-95% crushed natural rock-hard quartz crystals, non-porous resins and man-made pigments, they offer a winning combination of strength and versatility including resistance to scratches, stains, bumps and knocks. Unlike stone alternatives marble and granite, quartz does not require sealing to maintain its durability, making it a low-maintenance choice too.
With a quartz worktop, you can be confident your choice will withstand the rigours of daily kitchen life without succumbing to wear and tear. As a material, quartz seamlessly combines aesthetic appeal with robust performance. What could be better for a modern kitchen?
Design Trends in Modern Kitchens
Where to start? Anything goes in contemporary kitchen design it seems. The opulence of Art Deco has had a recent renaissance, for example, but not everyone is looking backwards. How does industrial minimalism sound? By utilising high-shine metals like chrome and polished copper alongside synthetic materials and glass, homeowners can enjoy feeling part of the future. Ceramics never go out of fashion and, if you want to bring a little bit of outdoors inside, natural materials like wood and stone remain classic.
One theme seems to run through all today’s kitchen design choices. Time. We no longer want to use our kitchens as purely functional transitional spaces. Modern kitchens are places to linger and feel comfortable in. They have become places to do more than prepare food. They are being celebrated as places to nurture relationships with friends and family. Whatever your chosen style today, be prepared to share life, love and laughter in your kitchen.
With that in mind, we asked our team to share their favourite current kitchen design ideas. The list that they have come up with is, we hope, full of inspiration. If you want to get started, the quickest way is to ask for a quartz kitchen worktop quote online. Why wait?
1) The Best Worktops For Kitchen Commanders
What are the best kitchen worktops for those who treat cooking like a military operation? You know the type, all preparation, precision and everything in its proper place. If that describes you, you probably want a kitchen full of clean lines, block colours and minimalist design. Anything else is a distraction from the job at hand, am I right?
The military-minded should certainly put pure white quartz on their shopping lists. Grey quartz worktops also might pass muster especially if twinned with stainless steel appliances. In both cases, subtle veining and marbling, as you have with our Manhattan style Carrera-Mattita Quartz, for example, is probably as much pattern as those focused on kitchen discipline can safely handle.
Whatever look you go for, Kitchen Commanders can enjoy knowing that, in quartz, they’ve chosen a material that is every bit as robust as their planning. It will always look ship-shaped too. There’s no danger of scratching and staining letting the side down.
2) Respecting Your Kitchen’s Heritage
You may live in a home defined by its history and heritage. In this case, a traditional kitchen design with timeless charm will probably be most appropriate. Embracing a classic aesthetic that has endured for generations might be a better solution than throwing out the past to chase the future.
Warm, inviting choices such as cream quartz, will be your friend here. It works perfectly to build a traditional atmosphere twinned with rich, wood cabinetry, intricate detailing and ornate appliances. Stone effects, such as our Bianco Fontana quartz also work well in traditional kitchens.
Functionality is a key consideration in traditional kitchen design where layouts often are not organised for efficiency and practicality. Space can be at a premium. This makes knocks and spills more likely. Will your worktops cope? They will if you choose robust, non-porous quartz. Traditional kitchens foster a sense of comfort and timelessness, making them a popular choice for those with a sense of history. By choosing quartz worktops, an appreciation of beauty and enduring style, doesn’t mean compromising on functionality.
3) Which Kitchen Worktops Are Best For Parties?
Are you a homeowner who loves hosting parties and entertaining guests? You will want a durable and low-maintenance kitchen that, perhaps, comes with a little extra sparkle, no doubt. Robust worktops are essential to withstand the demands of social gatherings and food preparation but that doesn’t mean your style has to be practical, dull and boring. Quartz worktops, despite their exceptional durability and resistance to scratches and stains, can also shimmer and shine. Our Black Shimmer Quartz does exactly what you would expect. Can you imagine a better surface for the presentation of drinks, dishes and platters? The right quartz worktop will serve as a central hub for guests to gather around, creating a social focal point that will last for years to come. If black is not your thing, our Nougat Quartz is as bright, light and sugary as the name suggests.
Celebratory stylish aesthetics play a significant role in the choice of worktops for party-loving homeowners. The fact quartz comes in a range of colours and patterns allows hosts to choose surfaces that will become conversation pieces in themselves is, without question, a major benefit. Twinned with its durability and functionality, this means quartz is the ideal choice for making memories.
4) Bringing The Outdoors Into Your Kitchen
Lovers of the natural world have long surrounded themselves and their cooking with greenery, natural materials and the feel of blue skies and sunshine. Whether your taste is a Mediterranean vibe or your classic English country garden, your preferred kitchen design is likely to reflect the climate, rural history and beautiful landscapes.
As for worktops, natural patterns and textures are going to feature heavily. Euphrates quartz, with its heavy stone-like marbling, fits the bill. Our Avalanche Quartz is inspired by mountain ranges, snowy peaks and distant horizons. Closer to home, patterned grey quartz brings the familiarity and warmth of natural stone into your kitchen.
The best quartz worktops for kitchens inspired by the outdoors offer a unique and sophisticated natural look. They will always add visual interest to functional spaces and create a welcoming and inviting atmosphere that evokes the colours and textures of nature. This makes your kitchen a pleasant place to be for friends, family and guests. There is nothing like a taste of the outdoors to help you enjoy food and drink, after all.
5) Industrial Modern Kitchen Worktops
Not everyone wants to live in the past. Some of our customers want their kitchens to represent the latest in ultra-modern urban thinking. Taking the lead from industrial design, they are likely to choose highly polished metal fittings and ergonomically designed features. They will have the latest technology to hand too.
To facilitate this, worktops will have to shine, gleam and represent nothing but industrial efficiency too. This makes quartz kitchen countertops the ideal choice. The wonderfully named Aluminium Stardust, for example, can’t help but bring a touch of the future to any environment. Imagine preparing meals on a surface with a metallic, almost robotic, feel to it. If that is not minimalist or industrial enough, why not go for a single monochrome block colour like our Cemento Matte Quartz? It promotes the kind of cool, calm, understated functionality that any futurologist would approve of.
The joy of a quartz worktop is it can mimic the look of cutting-edge, raw industrial materials without the maintenance requirements that might come with them. It is the best of both worlds; proven, robust reliability combined with edgy modern design. What’s not to love?
Choosing the Right Quartz Worktop
We trust our top five design ideas provided plenty of inspiration. It is not an exhaustive list, of course. We know there are endless possibilities when it comes to choosing the right kitchen design for you and your circumstances. There are no rules, either. You can mix and match, play and try new things. To help, we have made it easy to order quartz worktop samples from us. This is completely free of charge – you won’t even pay the postage.
Because Granite Zone is the UK’s premier independent supplier of quartz kitchen worktops and countertops, we have unparalleled knowledge and experience. We install them too so there is nobody better placed to help you make your kitchen plans a reality.
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